Page 51 of Fierce-Jax

“It’s only been two.” She would not say anything about her being set up. In her mind, she and Jax were already on the slow trolley trying to sightsee.

“How did you meet him?”

“He works in the building,” she said. “He’s an executive director of a large agency three floors up.”

“Sounds older than you,” her mother said.

“Actually, we are the same age. He’s smart and great at his job.”

“You should see the smile on your face,” her mother said. “I can tell you’re happy.”

“I am,” she said.

Even more thrilled with the kiss at the end of the date.

Jax had been so considerate that he didn’t want to do it in the parking lot outside her car where people could see them.

She should have thought of that too.

He held the door open for her to get into her car and she turned and told him to get in the passenger seat.

He got in and she laughed, then told him she was ready for her kiss.

That gave them the privacy they needed.

Boy, was she glad for that.

He had a smooth way about him.

No Mr. Nice Guy when he was kissing her.

Yep, it started slow and a tad bit polite, but the minute she nudged his mouth open and slid her tongue in, his hand went up and into her hair and held her head in place while he treated her like she’d done her chocolate cake last week.

He all but devoured her.

If she wasn’t sitting in her car, she might have slumped to the asphalt.

“I’m happy for you,” her mother said. “It’s about damn time you started living again.”

“I’ve been living, Mom.”

“You’ve been surviving,” her mother said. “After everything Alec put you through, I understand.”

“Don’t go there, Mom.”

“I know you loved him,” her mother said. “In your way.”

“In my way,” she said.

It reminded her of what Jax said about Roni.

She was positive she would have left Alec if the truth came out.

Thankfully, not much of it did.

Not all of it.

She didn’t love him enough to have stood by him. But she valued him enough that she would have made any co-parenting work in the future.

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