Red Wine and Rings
As they re–entered the night club, his eyes scanned for Angelique, locating her with a group of other she–wolves, all beautiful and glittering both in their confidence and their jewels and beautiful dresses.
Her entire life, Jane thought, she had never been permitted into their cliques, despite being born one of the pack, and yet Angelique had been accepted within such a short period of time, and, in fact, had taken up a lead role amongst them. The pain of exclusion was sharp and lonely.
“Ah, Baron,” Toby Longford greeted him. “I had wondered where you had disappeared off to.”
“Ah, well, you know,” Baron laughed, the implication being that he had taken Jane up to his office for a quick f–k, she realised, and cringed, seeing the sneer on Barbara Longford’s face.
“What can I do for you, Toby?”
Jane hovered, not included in the conversation, held in place by Baron’s hand on her waist. A sudden rush of wet down her front caused her to gasp, and she looked down at the spreading dark stain that dripped down her beautiful dress – one she could not now sell, she added to herself bitterly.
“Oh, dear,” Angelique exclaimed. The she–wolves she had been with moments before burst into laughter, and Jane saw Baron and Angelique exchange the notebook. “Jane, you are eternally underfoot when I have a glass in my hand, it seems. I am so sorry, Barbara, I do hope she didn’t spill any on you.”
were such a graceless creature. Her mother was just the same, of course,” she told Baron. “Pretty, but always such a pathetic embarrassment to poor Matthew. I think he was grateful
Baron‘s jaw. “A despicable thing to even say, let alone in front of one of her
our pack, Baron,
with Davis Wright, her hands against his chest and his inappropriately low on her back, and both looking at where she stood and laughing, along with
paused looking down at her with a frown. She stepped out of her shoes and caught
he put his arms around her, pulling her back against his chest. “I am very sorry about
fall over her face. “Ah, Baron,” Matthew Corbyn said as he and Alice entered the club. “Leaving
“What is it about you, Jane, and red wine?
one left wearing it,” Baron replied, his tone
It was Alice, Ben or Jake‘s fault for the scrape that
busy day tomorrow. An early night is needed. There’s the
and Alice continued into the
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