A Ryan Recollection: The Shorts and Novellas by Kincaid Sadie

Author:Kincaid, Sadie [Kincaid, Sadie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781915663313
Amazon: B0CPNPXC5S
Goodreads: 203368914
Publisher: Red House Press Ltd
Published: 2023-12-05T08:00:00+00:00

Closing the cash register, I turn back to the sea of faces waiting to be served at the bar. I’ve been down here for three hours now and the club just keeps getting busier and busier. I, along with the other bar staff, have been working flat out to keep up with the rush.

I love it though. The music. The buzz of it all.

“Jessie? Jessie Heaton is that you?” A voice that sounds vaguely familiar shouts loudly. Turning to face the direction of the noise, I see a guy with a dark goatee wearing a Santa hat.

“It’s me, Jason,” he says with a big grin, launching himself across the bar with his arms wide open as though he’s about to drag me in for a hug.

He is stopped by a large hand grabbing the scruff of his neck, pulling him sharply backward and making him yelp in surprise. That’s when I realize who I’m looking at. Jason Donegan. I haven’t seen him in ten years. A ghost of Christmas past if ever there was one.

“What the hell, man?” he snaps at Shane who glares at him, practically foaming at the mouth.

“You do not fucking touch her,” he snarls. “Never fucking touch her.”

Jason shrugs himself free from Shane’s grip. “Who are you? Her bodyguard?”

Oh, crap!

Shane’s jaw is clenched tightly shut and I see the telltale drawing back of his shoulders. Jason is about to get a punch in the mouth — or much worse. But the club is packed. It’s almost Christmas. Everyone is drunk and happy — the last thing we need is my possessive husband tearing off someone’s head at the bar.

“Jason, this is my husband, Shane,” I shout, wishing I could get out there and stand between the two of them and diffuse some of the anger that is radiating from Shane in waves. But two feet of mahogany and ebony is in my way. I reach out instead, placing my hand on Shane’s arm.

Jason holds his hands up in surrender. “I just wanted to say hello. I knew Jessie way back, is all,” he says.

“I don’t give a fuck when you knew her, or how, you do not touch what belongs to me,” Shane snarls. “Touch her and I will break your hand. Do you fucking understand me?”

“She’s not your property, man,” Jason scowls at him.

“Shane?” I plead. “He’s just an old…” I stumble over the word. Fuck, what is he? “Friend,” I finally say. Deciding that is the best description I can offer right now.

Shane grabs him by his collar. “She is my property, asshole. Every single inch of her. So stay the fuck away.” He pushes Jason backward and a few seconds later he’s swallowed by the huge crowd.

I roll my eyes, watching the Santa hat bobbing away through the throngs of people. When I look back at Shane, he is glaring at me, his eyes narrowed. “Who was that asshole?”

“Just some guy I knew a long time ago,” I say with a shrug before I look at the woman dressed as a sexy Mrs.

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