Read Online Sassy Ever After: Dragon Sass (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Selena Kitt - Free Book Online
Authors: Selena Kitt
Ads: Link
not good for you .” Jules gave a little laugh. “I’ll have you know, every single one of those polo ponies have been rescued and rehabbed from racing. And the guys playing? They’re all ex-cons. This isn’t some wealthy, uppity sport. It’s all for charity.”
“Well, isn’t he the philanthropist?”
“Stuart, why can’t you just be happy for me?” Her voice turned softer. She sounded wounded and slightly bewildered. There was silence again for a moment. Jules spoke again, even softer this time. Kai had to strain to hear her.
“Kai is the best thing that’s happened to me in a long time. If you were really my friend, you’d know that—you’d be able to see it. And you’d be happy for me.”
“What’s so special about this guy?” Stuart asked grudgingly.
“I don’t know,” Jules confessed. “He’s smart. He’s funny. He acts like he doesn’t need anyone, like he’s above it all. He pretends to be selfish, but—underneath, he’s got a great big heart. Actually… he reminds me a lot of you.”
Stuart snorted at that but didn’t speak. Kai was frozen in place now, his insides twisted into knots at her words. Not because she’d compared him to Stuart—but because she had seen through him so easily. Was he so transparent? Or was it just Jules who could see those things about him?
“If you’d stop being such a damned junkie.” Jules said this sadly. “Hey, no… where are you going? Give me your keys—I’m calling you a cab.”
“I just need a couple hundred, Jules.” Stuart sounded defeated. “That’s all. It’s not much.”
Silence again. Kai cringed, waiting for Jules to give in. If she did, he’d step in for sure.
“What happened to the thousand I gave you for the… uh, what was it? The deal of a lifetime?”
“I invested it.” The man sounded like a pouting child.
“Right. Invested it up your nose, you mean,” Jules snapped. “I’m not enabling you anymore.”
“What’s wrong with you, Jules? He’s changed you. He’s messed with your head!”
“No!” A stall door slammed. “I’ve had enough. I can’t do it anymore!”
“Jules, come on…” Pleading again. “This is me. Remember? Don’t you remember?”
“Stuart, don’t…”
“You don’t need this guy and his polo team.” Stuart’s voice had changed from pleading to seductive. Kai’s hackles rose again and he gritted his teeth. “Come on, baby. Let’s go into the house. I’ll make you feel sooo good…”
“Stop it,” Jules insisted. “Don’t do this. Stuart! Please…”
“I’ll make you forget all about that pompous asshole and things can be like they were before…”
That was it. Kai’d had enough. He could imagine Stuart in there, pawing at her, trying to seduce her, and it was making him crazy. He was going to have to do everything he could not to kill him—to stop at just punching him in the face.
“You mean like before?” Jules had that edge back to her voice. “When you used me as your personal ATM machine with some occasional pussy on the side if you were feeling desperate?”
Kai pressed his lips together to keep from chuckling. He felt like cheering. Go Jules! Maybe it was best he stay out of this and let her finally stand up to this pathetic excuse for a human being once and for all.
“That’s not fair!” Stuart protested.
“Life’s not fair, Stuart,” Jules said quietly. “Life took my parents and left me you.”
Kai blinked, puzzled at this comparison. But then Stuart exploded and he understood.
“It wasn’t my fault! I wasn’t even driving!”
Kai knew, of course, that her parents had died in a car crash. But the realization Stuart had been in the car—had been somehow miraculously spared—that was new.
“Maybe not, but… you were the one they were taking to rehab,” Jules reminded him. Her voice wasn’t raised, but it was dripping bitterness. “You were the one who’d been living on our couch for six months doing nothing but
“Well, isn’t he the philanthropist?”
“Stuart, why can’t you just be happy for me?” Her voice turned softer. She sounded wounded and slightly bewildered. There was silence again for a moment. Jules spoke again, even softer this time. Kai had to strain to hear her.
“Kai is the best thing that’s happened to me in a long time. If you were really my friend, you’d know that—you’d be able to see it. And you’d be happy for me.”
“What’s so special about this guy?” Stuart asked grudgingly.
“I don’t know,” Jules confessed. “He’s smart. He’s funny. He acts like he doesn’t need anyone, like he’s above it all. He pretends to be selfish, but—underneath, he’s got a great big heart. Actually… he reminds me a lot of you.”
Stuart snorted at that but didn’t speak. Kai was frozen in place now, his insides twisted into knots at her words. Not because she’d compared him to Stuart—but because she had seen through him so easily. Was he so transparent? Or was it just Jules who could see those things about him?
“If you’d stop being such a damned junkie.” Jules said this sadly. “Hey, no… where are you going? Give me your keys—I’m calling you a cab.”
“I just need a couple hundred, Jules.” Stuart sounded defeated. “That’s all. It’s not much.”
Silence again. Kai cringed, waiting for Jules to give in. If she did, he’d step in for sure.
“What happened to the thousand I gave you for the… uh, what was it? The deal of a lifetime?”
“I invested it.” The man sounded like a pouting child.
“Right. Invested it up your nose, you mean,” Jules snapped. “I’m not enabling you anymore.”
“What’s wrong with you, Jules? He’s changed you. He’s messed with your head!”
“No!” A stall door slammed. “I’ve had enough. I can’t do it anymore!”
“Jules, come on…” Pleading again. “This is me. Remember? Don’t you remember?”
“Stuart, don’t…”
“You don’t need this guy and his polo team.” Stuart’s voice had changed from pleading to seductive. Kai’s hackles rose again and he gritted his teeth. “Come on, baby. Let’s go into the house. I’ll make you feel sooo good…”
“Stop it,” Jules insisted. “Don’t do this. Stuart! Please…”
“I’ll make you forget all about that pompous asshole and things can be like they were before…”
That was it. Kai’d had enough. He could imagine Stuart in there, pawing at her, trying to seduce her, and it was making him crazy. He was going to have to do everything he could not to kill him—to stop at just punching him in the face.
“You mean like before?” Jules had that edge back to her voice. “When you used me as your personal ATM machine with some occasional pussy on the side if you were feeling desperate?”
Kai pressed his lips together to keep from chuckling. He felt like cheering. Go Jules! Maybe it was best he stay out of this and let her finally stand up to this pathetic excuse for a human being once and for all.
“That’s not fair!” Stuart protested.
“Life’s not fair, Stuart,” Jules said quietly. “Life took my parents and left me you.”
Kai blinked, puzzled at this comparison. But then Stuart exploded and he understood.
“It wasn’t my fault! I wasn’t even driving!”
Kai knew, of course, that her parents had died in a car crash. But the realization Stuart had been in the car—had been somehow miraculously spared—that was new.
“Maybe not, but… you were the one they were taking to rehab,” Jules reminded him. Her voice wasn’t raised, but it was dripping bitterness. “You were the one who’d been living on our couch for six months doing nothing but
Similar Books
