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“So you both slept with her?” I don’t miss her gentle emphasis.
“That was the plan,” Jax tells her coldly.
“But we didn’t,” I quickly clarify. Why is Jax being a knob about this?
“I see,” is all Raven says.
“Look, we should have told you. But,” I glance at Jax for confirmation and he meets my eye with a steely stare. “We aren’t going to stop. We’re going to change the method, but we don’t rest until we have the desired outcome.”
“You want to ruin Tilly?” Raven whispers.
“Yes. For you,” I tell her.
“And for Lizzie,” Jax adds.
Raven’s head whips up to stare at Jax at his words. I can’t decipher the look she gives him, but it isn’t one filled with contempt. It’s a good sign.
“You should have told me,” she says, turning to me.
“You would have tried to stop me.”
“I need a...well, I’ll never have a clear conscience, but for Phoenix’s sake, I need to set a good example. I don’t want anymore bloodstains on my hands.”
“That’s why we didn’t involve you, Princess.” I blink in surprise as the term of endearment slips easily from between my lips. It feels right. “We needed to keep you clean.”
“Okay. I need to process this and see how I feel. You promise you didn’t sleep with her?”
“On my life.”
“Jax?”
“I couldn’t do it,” he grumbles. “Cared too much about someone else.”
“But…” she hesitates, like she doesn’t want to ask this question, but knows she’ll never forgive herself if she doesn’t. “You guys kissed her?”
“I’m sorry, Raven,” Baxter replies. Jax just nods once, a sharp reluctant jerk of his head and Raven hisses out a pained breath. She closes her eyes briefly and when she re-opens them, the pain is erased. No, not gone, masked.
I snort at Jax’s unwillingness to just say how he feels. Everyone in the room knows he’s talking about Raven but the stubborn prick won’t admit it to himself.
Fool, I’ve been there. Never again. Who knew I had a heart capable of love after all? Without thinking, I open my mouth and the words fly out:
“I fucking love you.”
Charlotte’s Diary
Present Day
Just when I’m getting my head around the fact that I have feelings for Thorn, Rebel goes and drops his bombshell. He loves me. He’s in love with me. And he wants to be a family. It’s a dream come true, everything I’ve ever wanted…so why am I feeling so conflicted? It’s all getting too much to deal with.
