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Taming Ava & Fixing Jax - A Modern Fairytale
Chapter 36 The Suckiness of Reality
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Ava walked into her bedroom, tossed her carry on bag and her shoulder bag into a chair near her bed all while keeping a wary eye on Jax.
"Does my father know you're here and in my room?"
"Of course. He got me out of prison. He's invited us to stay with him until we find a place of our own."
Hallmark heroines don't swear, but Ava wasn't feeling like a Hallmark heroine. She felt like a heroine in a horror movie now. Leave it to her fucking father, she thought, to get Mr. Toxic Masculinity out of prison. That man was dangerous now that he was healthy again. He needed to be caged and not let loose in her bedroom. She remembered back to the good old days when he was chained. She longed for the safety of those days.
"How the hell did he do that?" Ava demanded.
"You really don't know anything?"
"I do. I'm just asking the question for the hell of it," Ava snapped.
Jax smiled. He liked a feisty girl. Made the sex that much sweeter.
"He believed me when I told him I was set up. He hired investigators and lawyers and put together a documentary that was shown on TV. One thing led to another and the judge ruled I was wrongly convicted. The conviction was thrown out."
"You're just out until you get tried again."
"No, I'm out for good. The judge found the charges were false and the two ATF agents are on video talking about how they set me up. You can watch the documentary online."
Ava looked at him and her lips tightened. Her son of a bitch of a father deliberately set her up by not telling her he was working to get Jax out of prison. She should have known when he gave her the spa resort trip that he was up to something. He wanted her to get blindsided with Jax getting out of jail. If her flight hadn't gotten delayed so many times, he would have been on hand to see her face when she got the surprise of her life.
She had no doubt that he suspected she'd married Jax strictly to fulfill the terms of his will. He was going along with her charade. He'd gotten Jax out of prison just to screw her over. If she had enough money to hire a hitman, she might give it some thought.
There was so much to think about and she was tired. She could think later. Her first step was getting Jax the hell out of her room.
"I'm exhausted," she said. "I had a terrible day traveling. I just want to take a shower and go to bed."
He looked her up and down and liked what he saw. Ava was a hot woman and she'd feel just fine under him. He smiled and stroked his moustache.
"Fine with me. Do you sleep naked?"
Ava thought she might have thrown up a little in her mouth. At least he was wearing a T-shirt. She hoped like hell he was wearing pajama bottoms under the sheet.
"There's a guest room next door."
"I'm not a guest," Jax drawled. He was enjoying this. "I'm your husband."
"And there's a guest bedroom next door," Ava repeated.
"I'm sleeping here with my wife."
She was sure when he'd said the word "wife" she'd thrown up in her mouth then. She'd never wanted to be a wife especially not to a man who was oozing Toxic Masculinity all the time.
"I sleep alone," Ava said. "Go sleep in the guest room and we'll talk in the morning."
"I'm not sleeping in the guest room," Jax said chuckling at the idea. "Now, you could sleep there, but your father will find out. He's a smart guy. He might begin to think we don't have a real marriage."
Ava grabbed her carry on bag, went into the bathroom, closed and locked the door. She wasn't sure who she hated more at that moment Jax or her father.
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Author's Note: This isn't going to be one of these stories where they suddenly get together. It's a roller coaster sort of story where you may like one and not the other and then that shifts with the plot and things that happen.
Poor Ava. All she wants is an antiseptic guy from a Hallmark movie and she gets Mr. Toxic Masculinity.
Future Events: A Hawaiian honeymoon, living with her dad, meals with Gemma and moving into their first house together. And it's all going to go wrong.