but,” I took a sip of my new martini, “I’m pretty sure what’s underneath it is trash.”
“You’ve got a sharp tongue, don’t you? That’s pretty fucking hot.”
“What the hell do you want?” I said, now that the curse words were commencing.
“I just want to see what James Mitchell’s little charm is all about. You’ve got to know that’s what you are, right? Just something to show off.”
I rolled my eyes. “I’ll take that as a compliment.” I smiled and looked back to see if Ash was cool with me continuing to interact with this dick. She smirked, arched her eyebrow at me, and I turned back to the douche.
“A compliment? To be some executive’s playmate for the weekend?”
“You have no idea.” I decided to role-play this bitch out of my presence. “No idea,” I playfully grinned at him, “how much I’m enjoying being his playmate.”
He tightened his lips and eyed me. “Where did he pick you from?”
“Pick me from? Let’s pretend that it doesn’t sound like I’m a contestant on a game show for a second, or that I live in a cabbage patch. Does it matter?” I responded, swirling around the olive in my martini glass. “Who the hell are you, and why do you give a damn who’s on Jim’s arm tonight?”
“Perhaps that’s for me to know, and you and that cutie carrying Jake’s kid to find out.”
“A man of mystery?” Ash asked from behind me.
“Oh, he’s definitely got me intrigued,” I said, staring at him. “I want to know more about being James Mitchell’s playmate and what others think about that.”
“You have heard of the circle he plays in,” the man said, seemingly pissed but not leaving. “He and his boys are the Billionaires’ Club, only fucking girls who don’t reach into their pockets for handouts.”
I nearly choked on the sip I was taking from my martini glass. “Holy shit.” I glanced at Ash, laughing, “Jim’s in a club? This is news.” I feigned being amazed, while trying not to laugh at this dip shit who was trying to make Jim look like an asshole.
She pursed her lips and became serious. “Yeah. Sorry that I didn’t let you in on that one. It’s very exclusive.” She chuckled. “Sadly, Jake was kicked out of it after he hooked up with my poor ass.”
“Is that so?” I questioned her with a smile and turned back to the douchebag. “Well, now I feel like shit for being here with him.”
“You should,” he said. “He’s using you.”
“Using me?” I questioned. “I hate to burst your bubble, but I’m not worried about that part. It’s just that I don’t measure up to these exclusive Billionaires’ Club standards I’ve just learned about. I have a feeling that now—since you’ve managed to crack this case wide open—he might get his ass kicked right out of it.” I looked over to see Jim was still in conversation, face dark and unreadable. “I’m broke as fuck. So, please tell me, have I ruined the man’s billionaire reputation by being here with him?”
“James Mitchell would never date outside of money,” he answered.
“Someone said that about a certain doctor as well,” Jim’s brother, Jake, said as he walked up to the man and looked over at Ash. “However, some woman took the heart doctor to school with her free spirit and charms unlike he’d ever seen.”
“Indeed?” Ash said as the douche and I watched Ash and Jake interact. “Charms, huh? I heard she was dabbling in the dark arts so she could take the good doctor down with her.”
Jake gripped the dick’s shoulder, and I smiled when he virtually jumped out of his skin at the gesture. “Far from that,” Jake said. “She was the only one, you see,” he looked at the man who stared darkly at him, “who could tame the wild side of the doctor. So they say.” He sighed. “I believe it’s what they say, anyway?”
Ash nodded seriously. “Well, it’s universally known that she trapped him by getting pregnant. She was a college dropout, and you know those ones will do anything.”
“Tell me about it.” Jake’s blue eyes seemed to twinkle as he stared past me, his hand shaken off from the jerk, “And the horror when he found out about that on their honeymoon as well.” Jake sighed, “She took him for more than just his heart. Fucking amazing heart surgeon falls for her and loses his rightful throne in this Billionaires’ Club that he helped co-found.”
“Billionaires today just can’t catch a break,”