Page 77 of Heartless Sinner

“Do you guys need anything else? I’m going to head out for a few hours.” She finally looks at me, breaking her stare from her husband.

“I’m fine. This is plenty.” I motion to the cheese platter and smile.

“Okay. Enjoy the rest of the day.” She looks back at Jaxon. “See you later.”

“Hurry back.”

“I will.” She leans in to kiss him again then heads off.

His eyes follow her until she’s back inside the house, and even then, he continues to stare until I clear my throat.

He looks at me and gives me a sheepish grin for being caught out. “Sorry. She always does a number on my mind.”

“Ya think?” I smirk, and the two of us laugh. “I’m just joking. This is a good version of you.”

“Thanks, man.” He takes a swig of his scotch and sets it on the table, then he looks at me with curious eyes. “So, did you find your nameless girl?”

“I did.”

Amusement brightens his eyes. “And what happened? You look like you have stuff on your mind.”

“I do. A lot happened, and I’m also getting married in two weeks.”

Jaxon’s eyes snap wide. “Two weeks? Seriously?”

“Yeah.”

“Who’s the lucky lady?”

“My nameless girl who has a name now. It’s Scarlett.”

He stares back at me like he did in high school when I’d just told him some crazy whacked-up story about my many adventures. Sometimes those stories were real, sometimes not. Jaxon would look at me like he is now, trying to figure out if I was being serious or not.

“It’s the truth,” I confirm for him, and his stare morphs into shock. “I have some stuff to tell you.”

“Yeah, it sounds that way.”

It’s my turn to drink, so I take a big gulp then fill Jaxon in on everything that’s happened over the last eight days. And I leavenothingout.

By the time I finish, he looks even more perplexed than before.

“Jesus, Micah. What the fuck?” He leans forward, elbows on his knees.

“I know. It’s hard to believe it’s only been eight days. So much has happened.”

“And you’re getting married to this girl?”

“Yes.”

"Well, if nothing else, at least she sounds like your type of chaos.”

I smirk and take another sip of my drink. “You think I’m crazy.”

“I’ve always thought that, so that’s nothing new. I get it and you seem really taken with Scarlett, but the situation is messy.”

“I know.”

“You’re sure she has nothing more to do with the Nexxus?” He raises a brow.

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