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“No. No, man, I swear. Look, I get you think you and Dani started off like a marriage of convenience but?—"
“But what?” I clipped like a dick because it was my way. Crue sighed.
“But come on! I’ve seen the way you look at her. The way you walked out and carried her and watched over her after that thing with the paps at the gas station.” His words left me reeling.
“How… how do I look at her?” He shot me a knowing look. I knew better than to ask a question I wasn’t ready to hear the answer to.
“Jax…”
“How?” I found myself pressing.
I needed to know.
My heart had been kickstarted, but I didn’t trust myself. I glanced over where Dani had been only to catch the group walk backstage. “They’re probably going to lunch,” Crue shared, and I nodded. “You love her,” he said quietly.
“I shouldn’t.”
“Why?” When I turned to look at him, I could see the confusion in his eyes.
“I’m not good for her, Crue. I’m a mess and?—"
“You used to be. That’s not you anymore, Jax. It hasn’t been for a long time.” I swallowed down the emotions his words brought to the surface.
“Crue, back then…” I couldn’t seem to get the right words together. Almost as if he sensed it, Crue patted my back.
“I know. Same, man. We were young with way too much at our fingertips. Shit got out of control.”
“I should have known better.” I sighed. “I was one of the older?—"
“Come on, man.“ His shoulder bumped mine. “We were all young and stupid kids.”
“Yeah.” I swallowed, “Still. I should have been better. I’m sorry. By the end, I just wanted to be left alone.”
“I get that. And I’m sorry I couldn’t understand it back then.”
“We good?” I asked. Genuine hope rose inside me.
My bandmates had been like brothers to me. We had lived things only the others could understand. And right or wrong, I’d missed them.
“For sure, man.”
“You wanna shake on it or—" Crue chuckled and leaned in. He hugged me. We patted one another on the back and stepped back. “Now, are you going to stop acting like a dick?”
“Maybe,” I muttered, even though my lips twitched.
“Good. Come on, I’m starving.” Crue urged us to eat, and I suddenly found I had an appetite. And my shoulders felt a little lighter.
Maybe getting the band back together wasn’t the worst thing that had happened?
My hands connected, and I spun the cool metal band around my ring finger.
How could it be when it helped me find a way to tie myself to Dani?
CHAPTER 7
DANI
I lookedout the floor-to-ceiling glass wall that looked out to an infinity pool of the house Jax had brought us to. I still couldn’t believe he owned a place like this. It was about thirty minutes from where we lived, yet he chose to live in the townhouse instead.
