Page 182 of One Bad Idea
I shook my head. "It didn't backfire. You just hired me anyway."
"You think so, huh?"
"Well, yeah. But I'm sure you had a good reason."
"Oh yeah? What's that?"
I sighed. "Alright, you want the truth? I think you did it to keep Cassidy from leaving." I hesitated. "I mean, I know you offeredherthe job first, so you obviously had some interest in getting her to stay."
"I might've," he admitted, "but that's not why I hired you."
I gave him a dubious look. "So youweren'tdoing it as a favor to Cassidy? Isthatwhat you're saying?"
"It was a favor to someone," he said, "but not Cassidy."
"Who then?"
"You can't guess?"
"Well, it couldn't be Jaden."
"Why not?"
I almost laughed. "Because he hated me on sight."
"Nah. He only thought he hated you."
That didn’t make any sense. "Sorry, what?"
Jax gave a rueful laugh. "Alright, you wanna know what happened?"
I gave a silent nod.
"On the day of your interview, I call your old boss, and what does he tell me?"
I frowned. "Nothing good."
"Yeah, that's whathethought."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"I mean, he tells me that you're a temperamental pain in the ass, says you're kind of scary, too."
"I am not," I said. "I just…well, try not to be intimidated, that's all."
Now, Jax was smiling. "I know."
The smile caught me off guard. "Okay, what am I missing?"
"My brother."
Oh yeah. I was missing him, alright.He'd been in Hawaii for several days now, and I was dying to join him. The only problem was, I wasn't quite sure that I should – at least, not as his assistant.
From the open doorway, Jax said, "It might surprise you to hear this, but my brother? He's not the easiest person to get along with."
In spite of everything, I almost snickered.Talk about a massive understatement.
I recalled how much I'd despised Jaden when we'd first met. But now that I knew him better, I realized that he was absolutely perfect in his own way. Or, at the very least, he was perfect for me.
