Mercy's Angels Box Set by Kirsty Dallas Page B

horrible.
                  “You pay most the bill’s here so your mother’s office is as good as yours.” I could feel the tension rolling off Jax beside me. It made me restless and uncomfortable. This is what I hated, confrontation. This was a trigger and I had to get away from this uncomfortable lovers quarrel. I looked at Selena who was quite obviously a girlfriend and she was a bitch. I felt like such an idiot. As if a man like Jax would truly care about a damaged little girl like me. He would want a real woman like Selena who looked perfect, no doubt not a scar would mar her beautiful body. I felt sick to my stomach.
                  “Excuse me, I’m just gonna leave you guys that alone time.” I tried to offer Jax a smile, but I know it didn’t reach my eyes. I snuck out of the kitchen and all but ran for the common room. I shook my head at my own stupidity. I had made a fool of myself, I almost allowed myself to care, to want. As if my battered soul could take that kind of risk.

Chapter 6
Jax
                  I still couldn’t believe Selena was standing in front of me. I couldn’t believe that she thought it would be cool to come here and the fact she had looked at Ella with such cold hostility was a reality bitch slap for me. I must have been stark raving mad to have been sleeping with this girl. What the hell was wrong with me, she was a heartless bitch and she just stood here in front of me now, smiling like an arrogant fool. I couldn’t even pretend to contain the anger that boiled at the sight of her.
                  “You need to leave.” I didn’t move towards her. Her eyes flickered with uncertainty, but she quickly put that mask of confidence back on.
                  “Don’t be silly. I came down all this way to see you, the least you can do is have a drink with me. I bought the red you like.” I hated the red, I hated wine full stop. I was more of a beer kind of guy, but Selena liked me to look refined when we went out for dinner, which was rarely. After all, our relationship had mostly been physical. We were not considered an exclusive couple which made me wonder why all of a sudden she seemed to be pushing for more.
                  “What are you doing Selena? We’ve always kept things casual. What’s with the sudden clingy attitude?” She sighed and pouted that pout that was supposed to be cute, but it wasn’t.
                  “Because Jax, casual doesn’t work for me anymore. I’m not getting any younger, I will be twenty-five next month and it’s time for me to settle down. You and I are perfect together. You could move into the apartment with me and sell your house, it is too far out of town anyway. We can build up your business so that I can stop working and don’t freak out,” she gave me a pointed look. Too late, I was already freaking out. “Then we can think about kids. Maybe three, but in the future, like a year or two from now, once your construction company becomes sustainable and you can quit coming in here.” I shook my head and laughed. Clearly Selena misunderstood my humor as she smiled back. The woman was certifiably delusional.              
                  “Okay Selena, I normally wouldn’t be so abrupt with a woman, it’s not my style, but clearly you are no ordinary woman.” Her smile wavered. “You should not have come here tonight, not ever. The way you just glared at Ella with such bitterness was not only inappropriate but childish.”
    “She was touching you,” Selena tried to intercede.
                  “Actually, I was touching her but that makes no difference to us or what I am about to say. I want you to leave. I want you to take your expensive wine that really does taste like piss and get the fuck out of here. I want you to delete my number from your phone and not call me again, ever.” That got rid of her over