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“I just told you.”
“I’m asking for his middle name?”
I looked away.
“Can you get me his midd—”
“It’s Jax!” I screamed at him, and the son of a bitch had the nerve to smile at me. I glared at my lawyer. “Why are you even here if you’re not going to do anything? Can’t you object or deny or tell him to eat shit?”
“I don’t remember you having such a dirty mouth, Sophie.”
“What can I say, asshole? You bring out the worst in me.”
“Well, you bring out the best in me.”
“I’m immune to your bullshit charm, Jax. I’m not going to fall for it again, and I’m offended that you think I would.”
“You had no problem with it the night we made Ben.”
“Because I wanted to get back at you!”
“Back at me?” He pinned me with a confused glare, and I hated that I had shared too much.
“I’m not marrying you. I don’t care if it’s fake—I won’t do it.”
“Then I’ll have no choice but to take Ben from you. You hid my son from me… The judge will take my side. It won’t take much to paint you in a negative light, Sophie. Don’t make me do it. As furious as I am with you, it’s the last thing I want to do.”
I whimpered, holding my head in my hands. It felt like my whole world was caving in on me. “You can’t do this.”
“Be my wife, and I won’t.”
I gritted out through a clenched jaw, “For how long?”
It was Autumn who answered. “Until the end of the season. It’ll be about half a year.”
“Oh my God, I can’t believe this is happening. How is this happening?”
“I don’t want to hurt you, Soph.”
I looked up at him. “Then why are you? Ben doesn’t even know you. Can you think about him for one second?”
“Now you’re concerned with Ben? What about him being raised without a father? That didn’t concern you?”
“What kind of father would you have even been, Jax? You see your lifestyle! You’re with a different woman every night, and how many of them have claimed you knocked them up? I didn’t want him to just be another name on your roster, okay? You live and breathe football. You have no time for him, and I refused to have you hurt him in any way. Especially for your time. I didn’t tell you because I was trying to protect him. All you do is use people, exactly how you’re trying to use me right now, and I won’t stand for it!” With that, I abruptly stood from the table and knocked my chair over in the process.
I needed a minute to compose my thoughts and figure out what I was going to do. Instead of continuing this pointless argument, I walked out to my balcony to breathe in the fresh air. Leaning against the railing, I laid my head on my hands.
My heart was pounding, and my head was aching.
I was screwed.
“I know how hard this is for you, Sophie,” Autumn sympathized as she was suddenly standing next to me, leaning against the railing, mimicking my position.
“You have no idea what you’re asking.”
“Actually, I do. I know exactly what you’re going through because I went through something similar with Julian.”
“Yeah, I heard.”
