A/N: This is in response to a call to arms by ltlearthquake who asked for oneshots before last week's ep. I'm very late... and I'm sorry!

Prompt: Liz gets jealous of the Mossad agent and acts out.

LovelyLittleFreckle, thank you very much for your help!

Elizabeth Keen did not get jealous. Her ex husband, Tom, never gave her a reason to doubt him- and how wrong she was about him! A year ago, if someone had told her that she would be jealous because of Raymond Reddington, she would have laughed in their face. But now, she couldn't help but feel annoyed by his apparent indifference. Ever since the former Mossad agent Samar Navabi went to work with the task force, Red rarely paid any attention to her.

"Just look at them! For God's sake, he is a criminal and she is an agent! She should act like one" said Lizzie to her friend and colleague, Agent Ressler. Lizzie was staring intently at The Concierge of Crime, who was busy flirting with Samar.

"You don't like her very much, do you? If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were jealous'" Ressler was curious to see her reaction.

"Why would I be jealous? Because he pays her a few compliments? He used to do that all the time with me. I don't care if he tells her that she's special. "

" You know, I never understood why women would rather sleep with him than me. And that includes you, by the way."

"What? That's not true! I'm not attracted to him!" Lizzie's face turned red.

"Don't worry, your secret is safe with me" Ressler reassured her.

"Oh, no, they're coming!"

"Lizzie, I need to speak with you about the new blacklister" Red grasped her upper arm and he guided her to another room.

" Why don't you talk to the Mossad agent? I'm sure she'd be more helpful than I would"snapped Lizzie, being more than just annoyed.

Red studied her for a few moments.

" Lizzie, my dear, there's no need to be jealous. It's not a trait that suits you" he approached her in a predatory manner." You know I only speak to Elizabeth Keen"

"I don't even know why I've believed you when you told me that none of it is worse than losing me! It's obvious you didn't mean these words, I'm just a toy to you" Lizzie felt like crying. She refused to tell him that she was jealous, although it was obvious that he knew it.

What Lizzie didn't know was that this has been his plan all along: to make her realize that he wasn't just an asset to her.