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grabbed her arm and yanked her off toward a corner booth. “Lord Arnauk came in for dinner. When he comes in, if you have his table, everything else gets dumped and you deal with him. Without making it look that way though. It’s important 'cause he’s too nice to cut in line with other customers, but he’s Lord Arnauk.”
    Aislinn nodded and filed the information away in her brain with everything else she had been learning and got ready to take a mental picture of ‘Lord Arnauk’. When she came around the booth and saw Cullen sitting there with Jenna she stopped as though she had hit a wall. Aislinn felt as though someone had just slugged her in the stomach. She didn’t really understand all the emotions that were overwhelming her at that point, but she was tempted to turn and run and hide.
    Rissa looked at her with concern, but ultimately moved up to the table. “Lord Arnauk. You haven’t been in for the past week. We’ve missed you,” Rissa said in a good natured, friendly manner. Aislinn watched the blonde looked at Rissa with distaste and then went back to the menu.
    “I’ve been around, just haven’t had time to stop,” he smiled back. His expression was strained and Aislinn thought maybe a bit uncomfortable. Then it was as though a blanket of calm acceptance overtook him and he smiled up at Aislinn hopefully. “I see you have a shadow.”
    “Yes,” Rissa said with far too much energy. “This is Aislinn. She just started a couple days ago. So you’ll want to be patient with her. But she’s been doing a great job and learning quickly…”
    Rissa kept talking but Cullen missed most of it when the air circulation shifted and Aislinn’s scent wafted over the table. He took a deep breath, his eyes focused on her, and it was all he could do to keep his wolf contained. Jenna looked up at Cullen as Rissa asked for the second time if he needed a minute to decide on what he wanted. It only took a second for Jenna to register what had distracted Cullen so absolutely. She felt a distinct surge of jealousy run through her. Not that she really cared about who he was actually interested in. She knew that it wasn’t her. But the fact that he was being so obvious about it in front of her and that it was just a little nothing of a waitress was annoying.
    Jenna smiled a withering smile at Rissa and answered the question. “Why don’t you give us a minute sweetie and then send- uh what did you say her name was? Aislinn back to get the order. We’ll be happy to break in the new girl.”
    Aislinn met Jenna’s stare and recognized the hatred immediately. Ah this is more like what I’m used to , she thought as she returned Jenna’s smile. Rissa started to respond when Cullen interrupted her. “That won’t be necessary. Just bring my usual. Jenna do you know what you want?”
    Jenna shifted her gaze back to Cullen and adjusted it to be overly loving and attentive. Just to make sure she had his attention she slipped her shoe off and began trailing her toe along the inside of his thigh again. He glared at her but didn’t do anything to draw attention to the situation. She found him hard as a rock when her foot reached its goal and she began rubbing her foot against him as she placed her order. Rissa took everything down and started to leave. But Jenna wasn’t finished yet. She stopped Aislinn from leaving as Rissa disappeared to put the order in. Before Cullen could dismiss Aislinn Jenna began asking questions about when Aislinn was hired, how she liked the job, and how she got the job. All the while she continued to rub and manipulate Cullen’s erection beneath the table.
    Cullen’s jaw was set. Jenna knew that the minute Aislinn left she was going to be in serious trouble, but Jenna was intent on making it clear that she was more than aware of his interest in Aislinn and that it didn’t matter because he belonged to her now. Cullen was almost ready to break Jenna’s foot off. Aislinn did a very good job of