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“Leave him alone, Sunshine.”Thank you, Aiden.“Abigail would never give him the time of day.”Fuck you, Aiden.
“I’m going to go congratulate my brother.” Getting up from the table, I hear Lindsey laughing at me. Abigail said she didn’t want anyone knowing about what happened, and I’m trying to respect her wishes, but she had to have known that showing up here looking like an absolute smokeshow would test my resolve.Probably why she did it.
I spot my brother on the other side of the room chatting with the son of one of my father’s associates and Kasey. James, I think, is his name. Nice guy. Boring as hell, but a decent human. Abigail walks up to Donovan and Kasey, and I see the way James greedily eyes her. Never mind what I thought, this guy’s a fucking prick.
Making my way over, I hope my distaste for the man who can’t stop eye-fucking Abigail isn’t plastered across my face.
“Jackson, there you are. You look so handsome.” Kasey leans in and gives me a kiss on the cheek.
“Ladies, you both look lovely tonight,” I tell Kasey and Abigail. “Brother, congratulations on your win. I knew you would pull it off.” I grab his hand and pull him in for a backslapping hug.
“Thank you. You remember James?” Turning toward the man, I shake his hand.
“Ah yes, nice to see you again.” He winces slightly with the force of my handshake.Pussy.
“Jackson, nice to see you again. Donovan was just telling me—“
I cut James off before he could continue. “She-Devil, Lindsey was looking for you. She and Aiden are on the other side of the room. Come, I’ll show you.” I grab her hand and pull her away, nodding to James and glancing at my brother and Kasey, who are wearing matching expressions of confusion.
Abigail yanks her hand from my grip before we’re halfway across the room. “That was fucking rude, Jackson.”
Stopping before we make it to Lindsey and Aiden’s table, I turn to her and lean in. “I’m sorry, would you like to go back and have James ogle your tits some more? Tits that I had in my mouth not long ago while I fucked you as you rode my cock.”
She takes in a sharp breath, her eyes dilating and a rosy flush creeping up her neck. The lust-filled look only lasts a short moment before it’s replaced with anger. Good. I want her anger. It’s better than the radio silence I’ve gotten from her the last three fucking weeks.
“You better shut the hell up right now, Hayes. I will shove this heel up your ass so hard it will take a team of proctologists to figure out how to get it out,” she seethes.
“You have a kink for sticking things up my ass, Red? I have to say I’ve never indulged in ass play myself, but I’m up for it if you are.” I give her a wide, devilish smile, and if looks could kill, my mother would be planning my funeral instead of Donovan’s celebratory dinner party.
She turns to stalk off, but I stop her with my hand around her wrist.
“Stop manhandling me,” she says between clenched teeth.
“I need to talk to you. You’ve been avoiding me and I’m not a fan of the silent treatment.”
“It’s not silent treatment, Devil Spawn. I just have nothing to say to you and have no interest in anything you have to say to me.”
“Let’s talk in private. Or I can tell Kasey how I was the one at your apartment when she called you a few weeks ago.” Would I ever divulge that information? No. But I’m not above Abigail thinking I might. I’m also not above fighting dirty, and everything with this woman is a fight.
She squints her eyes at me. “Fine. Lead the way.”
I take her limp hand in mine and lead her out of my parents’ ballroom and up the stairs to my childhood bedroom. I’m not sure what there is to say that I haven’t already texted her, but I needed her alone. And away from James and his annoying ogling.
Abigail allows me to guide her into my room, where I quietly close the door so as not to alert anyone that may be up here. She spins on her heels and shoots me an icy glare.
“Well, you got me alone. What do you need to say?” she says, throwing her arms out, indicating that I have the floor.
“Why are you avoiding me?” I demand. The irritation from her radio silence and the potent electricity coursing between us has me ready to fucking snap.
She laughs sardonically. “Oh, I’m sorry. Was I supposed to be impressed with your attention? A few texts and some flowers and I’m supposed to fall all over myself at your affections? Please, Jackson. I’m a grown woman who is well aware of how empty those gestures are from someone like you. I was simply waiting you out until you gave up like I knew you would.”
“I didn’t give up on shit,” I spit. “I knew you would be here tonight, and I knew you wouldn’t be able to run from this. From us.”
A biting laugh falls from her lips. “There is no us. We had a night, and yes, it was amazing, but it was one night.”
“You know damn well it was more than that. There’s a fire between us I’ve never felt with a woman before and I know damn well you can’t deny it,” I say as I step closer to her, intentionally crowding her space.
“Watch me,” she challenges as she eyes me, defiantly staying rooted to the floor.
