Chapter 6

 

Chloe

 

 

THANKS,” JORDAN SAID, sitting down next to Jessica and his plate of food.

“You’re welcome. What did Raptor have to say?” she asked.

Jordan picked up a breadstick. “He and Adriana just pulled into the parking lot.”

“Cool,” she replied. “He must be excited to meet Graham.”

“Yeah. Apparently, they already met at Sal’s. Not as brothers, though,” he said.

“Wow, small world,” she replied.

“Yeah.”

A few seconds later, Raptor and his wife stepped into the clubhouse and Jordan stood up.

“I’ll be back in a few,” he said.

“Babe, why don’t you finish your food? Tank can introduce them,” Jessica replied.

“Like I said before, I need to talk to the both of them.” 

Her eyes narrowed. “What about?”

“It’s private. I’ll fill you in later,” he replied.

Jessica nodded. “Okay. No problem. Could you send Adriana over?”

“Will do,” he replied and then headed toward the bar.

“You’re going to love Adriana. She’s a sweetie,” Jessica said before taking a bite of salad.

I glanced over at Graham again and noticed that a woman with long dark hair was hanging on him. Oddly enough, I felt a twinge of jealousy, which made hardly any sense. Sure, he was handsome and had obviously been checking me out, but there was no way in hell I’d get involved with someone like him.

“Looks like Graham’s getting laid tonight,” Jessica said dryly, also noticing. “Candace certainly doesn’t waste any time.”

“Who is she?”

“I think she’s a Sweet-butt,” Jessica replied, her nose wrinkling. “I know she strips, too.”

That made sense. She looked like a porn star, fake boobs and all. “What’s a Sweet-butt?”

“Someone who parties with the club and is an easy lay,” she replied. “Another reason I’m glad that Jordan isn’t a member. I mean, I know he’d never cheat on me. I just don’t need to have my husband surrounded by women like her.”

“Yeah, I wouldn’t want it either,” I replied, nauseated by the way she was hanging on him.

“Oh, here comes Adriana,” Jessica said, smiling. She stood up and threw her arms around her friend as soon as she arrived at the table. Adriana looked a lot like the actress, Eva Longoria. “Hey, girl. How’ve you been?”

“Busy. Tired,” she replied, smiling. “The holidays are always crazy. You know how it is.”

“Do I ever. By the way, this is Chloe. We work together at the hospital.”

“Nice to meet you,” she said and then yawned, which made the both of us yawn as well. She laughed. “I’m sorry. I’m making everyone yawn.”

“I think we’re both tired from working today anyway, so no big deal,” Jessica replied. She patted the chair next to her. “Sit down.”

“Let me grab some food first,” Adriana said, staring at our plates. “Wow, Olive Garden?”

“Yeah,” Jessica replied.

“Tank’s favorite place. I should have known. I’ll be right back,” she replied.

I watched Adriana walk toward the food and then stop at the table full of guys I’d noticed earlier. She chatted for a few seconds and then went to the buffet.

“So, she’s your sister-in-law and her husband is the vice-president of the Gold Vipers?” I said.

Jessica nodded. “Yep.”

“She doesn’t look like I would have imagined her to,” I replied, glancing over at Adriana’s husband, who was now talking with Graham. Raptor reminded me of the guy who played Thor, in the Marvel movies. Muscular, blonde, with an engaging smile. Very good looking. In fact, there definitely was some resemblance to Graham in his facial features.  

“And how was that?” Jessica asked, smiling.

“I don’t know. I guess I imagined her to look like a tough cookie or a real bad ass, you know?” I replied. I wanted to say like a ‘biker bitch’ but I didn’t know if that was offensive or not there.

“Believe me, looks are deceiving,” she replied. “I’m sure Raptor would be the first to tell you, too.”

From the confident way that Adriana walked through the tough biker crowd, smiling and even giving some of the guys shit, I believed it.