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“Just give it time; you’ll be alright, sweetie.” I could listen to the both of them talk for hours; they were so nice and full of wisdom. I enjoyed being around them.
“Sorry, ladies, can I please borrow her for a while?” Jax asked as he passed them a platter of different kinds of meat, and they stared at it before Natalie moved forward and grabbed it.
“If you do anything to her, we’ll kill you,” Maya threatened as she grabbed a BBQ skewer. “We like her.”
“I promise to return her in one piece,” Jax placed his hand on my back, and I got up, following him to the pool, and he suggested we dip in our feet.
“Is there a reason you pulled me away?” I asked him, and he smiled as he sat down beside me, placing his beer between us, which created some space.
“Nothing much, I just wanted to get to know my buddy’s neighbor and find out why he’s so—“ he seemed to think of the word before he nodded. “Interested. So, what makes you interesting, Brooke?”
“Besides the fact that I almost burnt down my apartment and basically groped Asher when I was drunk?”
“Yes, besides those very amusing incidents. Something that doesn’t concern Asher.”
“Hmm, now that’s an interesting question.” I hummed as I lifted my legs from the water just to dunk them back in. It was a hot day, and I was glad that I had always been a fan of dresses rather than pants on summer days.
“Is it a bit too difficult to answer?” he asked. He picked up his bottle and sipped as he watched me from the corner of his eyes.
“Not really. There just isn’t much to say about me,” I said as I leaned back on my hands. “Although I am curious to know how much firefighters make so that I can join and get a car as beautiful as yours!”
“Well, we don’t make enough to buy that car, but I basically have rich parents and an inheritance,” Jax shrugged, and I nodded slowly.
“Anyone you spending your wealth with?” I asked him, and he laughed as he shook his head.
“Not at the moment; are you offering?”
“I’ve been known to make a great friend when I’m not burning apartments down or getting drunk.”
“I bet you are.” He bumped my shoulder. “So, what’s your story?”
“I’ve been thinking this since we met,” I said, and he tilted his head to the side.
“I’m curious.”
“You’re a bit forward and nosy, aren’t you?”
“Yeah,” he smiled brightly, and I laughed. “Money does that to you sometimes.”
“Would you say it’s your personality or a mask?”
“Ay, are we getting deep now?” He leaned in close, and I did, too.
“In case you didn’t notice, I tend to be a bit forward and nosy, too,” I informed him, and he squinted his eyes.
“Can you feel your neighbor’s eyes on us?” Jax whispered, and I nodded subtly.
“He’s probably thinking of ways to kick me out,” I spoke softly, and Jax burst out laughing as he shook his head. I took that opportunity to look at Asher who stood with some of his colleagues with a beer in his hand.
His glare was cold, and he clenched his jaw when our eyes met.
What did I do now?
Chapter 13
Brooke
“So, it’s just the two of us,” I looked at Anne who sat down comfortably on my couch, watching her favorite cartoon on the television. She turned to look at me, with her lips lifted up into a cute pout.
