Total pages in book: 91
Estimated words: 84294 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 421(@200wpm)___ 337(@250wpm)___ 281(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 84294 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 421(@200wpm)___ 337(@250wpm)___ 281(@300wpm)
Bri’s face instantly lights up, and she gives me a stupid grin, knowing exactly what I’m doing. “I think that’s a wonderful idea.”
“Cool,” Bobby says, our conniving ways going straight over his head.
Jax slowly turns with tonight’s hussy firmly clinging to his arm. The sight kills me, but I ignore it as he narrows those gorgeous blue eyes on me. Game on. “What are you doing, Cass?” he questions in a low tone, the suspicion radiating off him.
I look at him as innocently as ever. “What do you mean? We’re coming to celebrate with you guys.”
“Don’t bullshit me. I taught you that trick,” he says as if he knows exactly what I’m up to.
I shrug my shoulders. “Don’t stress, Jax. If you don’t want me there, that’s fine. I totally get it,” I turn my attention to Bri. “What about that new club we were talking about? I know it’s a bit seedy, but it should be fun.” I ask, she gives me an excited nod, and I turn to Bobby. “Could you drop us there?”
The boys’ faces drop, and Jax steps out of the hussy’s hold and takes a step closer to me. “Fuck, no. We’re not taking you there,” he practically growls.
I shrug innocently as I take Bri’s hand and start to turn away. “Okay, I’m sure someone around here is heading that way. We’ll catch a lift. See you guys later.”
“Wait,” Jaxon growls at my back. I smother my grin before turning back around with my brows arched in question. “Fine. Come to Micky’s then.”
“Oh, okay, sure,” I smile and turn to leave. “We’ll meet you guys outside.”
Bobby nods while Jax watches me go, realizing he just got played.
“Hook, line, and sinker,” Bri laughs as we head out the doors. “How the hell did you know he was going to fall for that?”
“Come on, you have to give me more credit than that,” I say, looping my arm through hers as we head through the parking lot. “I grew up with three overbearing, overprotective big brothers, and Jax grew up idolizing them. He’s like a carbon copy of all three of them. It’s simple math really.”
“Screw the math, it’s fucking awesome.”
“As if you’ve never manipulated Bobby like that,” I say as we finally reach his truck and drop the tailgate to sit up in the bed.
“Yeah, I guess,” she says. “He’s overprotective but not nearly as bad as your brothers. Bobby would usually just let me tag along and then drive me home or shove me in an Uber when he thought I’d had enough.”
I shake my head at her and give her a wide grin. “Not anymore, sister.”
We wait a little while longer and eventually the boys stroll out of the ice rink looking like they own the place, but at least Jax seems to have ditched the hussy. My gaze greedily travels up and down Jax’s body before he has time to notice and damn, he well and truly has become a man.
The boys dawdle purposefully slow while Bri and I watch them with unimpressed scowls. “Hurry up, you lazy asses,” Bri calls out, earning herself a smirk from Bobby.
I sit and watch until they finally make it back to Bobby’s truck. We trade places with the boy’s hockey gear and jump out of the back. Not a word is spoken until we’re on our way. “Xander was on fire,” Bobby comments to anyone who’ll listen.
“Yeah, he was,” Jax agrees.
“Could be a good choice for captain next year,” Brianna says.
Bobby snorts while Jax turns around to face her. “Don’t get ahead of yourself,” he laughs. “It’s only the first game of the season.”
“Just saying,” she says. “He looked pretty damn good from where I was sitting.”
“Why? Are you interested in the kid?” Bobby questions, eyeing his sister through the rearview mirror.
“No,” she scoffs then eyes me with a knowing grin. “I have my eye on a much, much bigger prize.”
“Like who?” Bobby asks, rolling his eyes.
“None other than the wickedly sexy Carter Waters,” she announces proudly.
Jax turns to me for the quickest moment before he breaks into the type of laughter that almost heals my shattered heart. “You’re fucking with me, right?” he asks Bri. “The guy is the biggest player around.”
“I know,” she grins. “Challenge accepted.”
Jax scoffs, knowing just how much of a challenge that really is. “So, you think you’re going to be the one to tame the beast?”
“Hell, yeah,” she announces proudly. “With all the girls he has been with, can you imagine how good he would be in bed?”
“Fucking hell. I don’t want to hear this shit,” Bobby whines as he pulls into the parking lot and turns to face me in the back. “Can you talk some sense into her, please?”
I hold my hands up in surrender and grin. “Don’t look at me, I’ve already tried,” I tell him. “She knows all about the kind of guy he is, but do you think that changed her mind?”