Page 127 of Spark

Jaden’s nails instantly dug into the sleeve of my jacket while Regina’s dark green eyes did their classic up-down as they scanned Jaden from head to foot, judging every inch of her. I narrowed my gaze in warning.

“Play nice, Regina. This is Jaden. Jaden, Regina,” I offered as introductions, though I wanted Jaden to have nothing to do with her.

“Regina Rainer,” Regina said, that snippety attitude she always had when she was jealous showing up and offered her hand to Jaden. “Darren and I go way back.”

If by way back, she meant the way back of her throat.

“Nice to meet you,” Jaden said, a dark edge to her tone as she shook Regina’s hand.

“Oh, ouch,” Regina complained, drawing her hand back and shaking it. “Good grip. She’s a bit short for you, isn’t she?”

I scoffed. Shit, this was going to be fun. I could feel the rage coming off Jaden already.

“Regina, don’t you have shit to do around here?” Matt said, interrupting the growing tension.

“Always do,” she said with an annoyed sigh. “I’ll see you later,” she said with a flirty smile and sauntered her way through the crowd.

“Come on, let’s go sit down,” I said and led Jaden away to the table.

“How do you know that walking disaster?” Jaden asked under her breath.

“She’s Matt’s cousin,” I answered as I sat her down at our table. The information was irrelevant, so I didn’t mind sharing.

Jaden looked at me strangely for a moment, as if trying to figure something out in her head… until the lightbulb finally turned on.

“You used to fuck her, didn’t you?” she asked quietly.

I sat down in my chair and eyed her smugly.

“Does that make you jealous?”

She scoffed and sat back in her seat. “Not in the slightest. Although, I do have to reconsider your intelligence, knowing that you found pleasure in that bag of plastic garbage.”

I chuckled. “Maybe I was trying to fuck the stupid out of her.”

“Your methods were obviously lacking,” she said bitterly.

“I can only do so much for a lost cause. Now, what would you like to drink?”

“What are my options?”

Smart girl.

“Limitless,” I replied, my lips forming into a smirk.

She raised an eyebrow at me in challenge before leaning closer, the scent of her sweet skin filling my nose as her lips met my ear.

“How about a hurricane?” she said seductively, making my cock twitch with her voice alone.

“Think you can handle it?”

“The storm hasn’t washed me away yet,” she replied, her nails lightly scratching against my thigh.

“A hurricane it is,” I nearly growled, gripping her wrist and tearing it from my legs before she made the tent in my pants any bigger. “Do not leave this chair,” I ordered and stood to head to the bar while Clive and Owen watched a few feet behind Jaden’s chair.

Matt was already there, ordering himself a glass of whiskey. I ordered Jaden’s drink as well as a glass of scotch for me.

“She’s gorgeous,” Matt commented, his unabashed smile taking up the majority of his face as he watched Jaden.

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