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The second I’m alone, my head drops down to my desk. The pounding in my temples grows louder as Jade’s muffled voice comes through the glass wall.
When I look over, her pencil skirt is climbing high up her toned thighs as she sits on top of her desk with one leg crossed over the other.
The look on her face is the same one she used to get when she was flirting with me.
My hands ball into fists as I twist in my seat, turning my back to her.
I don’t need to see whatever show she’s putting on for the latest man to fall into her trap.
However, the curious part of me has me shifting in my chair enough to see her as her foot bobs.
Jade tosses her head back as she laughs, honey hair cascading and those stormy blue eyes turning my way. She arches an eyebrow, moving on the desk just enough to have her skirt climbing higher up her leg.
I sigh and rake my hand through my hair.
There’s no way I’m going to be able to get through the next ten weeks. Not with the stress that keeps piling on my shoulders.
And the way that everyone seems to be taking Jade’s side in this war between us.
Mac thinks that I should be nicer to her. Maybe even try being friends.
Dad clearly thinks I need to make peace with her one way or another, even if I would rather drag my naked body over a bed of hot coals instead.
Jade pulls her hair over one shoulder, still keeping her gaze locked on me.
There is a tiny, childish part of me that wants to raise my middle finger just to get her riled up.
I always liked her when she was feisty with me at college. I used to think that she couldn’t get more attractive between taunting me and chewing me out.
Whenever we were fighting back then, all it took was a smile or a kiss on her pulse and she would be putty in my hands.
Maybe I do miss the way she used to melt for me.
The few women that have been in my life since school never melted. They didn’t care whether I was coming or going as long as I was paying for their dates and their shopping sprees.
Once I cut them off, they lost interest.
Jade always hated that I had more money than I knew what to do with. She thought the money was the least interesting part of me.
If I’m being honest with myself, I think I might miss that.
In those days, there was no problem we couldn’t solve wrapped up in my bed.
Maybe that’s the way to get through the issues we have now.
CHAPTER 8
JADE
It’s been three weeks of wishing I could pull out my hair without going bald, but I’m finally making some progress.
At least, that’s until Grayson walks into my office bright and early Wednesday morning, whistling to himself with his hands in his pockets.
I twist my hair up and put it in a clip. “Is there something I can help you with?”
He smirks and leans over the edge of my desk. “It seems like the website isn’t going to get up and running the way you thought it would.”
A cold chill runs through my body as I sit up straighter. “What the hell are you talking about, Grayson? I have Paloma building the site right now.”
