Smiling at her enthusiasm, I tried to steal a kiss when Ben and Mathew came between us.
“Mathew and I were talking and since your courses are all different, I thought I’d take Jade around and Mathew would show you and Derick.”
I snarled at Ben and opened my mouth to tell him no when Jade grinned from ear to ear and butted in.
“Sounds perfect. Let’s go. What I’ve seen so far is great.”
David stood beside them and Jade walked off with Ben before I could say anything. Derick burst out laughing with Owen joining in. Mathew stared at them both like they were crazy.
“Oh my God.” My brother chuckled. “I wonder if Ben has any idea he’s a dead man.”
Owen smacked me on the back. “I told David to keep his mouth shut. I so want to watch this play out.”
I pushed his hold off and turned on my brother and bodyguard. “Fuck you two.” I glared at Owen. “I should fire you.”
The idiot laughed harder. “I’d like to see you try.”
I shook my head and turned my glare on Mathew. “Come on, let’s get this tour over with so I can get back to my girl.”
Mathew raised his eyebrow. “Derick said she was your sister. He introduced her as his sister.”
I shot a death stare at my chuckling brother before turning back to Mathew. “Derick calls her sis, because Jade is my girl. When I can convince her she’ll be my wife.”
“Argh, I should call Ben,” Mathew got his phone out and Owen yanked it off him.
“No way. You’re not spoiling all my fun. I want to see if princess will figure out your guy is hitting on her. And I wanna see his…” Owen nodded in my direction, “reaction when we meet up later.”
“Princess.”
“Jade,” Derick said. “It’s what our security detail calls her because of how he and the family treat her.” Derick pushed me. “Let’s go. Stop you’re sulking. We’ll see her in a couple of hours. David is with her and Rex is somewhere. You trust her, don’t you?”
“Of course I trust her. It’s just the Ben guy I don’t.”
“David and Rex won’t let anything happen to her. Let her have fun. You know Jade has no idea the guy is hitting on her. She’s way too excited about being here.”
Fuck. Derick was right. I hated it when my brother was right. Reluctantly I motioned for the tour to start and I followed behind Derick and Mathew just wanting to get this over with.
*****
Pissed off didn’t begin to describe how I felt. I’d gotten a phone call an hour ago telling me she’d seen everything and was going back to the hotel with Ben. They were looking over some forms two of the teachers had given her guides.
As soon as I got the call I was through with my own tour. No way was I leaving my girl with Ben any longer. I left my group and went back to the cars. I’d been enjoying the tour until I’d gotten the call. I’d told Jade no, but she’d laughed it off. She had no idea what she was in for when I got her.
Royce sat in the Land Cruiser waiting for me when I got to the car park.
“Owen called me. Let’s go.”
I got into the passenger seat.
“I know how you are with her, kid, but remember she is innocent. She has no idea the boy is hitting on her, she thinks he’s just being nice. Princess has no idea how beautiful she is.”
Sighing, I closed my eyes and calmed myself. Royce was correct. I needed to calm myself down before I went into the hotel and said or did something I’d regret.
The ten-minute drive seemed to take forever. Royce dropped me out front and I called Jade to see where she was. “Hey, little bit. Where are you? I just got here.”
“That’s good. I’m just standing in the lobby talking.”
Spotting them as I entered the hotel lobby, I ended the call and my calm vanished. Ben was touching Jade’s arm and the look on his face was like a piece of candy had just been given to him.
Reaching them, I pulled Jade away from him and into my arms. “Hey, little bit, I missed you.” I kissed her lips and she pushed away from me blushing.
“I missed you too. I had so much fun though.”
I listened as she told me about her tour and gushed out what Ben had told her.
Ben and her started talking again and the guy was blatantly checking out Jade with me right there. Jade had no idea the guy was flirting and smiled at him and laughed.
I fumed when he laughed and touched her arm again. Fuck this shit. I wrapped my arms around Jade and picked her up placing her over my shoulder.
“Stephan, what the hell?” she squealed.
I didn’t answer. I glanced at Ben. “She’s mine.” Turning, I didn’t wait for a reply. I strolled over to the elevator and pressed the button. I could feel eyes on us, but I knew I wouldn’t be questioned, not only was I a big spender at this hotel but I had our guards with me.