Page 54 of Rules Of Our Own

I huff out a laugh. “What could I possibly need?”

She places her hands on her hips, and I give in, promising, “I’ll bug you every night if I have to.”

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My heart sinks, and my chest tightens with dread as I round the corner and see Jason standing in front of the back door to the hospital that I always use, blocking my path. There’s a deep crease between his eyes, and a muscle ticks in his jaw.

“You scared me.” I take a slow breath to steady myself. It’s daytime. People are around. Unpleasant, but not unsafe. “I don’t have time for this right now.”

“You fucking slut.” Jason closes the ten feet between us, and I stumble back. “This is what you were doing? Whoring around?”

He holds up his phone, and there’s a picture of Sidney and Jax by the pool. In the background, I can just make out Alex with his arms around me from behind and River’s face close to mine. You’d have to really be looking to spot us. “Where did you get that?”

“It’s posted to your friend’s Instagram,” Jason sneers. “I told you not to fuck with me. You think you can go around making me look like a fool? You don’t have time? We’ll see about that.”

“Jason, you need to understand. We’re over, we’ve been over. Please, just let it go.” The back door opens, and I don’t hesitate to run. He’s a spoiled nepotism baby who’s never been told no in his life, and I don’t trust what he’s willing to do next.

I make quick work of stuffing my things into my locker and make my way back to the unit.

“You’re back!” Kristie’s smile drops the second she sees me. “What happened?”

“Just Jason being his typical delusional self.” I play it off, not wanting to get into it, but she doesn’t let it go.

“If he’s bothering you, we should call security.” Kristie grabs the phone off the wall, and I place my hand on her arm to still her.

“Seriously, he just surprised me.”

“Girl, we’ve been working together for months.” Placing her hands on her hips, she stares me down. “Just tell me.”

I run my tongue along my top teeth, trying to think of a way to get out of this, but give up when she quirks her right brow. “He’s being weird. Like, he’s been an ass since we split, but he showed up at my apartment drunk the other night.”

Her mouth drops open. “Holy shit.”

“Yup. He was out there waiting for me to get back from lunch too. I guess he found some photos of me and some other guys while in Napa, and he’s pissed.”

“Okay, I totally need more details on the whole ‘other guys’ thing, but seriously, Jason’s getting creepy as hell. You need to report him. At least security can keep an eye out for him.”

I mull my words over in my head before telling her, “Remember when I told you he helped me with the connections to get this internship?”

“Yeah.” Kristie’s tone has lost some of its pep.

“Well, his dad’s on the hospital board. There’s literally nothing security can do.”

I hate knowing that this isn’t uncommon. That countless women have been in the same position I am now.

“That’s totally messed up.”

I nod. “Nothing like a psycho ex to mess up your day.”

CHAPTER26

ALEX

Jax:You two still moping?

Alex: Shouldn’t you be clam diving?

Jax: I’m not touching that one.

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