Meet Jade Cross, New York City's infamous heartbreaker-better known as the Black Widow.
She plays with guys at her will and, once she's had her fun, leaves them with a broken heart and a red kiss at the corner of their lips-her trademark.
Her latest...
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Jade's POV
"I'm sorry, what?"
That was probably the last thing I expected to hear.
The girl studied me closely. "You are, aren't you?" she insisted. "The Queen of Players from New York."
I resisted the urge to sigh.
There was no point denying it now.
Whatever amusement had been on my face disappeared. "My friends call me Jade."
"I knew it." She looked almost proud of herself.
"So, Jade," she went on, stressing my name, "that stunt you pulled on Leon Stone was genius. I didn't think you had it in you."
My lips twitched into a humorless smile.
"Of course you didn't." I tilted my head slightly. "Although, I don't remember saying you were my friend."
I looked upward as if trying to recall something."Maybe I wasn't paying attention."
That shut her up for a second.
While she processed the insult, I glanced at Jesse.
He looked confused, which was understandable. He'd gone from sitting beside some mildly interesting girl at a lake party to finding out that said girl apparently had a reputation spanning state lines.
"Did you hear anything?" I asked him.
His eyebrows went up. "Uh—"
I turned back to her before he could answer. "Didn't think so."
She gave me a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes. "Well, it was nice meeting you in person, anyway."
I said nothing.
Eventually, she seemed to get the message.
She started walking away, but just before leaving, she leaned toward Jesse and murmured something into his ear.
I heard enough.
"Watch out. You're probably her next target."
Jesse's expression changed immediately.
Then he stood and walked off.
Lovely.
I pinched the bridge of my nose.
How the hell had any of this even made it all the way to Rhode Island?
Liz appeared beside me a moment later.
"What the hell just happened?"
"Karma coming back to bite me in the ass happened."
Her face tightened sympathetically.
"That sucks." She took a sip of her drink. "Good luck getting him to talk to you again."
