Page 101 of Fierce-Jax

“You know I can keep one,” Trent said, smiling.

“Dillion and I had been talking for a solid month or more before we agreed to be set up. We were flirting. She was throwing hints at me and I saw them but didn’t do anything.”

“Why?” Trent asked. “I’ve never known you to not go after what you want.”

“Because I didn’t want to find out we’d be better off as friends. I enjoyed what we had and it was something to look forward to.”

It sounded ridiculous now when he said it.

“So when they wanted to match you both up and you know their radar was always dead on, you figured it was your chance?” Trent asked.

“I did,” he said. “Come to find out she felt the same way.”

Trent laughed. “Then it worked out. And we know you were dating before you were given Dillion’s information to set it up.”

He figured his sister shared that part.

“We were.”

“And now everything is going smoothly,” Trent said, looking at Eli pushing Gianna on the swing set.

“It seems to be,” he said.

“You’re not sounding convincing.”

“It is,” he said. “I think we are both maneuvering things. It’s been three months and not a lot of hiccups.”

“Other than dramatic children?” Trent asked.

“Just that once. Most times I find her entertaining. Dillion’s parents seem to be fine with everything. I’ve only been to their house one other time. Her father works a lot or Dillion wants to give them a break since they’ve got Gianna so much.”

“And now Gianna isn’t going there on the weekends for the night,” Trent said. “That was a big hurdle for us too.”

“What are you two talking about over here?” Roni said as she walked across the lawn.

“Your husband is giving me some advice.”

Roni shut one eye at him. “Dating a single mother advice?”

“That’s the one,” he said. “Tell me from your point of view. What things would have pissed you off if Trent did something?”

“Oh, I ticked her off,” Trent said. “By getting into the middle of things she tried to handle herself.”

Jax snorted. He’d known that and did the same thing as Trent at times.

His sister needed someone to step in and get her to do the right thing with her ex.

It made it better in the long run.

“You don’t have that worry,” Roni said. “No ex to have drama over.”

“No,” he said. “I know little about him. Nothing more than he was shot and killed when Gianna was a baby.”

“You never looked him up?” Trent asked. “I know I would have.”

“I did,” he admitted. “Months ago. There wasn’t much other than he seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Someone drove by and shot him on the street. There wasn’t a lot of information.”

“He was the only one shot?” Roni asked. “That’s horrible.”

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