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Taming Ava & Fixing Jax - A Modern Fairytale

Chapter 53 I'd Rather Kiss a . . .

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Jax rose up out of the water and Ava screamed louder. The water cascaded off Jax's body and for a moment, Ava just saw something large with water dripping from it.

Jax laughed so hard, he was doubled over.

"I was hoping you'd drowned."

"You thought I was a shark," he said laughing. "Didn't you wonder where the fin was?"

"If the shark is deep in the water, you don't see the fin. I felt something bite me."

"It was my fingernails on your ankle."

"Asshole," Ava said.

For a moment her fear of a shark attack caused her to forget that she was going to kill him for dumping a bucket of water over her head. She still wanted to kill him maybe even more now that he'd terrorized her by pretending to be a shark. He was only about four feet away from her. She waded through the water careful where she placed her feet; she didn't want to step on something sharp like a sea urchin.

"Wave," Jax said, grabbing her and wrapping his arms tightly around her.

For a moment, Ava was seduced by the romance of the moment. He was holding and protecting her. Now those well muscled arms of his served an actual purpose as they held her to his chest. As the wave came down on them, they lost their balance, he lost his grip on her and they both got pulled underwater.

Ava was confident in water and this wasn't the first wave that had knocked her off her feet. She didn't panic when she was pulled under and couldn't find which way was up. As she twisted and turned trying to find her way up and out of the water, her lungs began to burn from lack of oxygen. She began to worry when suddenly a big hand reached out to her. Jax pulled her through the water until she could stand, her head out of the water and breathe. He'd acted just like a hero in one of her Hallmark movies and then he had to ruin it by kissing her.

At first, her feelings of goodwill for him trying to protect her from the wave and then helping her when she was underwater led her to yield as he pulled her into his arms again and kissed her with a hard punishing kiss. She might have even responded a tiny bit at first. Then he put his tongue in her mouth and down her throat like a tongue depressor in a doctor's office. She hadn't been quick enough to close her mouth. She struggled, trying to push him away. He was just so damned strong, it was like trying to move a wall.

He released her, a big smirking grin on his face. She didn't think she could hate him anymore than at that moment.

"That was gross! It was the most disgusting kiss that I've ever had in my entire life," Ava said raising her voice in her fury. Her blue-green eyes seemed to be shooting sparks. She'd never been that angry in her life.

Jax debated between pulling her back into his arms for another kiss or fanning the flames of her anger. He picked the second choice. More fun.

He laughed at her.

"You disgusting son of a bitch," Ava hissed. Time to kill him. She wished she could double kill him. She moved closer.

"Get any closer and I'll kiss you again," Jax warned.

Ava stopped.

"I'd rather kiss a dog than kiss you," she snapped. "They kiss better."

"Yeah, you enjoyed every second of it and now you have to deny it. I understand. You just can't admit how much you want me."

"Oh, I want you all right," she said in a low purr. "I want you to kill you," she said screaming. "That kiss was gross. It's going to give me nightmares. It was like having a snake in my mouth. You are a terrible kisser."

Jax just laughed at her. Her words bounced off him not shaking his confidence in the least.

"You know Ava, I think your problem is you've never been kissed by a real man. You like gay guys and they don't know how to kiss girls."

"Go fuck yourself Mr. Toxic Male. You don't understand how a real man is supposed to be. You think it's all this macho business with muscles and tongues. It's disgusting. You're vile. I'm going back to the cabana and get Paul to get me some mouthwash so I can wash the taste of you out of my mouth before I vomit."

Jax grabbed Ava by the arms.

"I'll save you a trip," he said tightly. "Open wide."

He lifted her up into his arms and then dropped her squirming and swearing into the water. She hit with a splash. He smiled as he watched the water close over her head.

"Ava, here comes a shark," he said as he dove into the water.