Chapter Seventeen
Jade
I felt a bead of sweat roll down between my breasts. Restless, I reached for the glass of ice water Dani had just handed me and took several gulps. I hoped, rather pointlessly, that no one could see how flushed I was. Considering how hot my cheeks were, I prayed no one was paying attention. It was crowded at the table, and I was seated between Walker and Valentina.
It was all Valentina’s fault that I was here to begin with. My soon to be sister-in-law had invited me to have dinner and drinks with “the girls.” Ever since Valentina moved in with Lucas, she’d become a dear friend. Which was awesome because I loved my brother and my niece. It would have been mighty inconvenient, and it might’ve possibly come to blows, if my older brother had fallen for a woman I didn’
