Wife of fortune

Chapter 10

We walk inside the club and Malika immediately runs to the bar to order us some shots and Cole is close behind her.

And as I'm about to follow them I feel a hand wrap around behind my neck and Grayson leaning closer to my ear. "If I see you making out with other guys tonight-" he says but stops and his voice lingering with poison.

"You'll do what?" I ask quietly but I know he can hear me from how close he is. His cologne hypnotising me.

"You don't want to know" he whispers back to me.

"Maybe I do" his hand moves from my neck down to my waist and then he says "I warned you" he leans away from my ear and leads me to the bar where Malika and Cole are waiting for us.

Cole gives a glass of drink to Grayson who takes a sip from it and Malika passes me a shot.

"What is this?" I ask.

"Vodka" she says and with that I tap the glass on the bar and drink it, the burn going down my throat.

Malika then takes my arm and pulls me in the crowd and we start dancing. One song goes by and then another and another and I'm feeling so much better than I did when we left France.

We're taking shots and going back to dance screaming our lungs out and then we repeat the cycle until it's late night and I feel myself all warm and fuzzy from the alcohol.

As me and Malika are dancing to whatever DJ is playing the guys sit at the bar and chat over a glass of whiskey. And from time to time I see girls approach them and I can definitely see that Malika is getting irritated when ever Cole leans down to whisper something to one of them.

On the other hand Grayson is getting just as many girls but he doesn't really interact with them and whenever I look at him he seems to catch my eyes on him and he looks at me. But this one blonde that's walking up to him with a black minidress and heels, her hand brushes his shoulder and he looks at her and then she gives him a hug which he hesitantly one handedly returns. And I feel my stomach twist and I look at Malika.

"We need another shot" I tell her and pull her out of the crowd.

"You said we're not drinking anymore" she says but lets me pulls her.

I stand between Cole and Grayson pushing the blonde and she seems irritated that I stepped in her place.

"Another vodka shot please" I'm yelling at the bartender over the loud music.

"Can you order your drink somewhere else" the blond is asking me.

"No" I tell her and she turns to look at me shocked that I can talk to her like that. "Did I make you mad?" I say making a sad face.

I see Cole pulling Malika aside from me and the blond.

"Get your cheap ass out of here" she says and snaps her fingers at me and I laugh.

I notice Grayson stand up wanting to take control of the situation but I point a finger at him and say "sit down" and he does.

"I'm sorry that my presence is making you feel insecure" I say "so maybe you're the one who should get lost"

"Listen to me-" she goes on and is about to pull my hair when Graysons arms stops her and now he's standing in between us. "That's enough" he says.

"You should go Jessica" he tells her but she gives him puppy eyes. "Now" he repeats and she takes her bag from the bar and then looks at me and smiles.

She reaches up on her toes and kisses Grayson "bye, call me" she says and walks away.

I take the shot that the bartender made and put the empty glass on the bar. "Let's go home" Grayson says and is grabbing onto my arm.