3. Jade
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Chapter Three
Jade
“You’re what?” Valentina asked from where she sat at the kitchen table in the house she shared with my older brother.
“I’m going to be Walker’s date for the wedding. His ex screwed around on him with his best friend’s brother. That is so not cool.”
Reflexively, I glanced over my shoulder to see if Lucas happened to be approaching. Lucas was long over what happened with his late wife. Hell, he hadn’t even found out until after she died, which in a way made it all worse. He was stumbling through grief over her death and found out she’d been screwing around.
Valentina—the love of his life and as far I was concerned the best woman ever for him—gave me a wide-eyed look. “I can’t imagine pulling that off.”
“Don’t worry. I took drama in high school, and I am committed to this. It’s personal.”
“What, did someone screw around on you?” Valentina asked as she leaned forward to snag her cup of coffee.
“No, but after what Lucas went through, it’s a sore point for me.”
“Oh gosh, Lucas is doing fine,” Valentina replied, brushing her curly hair off her shoulders.
Valentina was almost too beautiful. She had dark red hair that fell in curls around her shoulders and wide blue eyes. She had this ridiculously beautiful skin with freckles scattered like gold glitter on her cheeks. Lucas had fallen for her so hard it was ridiculous. Despite her beauty, that wasn’t what I cared about. Valentina adored Lucas and was loyal to the bone.
“Of course he’s doing fine. He’s got you,” I said. “He’s no longer in the running to win a gold medal for being a broody asshole. For that, I will forever be grateful. You’re the sunshine in his life, and I’m not even kidding when I say that.”
Valentina flashed a shy grin. “All right then. I’m just trying to picture anyone spending the weekend with Walker. Walker’s kinda, I don’t know, quiet.”
“Yeah, he’s kinda like Lucas used to be after he got screwed over.”
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