Page 28 of The Omega's Savior

“What in the world was that look for?” I ask him as he sits next to me.

“Nothing,” He says, quickly stuffing his face, probably so he doesn’t have to answer.

“I think he likes you,” Summer whisper yells from the other side of me.

“I got you the snacks you wanted and you sell me out like this!” Jax says, holding his heart like he’s been shot. “The betrayal!”

I join in with Summer’s laughter at Jax’s ridiculous show. There’s something that feels so comfortable with the way we’re all laughing together. It just feels so right.

Later, when we’re all done eating, Jax stands and grabs my plate before I can snatch it back from him.

“Hey, I can take care of my own plate,” I say, making a move to stand.

“Nah, it’s cool,” he says. “Let me take care of you guys.”

“Thanks Jax!” Summer says, sliding her plate and fork over to him.

I reach over and hold her hand. “How’re you doing?” I ask her.

“This is so cool, oh my god,” She says, smiling up at me. “I told Allison about it and she thinks it’s crazy!”

“You mentioned how Allison and her brother came and helped you get to school on time, right?”

“Yeah, I did miss a day of school though,” She winces. “The first day after mom picked me up from the apartment, she said she’d bring me tomorrow but you know how she is.”

“That sucks, I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay, I got all caught up.”

“We’ll get you to school tomorrow, okay kid?” Jax says.

“Okay, that sounds awesome!”

“Thanks,” I say to him.

I really do appreciate it, especially since I don’t have a car right now and both Summer and I used to just take public transport everywhere. I don’t particularly like the idea of Summer going out and taking public transportation when there’re still people out there who may be looking for me.

“Were things okay with that guy mom had hanging around?” I asked, squeezing Summer’s hand.

“He was super creepy. One time I heard him trying to get into the bedroom I was in but I locked the door.”

“What?” Jax asks, leaning against the counter, his expression growing dark.

“Yeah, but it’s okay, nothing happened.”

My head falls to my chest and I let out a slow sigh of relief. From the corner of my eye, I see Jax’s knuckles go white as he grips the countertop.”

“I should’ve fucking knocked him out harder,” He hisses. “That motherfucker went down too easy.”

“He went down easy?” Summer asks Jax. “But he was a big dude!”

“Yeah,” He says, a quick smile appearing on his face. He raises his arm and flexes his bicep, kissing it as he peels back the sleeve of his black t-shirt.

My eyes go wide at the sight of the defined muscles in his arm. I knew he was strong and stuff, but I wasn’t really focused on his muscles when he carried me up into his car or anything. But now, now I have no other distractions.

“Like what you see?” Jax teases me, turning to the side and flexing his arm in a different way.

“Shut up,” I say to both Jax and Summer, who’s giggling her head off.

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