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the forms to make sure I had it correct, I noticed Jade standing in front of me with an uncomfortable expression on her face. I sat back on my chair. “What’s up, Jade?”
    She bit down on both her lips, telling me she was nervous about something.
    “I want to talk to you about Ava,” she said.
    “Is she okay?” I straightened in my seat.
    “Yeah, she’s fine. Actually, this is more about you and this illusion you seem to have about her—”
    “Goodnight, Jade.” I stopped her right there. This wasn’t a conversation I wanted to have with anyone, especially Jade, Ava’s closest friend here at the bar.
    I returned my attention to my computer screen.
    “Chris, come on. I’m being serious. You—”
    “Goodnight, Jade,” I said through my teeth. I didn’t want to be a dick to her, but this was none of her business.
    “Fine,” she grumbled, and stormed out of office. God, these chicks were driving me insane and not in a good way. Minutes later, my door opened and Ava stepped inside. Of course. Prepare for the wrath of Ava Veneziano.
    “What did you do to Jade?” She smirked, then crossed her arms over her chest, pushing her breasts up higher than they already were. Nice.
    “Nothing, she’ll get over it,” I said, licking my lips while getting off my chair and sauntering over to her. She sported the black t-shirt with Blush printed to the left. It was painted on her, as were the leather black pants she wore. Damn, she was sexy. Ava grunted, then held her hand up to stop me.
    “Goodnight, Chris,” she said, leaving me alone in my office. I chuckled, then closed my eyes, imagining all the times she had her mouth wrapped around my dick. She always knew what to do, and she knew what I liked. Yeah, I wasn’t ready to let her go yet.
    The next morning, I drove back to Blush and finished some paperwork before putting away the new inventory. A while later, I was stocking the new shipment of bottles behind the bar when Jade came in.
    “Hi,” she said shyly. Well, I’ll be damned, Jade was embarrassed.
    “Hey.” I grinned, rising to meet her eyes.
    “All right, I know, it’s none of my business.” She sighed. “But I’m just trying to look out for you.” She glanced away nervously.
    “Because you love me?” I teased. Jade grunted.
    “Unfortunately. You’re like the brother I never had, you know?” She punched my shoulder. Just then, we looked to the bar door when it opened, and Claudia swayed inside. I felt Jade’s head snap back in my direction but I continued to look at Claudia.
    She had also grown up in the same neighborhood Ava and I lived in. But unlike us, she never embraced it. She didn’t work, and her parents still supported her along with her sister and her sister’s two kids. When my mom told Claudia’s parents I had opened a bar, Claudia insisted I get her a job. And out of a favor to my mother, I did. I knew Claudia had an ulterior motive for wanting to work here, and I still didn’t know what it was. I was desperate and needed someone to come in and start working, so I also hired Claudia, knowing Jade and Ava would not like it.
    “Claudia? Christian, seriously?” Jade said under her breath as Claudia sauntered closer, an extra swing to her hips and a flirty smile on her face. I smirked back. “Do you not remember the last time she was in here and the problems she caused?” Jade continued.
    Claudia was somewhat of a regular at the bar. She’d get drunk and flirt with someone’s boyfriend, instigating an argument—or so that’s what I was told. She would only come in on my days off. Jade hated her as a customer. Ava had her own reasons for hating Claudia and now I wondered how they would handle her as a co-worker.
    “ Hola, Christian,” Claudia purred, “Oh. Hey, Jade.” She barely looked at Jade while she spoke. Chuckling, I rounded the bar, grabbing some forms I had left on the nearest table for Claudia to fill out.
    “Fill this out for me,” I said with a smile as