Billionaire Dragons' Fated: BBW Paranormal Dragon Shifter Menage Romance by Anya Nowlan

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    Just then, a perky looking waitress sauntered over to them, giving Alexander and Apollo a dazzling smile and barely glancing at Jade. Jade relaxed immediately. Finally, someone who treated her like she was expecting to be treated – like she barely existed next to the forces of nature that were the Goldplains. Jade smiled and slumped back against the backrest of the booth they’d taken up right under the big windows overlooking Main Street.
    She could deal with catty women and bitchy servers. It was much easier than wracking her brain over what the hell was going on.
    “Hey, boys! Haven’t seen you around in forever!” the waitress purred, her long legs seeming to go up forever.
    Jade watched with guarded interest as Apollo and Alexander greeted her. She knew Apollo’s reputation. He was an absolute womanizer. Jade wasn’t sure what she was hoping to see, but one thing was for sure – Apollo wasn’t doing it. He barely seemed to notice the hot, redheaded waitress, his attention mostly flickering between his beer and Jade, whenever he thought she wasn’t looking.
    But Jade definitely noticed all the looks she was getting from him. How could she not?
    “Yeah, Katie. We’re back in town for a little while. Can we have the regular? I assume the fish platter hasn’t changed?” Alexander said, flipping together his and Apollo’s menus and picking up Jade’s as well.
    “Nope, still the same. Some good things never change,” Katie said with a wink, accepting the menus.
    Alexander nodded, giving her a mild smile, and Apollo just tipped his beer in reply. The leggy waitress looked at Apollo long and hard, but he remained as impassive as ever. Katie didn’t even look at Jade as she spun around and trampled off, obviously a bit taken aback by her reception. Jade noticed that even when she was pissed, she could keep her hips swinging back and forth in that exaggerated, sexy walk that women sometimes did when they thought they were being watched. Except that this time, the only one watching was Jade.
    “What’s her deal?” Jade asked, grabbing for her bourbon and taking a long sip.
    “We sometimes hook up when I’m in town. Nothing serious, though she might not agree with me on that,” Apollo said grimly.
    Jade smirked. Of course it was Apollo, who was getting up to no good. She’d expect nothing less from the charismatic singer of one of the biggest rock bands in the world.
    “Is that what you do? String women along?” Jade teased.
    The look she got from Apollo surprised her. He seemed almost… hurt. Or at least a bit unhappy that she would think that of him. She filed it away for later. There was a lot of stuff she found herself wondering about all of a sudden, most of it having to do with the Goldplains and how she was going to survive being alone with them for so long without doing something… umm, silly.
    “No, I don’t. I made it clear to her that I wasn’t looking for a relationship. She knows what I do.”
    “But?”
    “But what?”
    “Aren’t you going to see her now that you’re in town this time?” Jade asked, genuinely needing to know.
    She wasn’t sure why Apollo or Alexander’s love life was of any interest to her right now, other than the fact that she couldn’t help but imagine herself in it, but her curiosity spoke louder than her rationality.
    “No,” Apollo said simply, finishing out his beer and waving at a waitress for another.
    “Okay. I think it’s time we explain something to you, Jade,” Alexander said as Apollo’s beer arrived into his awaiting, thankful hand.
    “That’d be great! I’d love to hear what it is that I’ve managed to rope myself into,” Jade said, nursing her bourbon.
    She had a dozen theories, each sillier than the last, but she’d forced herself to not mull over any of them. Thankfully there wasn’t too much time to drive herself crazy between enjoying the presence of the Goldplains and reminding herself that she’d chosen to trust