Axe: A Steel Paragons MC Novel by Eve R. Hart

Author:Eve R. Hart [Hart, Eve R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-12T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

Axe

With my ass planted on one of the couches and an untouched beer sitting on my knee, I tried my best to look like I wasn’t angry at the world. What had happened in church was getting to me and it was more than obvious that we all were trying to keep our distance from one another.

Diesel had run off, as I had expected, he always seemed eager to get home now that he had Ellie and Fate. Not that I could blame him for that. I mean, I couldn’t say much if I did, because I was ready to go myself and see the damn woman that I’d laid down my name for.

Jessica flopped down on the couch beside me. Her body leaned back on the couch, her shoulders both flat against the cushion. She crossed her legs and it didn’t slip by me that it was in the direction away from me. Nothing about her body said she was trying to make a move. Which, I was thankful for.

“So what? You got yourself an old lady now?” she asked, humor ringing in her tone. “She’s nice. I like her. And that little boy is cute as a button.”

Sure, we’d had this weird off again on again thing the last couple of years, but it didn’t feel like she was making fun of me or trying to work her way in again.

I would have said that I was pretty close to her. After all, she’d seen me at my worst times when we’d been alone in that dark room. She’d been there when I couldn’t run from the flashbacks. The way she was acting right then proved to me that she would always be a good friend. And that was all. Because even as her shoulder playfully bumped into mine, I didn’t feel anything. No spark. No electricity. No urge to find a way to keep touching her.

She wasn’t trying to make me feel like shit over the whole thing and that was what I needed most at that moment. She also wasn’t trying to change my mind. She was respecting me and in return, I would always respect her.

“Maybe I’m fuckin’ nuts or something,” I said, shifting the beer bottle around on my knee. “I just can’t explain it. She does chick things to my insides.” A small laugh slipped past my lips. “And that little boy…can’t say no to that cute as fuck kid.”

“Awww. This is so precious,” she said half-jokingly as she slapped her hand over her heart dramatically. “Don’t worry, I’ll keep that last part to myself. But for real, Axe, I’m happy for you. I can tell she does something to you…I see the change in you. I kinda like it.”

Jessica’s eyes followed one of the club girls as she walked by. She sneered down at me and I couldn’t have even given two shits.

“Seems like the claws are out tonight,” Jessica said as she narrowed her eyes at the bitch. “Don’t worry, I’ll keep them in check.

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