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
No.
I was not that girl.
I wasn't the kind of person who lay in bed staring at the ceiling until every insignificant thought multiplied into a hundred different possibilities. I didn't overthink, I didn't obsess, and I certainly didn't let some anonymous idiot with too much free time occupy this much space in my head.
At least, I never had before.
I dropped my weight back onto the mattress and stared blankly at the ceiling, deciding once and for all that there was absolutely no way the unknown number texting me belonged to Leon.
The whole idea was absurd. Sure, it wouldn't have been the first time an ex tried crawling back into my life, but this didn't sound like Leon. He wasn't the type to hide behind an unknown number and send cryptic little messages for the sake of messing with me.
And even if it was him, what was the worst he could possibly do? Cry himself to death and make me watch?
My phone was already in my hand before common sense had the chance to intervene.
Me: Who are you?
So much for non-impulsive Jade.
The response came quickly.
Unknown: Texting me first, that's new.
I narrowed my eyes at the screen.
Me: Answer my question.
Unknown: Didn't my clues do it for you?
Brown hair and brown eyes. Groundbreaking. He'd successfully narrowed it down to approximately half the male population.
Me: You call those clues?
Unknown: I bet it sucks to be you right now.
I scoffed and shifted onto my side.
Me: This whole thing is ridiculous.
I waited, staring at the screen despite myself.
Nothing.
A few more seconds passed.
Still nothing.
Of course. He'd spent all this time trying to get a reaction out of me, and the second I actually gave him one, he disappeared.
Annoyed with myself more than anything, I locked my phone and tossed it onto the bed beside me just as Liz's head appeared through the doorway.
"C'mon, Jade. We're off to campus."
I pushed myself upright with a sigh, trying to ignore the restless feeling that had followed me around since those messages started. Whoever this guy was, I was already giving him far more attention than he deserved.
