Taking a moment, I glance around. Gideon’s no longer talking to the woman who was on his arm. He’s talking with a couple of Ry’s teammates.
Aiden and Mac are laughing at something on Mac’s phone.
Ryker has a group of guys around him listening raptly as he tells a story.
This isso fun. I’ve missed nights like this. We used to do this all the time in the beginning of Ry’s career, so I’m relieved that we’re here tonight. It feels like old times, back when things were simpler.
The bartender passes me another soda and gives me a smile before moving on to the next customer. I didn’t even ask for it, but he must have noticed that my glass was almost empty.
I realize, since I had two glasses before this, that I seriously need to use the restroom, so I set my drink next to Aiden.
“Hey, buddy, watch this for me, okay? I’m headed to the restroom.”
“By yourself?” he asks, and it sounds like he’sworried about me. Is thismykid?
“It’s right there.” I point to the hallway not even twenty feet away. “I’ll be right back.”
“If you’re not back in five minutes, I’m coming after you,” he says. “There’s a bunch of guys around who have been drinking.”
“She’s good,” Mac assures my nephew, his face not joking now. “No one will hurt her. We’re good peopleandshe’s Cap’s girl. Nobody here would dare.”
She’s Cap’s girl.
Damn right I am.
With a reassuring pat on Aiden’s back, I walk to the restroom.Of freaking coursethe bitch who’s had her eye on Ry all night is in here.
Because I couldn’t have better timing.
Her eyes skim down my body as I walk into a stall to do my business. When I cross to the sink to wash my hands, she’s still here, but now she’s leaning against the sink, her arms crossed, waiting for me.
“He’s a good lay, right?” she asks. “Been there, done that.”
I don’t give her a reaction. Nothing about this surprises me. My man has been a chick magnet all his life. He’s gorgeous and charismatic, and I know that he was not celibate before he and I got together.
Without saying a word, I dry my hands. When I turn to walk away, this bitch gets in my way.
“I’m talking to you,” she says.
“I don’t have anything to say to you.”
“You think that just because you have his attentionfor nowthat you’re better than me?”
“I don’t have anything—”
“He’ll cast you off,” she spits at me. “He’ll fuck you sideways and then won’t give you the time of day.”
“I’m sorry that he hurt your feelings.” I cross my arms over my chest, and I don’t back down. Finally, she spins on her heel and marches away without another word.
Part of me feels bad for her. I understand how it feels to pine after Ryker James. But it’s not my fault that he doesn’t want her.
I exit the bathroom, but before I can leave the hallway, I’m cornered.
What in the hell is up with these people?
“Well, aren’t you a pretty one?”
Looking up into sinister green eyes, I feel my heart go still. The jealous woman I can handle.
