Page 185 of Sinfully Savage Mafia

And he’s right.

I don’t have a choice at all.

CHAPTER10

JAELYN

Istir my coffee, shifting in the wooden chair at my favorite little diner on the Strip the next morning. I wonder how much longer they’re going to sit here and gossip. I have a ton of work to do at Sapphire and all of this…I don’t know, I guess it’s girl talk…is getting to me and my head feels like it is slowly being filled with oatmeal.

Apropos since we just finished breakfast.

Nate is always telling me to make friends and to socialize.

I tell him I have Ashleigh and I don’t need anyone else.

I guess I’ve just never been used to having a whole gaggle of girlfriends. I always spent all of my time at the clubhouse back in Miami, and then when Eli showed up on the scene, he filled my hours.

I never really did well with other girls.

Catty bitches.

Case in point, the near-disaster at the club last night between Velvet and Cassia. Although, since both of them made an insane amount of cash last night because of their impromptu tag team act, they’re pawing at each other like long lost lovers this morning. Testing some material for their next performance?

Maybe.

It just means more green for Sapphire, so I’m all for whatever it is.

“Jae!”

I blink fast and turn to Ash. “Yeah?”

“I said your name three times!”

I shrug. “Okay, and now you finally have my attention. Or did you expect Beetlejuice to appear?”

Ash rolls her eyes. “Well, good, because I have a great idea!”

“Listening…”

“Well, you saw how amazing things went last night having Velvet and Cassia together on stage,” she starts.

Velvet and Cassia exchange a look and suddenly, their joyous expressions morph into resting bitch faces.

It’s clearly an occupational hazard of working at the Sapphire Lounge.

At least, that’s what I tell myself.

They’re obviously anticipating the reason for Ashleigh’s excitement and wondering how much it’s gonna cut into their profits for the night.

“I was thinking, why don’t we do a show where we bring all of our headliners together for one night and also invite a few others who will draw in their own crowds?” Her lips curl upward. “You know that the porn convention is being held in Vegas next week, right? So why not invite a few of the heavy hitters to join the party? We can even invite one per club and rotate them around the other nightclubs throughout the week! It would be amazing for business, don’t you think? You always have to stay ahead of the curve, right?”

I love Ashleigh’s enthusiasm. Really, I do. But Cassia and Velvet look like they want to leap across the table and shred her with their multicolored talons.

“Ash, there’s a lot to consider with that. Contracts, agents, added security.” I give her shoulder a little squeeze. “I think this idea would be great, but I need to run it past Nate. You know how he can be. He’ll blow a million holes into the idea before he’ll ever entertain it.”

“You don’t need porn stars. You have us,” Cassia purrs.

“Even the hottest pussy gets tired,” Ashleigh snaps.

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