Page 16 of My Dark Protector

“Well, it wasn’t well-planned on my end…”

“Shocking,” Brittany deadpanned.

“But I sort of fell asleep beside him, and we were cuddling, and my sister and brother walked in and I sort of just… blurted it out.”

Brittany frowned. “I feel like you might be skipping a few crucial plot points here…”

“Okay, let me go back…” Teagan began. “Remember Eric?”

Brittany rolled her eyes. “That fucker.”

“Britt…” Teagan peered around, making sure they were alone.

“Oh come off it, heisa fucker. What did he do?”

“He sort of talked me into letting him and a few of his friends come over to my apartment… and they started cutting coke on my antique coffee table…”

Brittany’s eyes bugged out. “Teags! He’s a double fucker is what he is!”

“Yes, well, I called Jaxon.”

“Wait,whois this Jaxon?” Brittany asked. “You said you’ve known him since you were a child, but-”

“He’s one of my older brother’s friends.”

“Brad, right? The cute one?”

Teagan rolled her eyes. “I suppose.”

Britt winked and leaned over on the counter. “Go on.”

“Okay, well, I called him because he has a history with Eric and I couldn’t call Brad or Dave because--”

“Because they’d flip, yeah, I get it,” her friend nodded.

“Right, so I called Jaxon and he came over straight away. He got rid of Eric and changed my locks on my windows and doors.”

“So he came over when you called? And saved you from the goat-fucker, Eric?”

“Correct,” Teagan replied.

“Hmm,” Brittany sniffed. “Sounds like boyfriend material to me… not just the fake kind either.”

Teagan ignored Brittany and continued. “So after that, I didn’t want to be alone, so I went with him back to his place. I should probably preface this with the fact that Jaxon’s a contractor.”

“Wait. JaxonLawson?” Brittany asked.

Teagan’s brow knit briefly. “Yes?”

“Oh, I know him.”

“You know him?”

“Yeah, he comes to me for landscaping plants. Never during business hours, of course, but he always pays upfront, so I don’t mind meeting him here early in the morning.”

Teagan had no idea Jaxon used this shop for his landscaping needs. He knew she worked here and everything, why not come by while she was here?

Her jaw set when she suddenly had a thought. A thought that would explain why he came here early in the morning without her knowledge.

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