Page 87 of Sweet Temptation (Men of Honor 2)
Swallowing thickly, my lips lift into a soft smile. Yes, I’m exactly where I’m meant to be.
After dessert the girls are cleaning up the kitchen, gushing over baby girl colors for the nursery, and I can’t help but stare at my Cupcake. She’s got her beautiful smile in place and glows with happiness, just the way she was meant to always look. When she bends over to grab a plastic container from the cupboard my dick spikes, remembering what’s under that dress of hers. Oh fuck is she in for it the moment we walk out this fucking door…
My attention gets brought over to Jaxson when he stands up, “Let’s head upstairs to the office,” he slaps Logan on the shoulder, “you too, come on.”
“Jaxson!” Both Anna and Julia warn nervously. “What? I’m being nice and including him…”
“It’s fine, Anna.” Logan tells her firmly, not looking worried in the least as he gets out of his chair to follow.
“See, it’s fine.” Jaxson adds, not sounding very convincing.
Anna walks over to Logan and gives him a kiss. I notice Jaxson tense, a scowl forming on his face. Anna glares over at him, pointing her finger, “I mean it. Be nice.”
He grunts a reply before walking off. The rest of us guys follow, well except for Mac, but he’d rather stay with Grace anyways.
“Don’t worry, Coop won’t let him kill him.”
I chuckle, catching Kayla’s shitty reassurance to Anna before heading up the stairs. Cooper trails back to walk with me; I ignore his hard questioning stare, like I have been all night. I’m hoping this means Jaxson got the fucking address.
Entering the office, we watch Jaxson grasp Logan’s shoulders. “Have a seat, Logan, lets get to know each other better.” He pushes him to sit in the chair, a little more forceful than necessary.
Logan glares at him before slouching in the big leather seat, getting comfortable. The rest of us pull up chairs to sit around him, except Coop, he stays standing.
Jaxson walks around his desk, enters in some numbers on a pin pad, then the sound of a lock is released. He puts the gun down on the desk before sitting in front of Logan.
“Listen, man, I know what this is about, and I know your rules. So you can save your fucking breath and your little scare tactics.”
Jesus, I have to admit the kid has some fucking balls. That or he’s the stupidest fucker I’ve ever met. I haven’t decided yet.
Jaxson points to the gun, “You find that scary? You think that’s why I just took this out?”
Looking unimpressed, Logan’s silent reply says it all.
Jaxson smirks, but there’s nothing amusing about it. “Actually, next to Julia this is the least scariest thing I have in my house. Want to know what’s scarier, Logan?” He doesn’t wait for a reply. “Me. The different ways I have been trained to kill someone is much fucking scarier then what sits in front of you, and I have killed. Many actually, and I…”
“You don’t fucking think I know that?” Logan snaps back, cutting him off. “You don’t think I’m fucking thankful every day that you were trained for that shit? Since it’s what saved my girl’s life. I’m serious, man, save your fucking breath. I’m not the bad guy. I’m the one who loves her and will fucking kill anyone who even attempts to hurt her again.”
The room goes silent as the two of them glare off.
“Okay, time to break this up.” I clap Logan on the back. “Sorry, Jaxson, but I like the kid. Knowing he loves her and he’s protecting her is good enough for me, and it should be for you too.”
Jaxson glares at the kid a second longer. “You love her?”
Logan replies with a nod. Something shifts in Jaxson’s expression before he points his finger at him, “Just so you know. I have your fucking door rigged. I will be alerted immediately if anyone goes in or out of that fucking room tonight. So if you want to keep your fucking dick intact, you will follow through with what you just said.”
Logan rolls his eyes, “I told you I won’t touch her tonight, and I meant it. So chill the fuck out already.”
Yup, the kid has some balls…
Jaxson grunts, “You’ve got a fucking mouth on you, kid, but it’s probably the only thing saving your ass right now.”
Logan shrugs, “I just say it like it is.”
Things go silent for a moment before Cooper breaks in, staring right at me. “Since that is now settled, let’s move on to another topic. Like where the three of you are going on Tuesday.”
Yeah I knew it would only be a matter of time. I look him straight in the eye, “What is it you want to know?”
“I want to know that I didn’t make a fucking mistake giving Jaxson that address. I want your goddamn word, Sawyer, that you’re not going to do something stupid.”
I shrug, “Don’t worry about it. I’ve got it under control.”
Hopefully.
“Do you?” he asks, looking unconvinced.
“Yeah, I do. My biggest priority is getting back what fucking belongs to her.”
And beat the fuck out of the guy, but I keep that part to myself…
“That’s the only reason why I gave him that address,” he says, pointing over to Jaxson. “That girl has been through more shit than anyone should ever have to, and I’m sure I don’t even know the fucking half of it. But I’m warning you, Sawyer, if you lose control like you did with Miguel, or worse, I’m not going to be able to get you off the hook so easily this time.”
I glare back at Cooper, the violence I’ve been tamping down begins to surface from thinking about what that fuck did to her…
“Don’t worry about it. Jaxson and I will be there, we won’t let him go too far.” Cade pipes in, pulling me from my thoughts. I look over at him gratefully.
Coop grunts, “You won’t let him go too far? Jesus, that makes me feel a whole lot fucking better.”
