Capturing The Billionaire (Masters Duet Book 1) by R.J. Stevens

Author:R.J. Stevens [Stevens, R.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-03-17T16:00:00+00:00

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Jade Samuels

I stormed out of the room, making my way outside. I could hear Nate running after me, but I didn’t stop for him. I was far too embarrassed and enraged. My mind still hasn’t fully wrapped around what just happened. She hated me because I wasn’t one of them, but Christy wasn’t even dating her son, so why insult her too? Was it because we were friends?

I felt relieved when I saw Christy and Joseph standing outside. He was talking to her, but she was completely ignoring what he was saying. I could tell by the way she avoided looking at him that she was pissed off that he dragged her out

here.

“Jade!” her voice rose in volume as she ran over to meet me. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

“I swear I was about to beat her up.” She held up her fists. “As a matter of fact...”

She tried to sidestep me, but I was one step ahead of her. “Yo Joseph, come get your girl.”

He took her from me, her hands still balled into fists as she struggled against him.

It was then that Nate walked out. He took small, measured steps towards me. He approached me as one would a lion, but it was unnecessary. I didn’t blame him for what happened.

“Why do you look so scared to come near me?” I asked before ginning. “I don’t bite unless you want me to, of course.”

That got him to laugh. “I was worried that you would be mad at me.”

I raised a brow. “Why would I be mad at you?”

“Because of what happened in there.”

“That wasn’t your fault, Nate,” I tried to reassure him, but he just shook his head.

“I should have defended you.”

He left me baffled. “You did defend me.”

“I should have defended you more,” he muttered as he stared at me.

I didn’t understand why he was beating himself about this, but I had to understand what he meant. “Why didn’t you?”

He looked down, concealing his eyes from me and the world. “I wanted to, I really did, but I was just so shocked that she would do this. I mean, I’ve never seen her behave this way.”

I could only imagine how he was feeling right now. He grew up knowing a different woman to the one he saw today. The shock, disappointment and even anger coursing through him must be overwhelming. I took a step towards him, pulling him into a hug. He wrapped his arm around my waist, clinging to me. I smiled when he burrowed his face into my neck and placed a soft kiss there. I’ve seen him happy, playful, flirty and in the throes of passion but now I was seeing a vulnerable side to him.

“You’re not going to leave me over this, right?”

I pulled away to look at him. “Of course not. Look, I understand that the way she acted came as an immense shock to you, but you still defended me in your own way-”

“But” he interrupted me.

“No buts,” I patted his arm. “I didn’t expect you to cuss your mother out.

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