Wicked: Jade Butterfly [Wicked Series Book 3] Read Online Free Page B

fast-forward through his memories and he was breathless by the time Mick started talking again.
    "She's in the hotel and will be for the rest of the week."
    "Jessi?” Holly said. “Who is that?"
    "The photographer from New York."
    "Oh, the one who kissed Christian in the pick-up game,” Roxy said, grinning.
    "How do you remember her?” Luke asked.
    Roxy gave him a look and smiled. “I remember every girl you check out."
    Luke feigned hurt, holding a hand to his heart. “I haven't checked out another woman since I laid eyes on you, sweetheart."
    "You don't lie much either, do you?"
    Luke grinned and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her down into his lap.
    "Are you sure it's her?” Christian asked, getting Mick's attention.
    "Oh yeah. I talked to her,” he said. “She's here for some wedding."
    "Not her own, I hope,” Devin said, grinning.
    "No. She's just taking the pictures."
    "Are you going to give her a call, Christian?"
    Christian looked over at Devin when he spoke and shrugged one shoulder before standing and walking to the window. He stared out at the city, watching the traffic but not really seeing it.
    Since the night he'd ran into Jessi in the club months back, he hadn't been able to completely forget about her. He'd see her in his dreams, hear her phantom laughter and wonder if he'd ever get the chance to see her again. The temptation to call her was great but, if he was honest with himself, he knew he was too chicken shit to do it. What if she was just being nice when she said to call her? She'd kissed him but he could blame that on the card. He'd asked for it, after all.
    Ever since that night, Mick had taken a personal interest in the way he approached women and, as much as he hated to admit it, his friend had helped. Whether that was a good thing or not was still to be seen but for the most part, talking to a girl didn't leave him choking on his own tongue now. Of course, those were girls who he hardly thought of once they left his sight. Jessi was a different story altogether. He hadn't seen her in months and just thinking about her made his palms sweat. And he still didn't have the balls enough to pick up a phone and call her.
    "No need for him to call her,” Mick said, answering Devin's question. “I invited her to the concert tomorrow."
    Christian turned his head and looked over his shoulder. “You invited her to the concert?"
    "Yeah. Her and her hot little friend."
    "Figures,” Devin said. “Let me guess. Five foot six, blonde, with a rack you could serve drinks off of?"
    Mick laughed. “Oddly, no. More like five foot, if even that, with black hair.” He grinned and stretched out his legs, lacing his fingers together and laying them on his stomach. “And a rack you could serve drinks off of."
    "What?” Devin laughed. “You can't be serious."
    "Absolutely. She was a gorgeous little thing with a southern drawl that made my dic...” He paused and seemed to notice the girls in the room. “Uh, she was cute."
    "What happened to ‘all women are evil and I must stay away from them? I thought you'd sworn off women after the ride Jennifer gave you.’”
    "Evil they may be but even I like to tempt the devil every now and then."
    Christian moved away from the window and lightly kicked Mick's foot until he had his attention. “Did Jessi say she would be there?"
    "She said ‘maybe’ but by the look on her friend's face, they'll be there."
    Jessi is going to be at the concert, Christian thought, the first stirrings of nerves clawing its way through his limbs before Mick raised an eyebrow at him. He turned to hide the smile wanting to surface and wondered what would happen when he did see her. If he did. She said maybe. Maybe didn't mean yes. It didn't mean no, either.
    Her face materialized in his mind's eye and the smile he'd been holding back turned the corner of his mouth. He was going to see Jessi and this time, he wasn't going to let her get away.
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