Her hands land on his broad chest as she glares up at him, and before she can argue with him, he slams his lips down on hers. I watch her body melt for him as he openly kisses her. Wrapping my lips around my straw, I drink while she opens her mouth for him. He deepens the kiss, pulling her neck back even farther and devouring her. I swear I hear her moan.
Then, just like it didn’t happen, he yanks away.
“Fuck you, Nite!” She slaps him across the face and jerks out of his grip, storming off.
“I have a feeling you’re the guy from last night.” I laugh, taking another sip of my drink. So, she’s got something going on with Nite. I never saw that coming.
He lets out a huff, grabs my hand, and drags me through the crowd to catch up with her.
TWENTY-TWO
LUCY
ISTAND BEHIND the bar with my fingers curled tightly around a serving tray. I watch the girl with the purple hair walk through the crowd, wearing a smile on her face and carrying a drink in her hand.
She was kissing Grave. I saw it.Twice.Is she the reason he’s been ignoring me? For her?
“Hey!” I yell over at Trey, who’s standing next to me, going through his phone. “Who the fuck is that woman?” I snap.
“You’ll have to be more specific,” he calls back, not bothering to look up at me.
I slap his phone out of his hand, and it falls to his feet.
“What the fuck, Lucy?” he shouts.
“Her.” I point at the girl before she disappears into the crowd with Nite.
“April.” He glances down at me and laughs. “Oh, you don’t know about her?”
“What about her?” I growl.
“She’s Grave’s new fuck buddy.”
“No.”
“Yep. Her brother owed us money. He paid us fifty grand to cover his debt and made Tanner agree we wouldn’t touch her. Or her shop.”
“What shop?” I demand.
“She’s a florist. Has a place called Roses.”
A fucking florist?Who the fuck was he buying flowers for in the first place? They sure as hell weren’t for me. I did see her with Jasmine, so I guess he could have met April through her. But she must be using Grave, right? Fifty grand is a lot of money. I can’t even get him to commit to a dinner, but he will pay fifty grand and make my brother promise to stay away? Why? What does she have that I don’t?
“Let it go, Lucy,” he warns, reading my face.
I go to storm off, but he grips my upper arm, keeping me in place. “Don’t. Tanner made a deal with him. It’s settled. Find a new fuck buddy.” He looks me up and down. “The way you throw your pussy around, it won’t be hard to do.” He releases me, picks up his phone, and walks off.
I slam my tray down.
“Bad day?”
My gaze falls on Jimmy Trust. He always races Grave on the tarmac and loses. The guy blows Daddy’s money all the time. “What do you want?” I growl.
He smiles at me. “Are you pissed because Grave got a new toy?”
Motherfucker!After the display they just put on, everyone will know about Grave and this April chick by morning. Why did he bring her here, of all places? Everyone knows we fuck. We’ve been hooking up for years.
“Grave can fuck whoever he wants.” The lie burns my mouth. I mean, we’re not exclusive, but he’s never flaunted another woman in my face like he just did.
