Page 27 of The Rancher's Addiction

Kaden’s mouth twitched.“My ex.”

Jenny looked the stunned Carly up and down and knew she had very little time before the woman got over her astonishment.

She made her eyes widen dramatically.“The slut?”she asked incredibly.

Kaden choked, and several people started laughing.

“Yeah, Babe, the slut.”

“Why is she screeching like a demented chimpanzee?”

More people laughed, and Carly’s face grew darker.

“Who the hell are you?”Carly shrieked.

“Jenny,” she said simply and smiled.

“Jenny,” she scoffed.“Is this your new stupid whore?”

Jenny laughed.“No one has ever called me stupid before.”She looked up at Kaden.“Have they, Honey?”

He looked down at her and shook his head before turning back to Carly.“No.She’s actually a certified genius with a doctorate in veterinary medicine.”

Jenny looked at Carly.“That means I’m a vet,” she said slowly as if she were talking to an imbecile.

Jenny almost got a bit concerned when Carly started to turn purple.

“What’s wrong with her, Doc?”someone in the crowd asked.

“I think she’s trying not to choke on being the center of unwanted attention.”Jenny looked around the crowd.“Does anyone want her here?”

A chorus of “No!”rent the air.

Jenny shrugged her shoulders.“You see, Carly.No one wants you here.Although you could stay because you're really quite entertaining.”The crowd laughed.“Kaden’s been working so hard he needs a good laugh.”

They listened to Carly start to sputter and her fists rigid against her side.Jenny knew what was coming and was ready for it.

Carly threw out her fist, trying to connect with Jenny’s face.Jenny jerked back away from it and then went in for her own chance and popped the woman in the nose, making it bleed and her scream.Kaden put himself between her and Carly when Carly started to move toward Jenny.

Kaden sighed.“You should go, Carly.You’re making a spectacle of yourself.”

Jenny growled and tried to go around Kaden, but he held her back.

Jenny sneered at the woman.“And Carly.Kaden’s my man now, so you need to move on, girlfriend, because you’re not getting anything more from him.I’ll make sure of that.”

“You bitch!”Carly screamed.A large man came up beside her and grabbed her arm.

“It’s time to leave, Carly.No one wants you here.”

The crowd started to break up.The entertainment was done for the night.Jenny heard Carly yelling and screaming all the way to the door.

Jenny grinned and then looked up at Kaden to see him glowering down at her.Whoops.She did just barge into a situation that was none of her business.

She pulled away from him and took a few backward steps.Thankfully, her friends had come up on either side of her to give her their support.

“Sorry.I know I shouldn’t have done that.I just have a thing about bullies, you know.So...”she said and took a few more steps away from him.“I’ll see you later.”

“Don’t...”

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