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I closed my eyes for a mere second, too consumed with decisions I didn’t know how to make. What was wrong was right outside my bedroom door, sitting in my dining room with a smug expression on his face that I wanted to smack off. I tried ignoring the looming feeling in the pit of my stomach, focusing on the fact that it would only be half a year.
Six months.
A hundred and eighty-two days.
By signing that contract, I was willingly signing my life away to a man who didn’t deserve it. My thoughts never stopped racing as I desperately tried to seek refuge in myself.
I couldn’t help but remember why I’d fallen for Jax in the first place. He seemed so honest, so real, especially when he let his guard down with me.
The way he looked at me.
Spoke to me.
Listened.
Every smile.
Every laugh.
Every word that fell from his lips felt like it meant something.
It didn’t matter how big or small. I felt like I mattered.
It was a lie.
He was an illusion.
One that I’d created out of pure loneliness to feel a connection to someone.
To him.
And now it was biting me in my ass.
Whether I wanted to be or not…
I’d have to become Mrs. Colton.
Chapter Ten
—Jax—
Sophie and her dad walked back into the room.
I was still sitting where I was when she’d left. Except now I had our contract placed in front of me. She sat at the other end of the table, nodding toward the agreement.
I understood her silent demand, sliding it over to her. Despite trying to remain composed, I could still see the slight clench of her jaw and the vein on her neck protruding as her gaze went to the first page of the contract.
“Dad.” She peered up at him. “I know you have a busy schedule, and you’re catching the redeye home. You can go. I can handle it from here.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes.”
He kissed the top of her head before looking at his lawyers. “You two stay and make sure she gets everything she wants.”
Autumn didn’t miss a beat. “I’ll make sure she does, sir.”
His stare moved from Autumn to me. “And you, I’ll see you in a few weeks for camp.” I could see it in his eyes, this conversation was far from over.
