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Taming Ava/Fixing Jax

Chapter 54 There's Always a Catch

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Jax swam close to Ava then slipped out of her grasp every time she tried to grab him. It brought back happy memories of elementary school when he and Opie used to chase girls on the playground to give them a kiss on the cheek or to pull their hair. Those were the good old days before a little boy would find himself cuffed in the back seat of a police car for doing that today.

Ava gave up after several attempts and kicked her way up to the surface, She waded in the water until the water came to her thighs. He was too fast for her to catch and she'd had enough.

Jax stood up in the water a few yards from her.

"That was fun," he said cheerfully. "Want to play shark again?"

He was reviling in being out of prison and in a tropical paradise. Life was damned good. He didn't understand why Ava couldn't see it that way.

Ava's temper wasn't cooled by the water. She was still furious at Jax for dumping a bucket of water over her head, scaring her into thinking she'd been attacked by a shark and kissing her.

"I want to kill you," Ava said seriously.

"Really?" Jax asked with a grin.

"Yes, really, you idiot," she snapped. "You are disgusting. Hate doesn't begin to describe how much I hate you."

Jax laughed. This was the most fun he'd had with a girl outside of sex since he couldn't remember when. He never dreamed he would have this much fun with Ava. The angrier she got, the more fun he had.

"OK. I'll tell you what I'll do for you, my beautiful bride; you can punch me as hard as you like. Those little doll hands of yours aren't going to do any damage. Better yet, I'll let you punch me three times in the stomach."

"Why?" Ava demanded suspiciously.

"To make amends."

"What's the catch?"

"No catch," Jax said as he raised his hands out to his side motioning for her to hit him.

Ava thought about how nice it would feel to hit Jax. The sun was shining on his bright blonde hair and he thought he was so sexy and irresistible that she would fall into bed with him.

He reeked with toxic male entitlement. She wanted to hurt him and he was inviting her to do it. How could she turn down such a tempting invitation?

She waded over to him. Her fingers itched to wipe the smile off his face. As she drew back her fist, she saw him tighten his already rock hard abs. She punched him. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. He didn't flinch and her fist had practically bounced off him like he was a superhero.

"Is that the best you can do?" he taunted her.

Ava drew back her fist and punched him again with the same result. He chuckled. This time she hit him as hard as she could and once again, nothing happened. Those chiseled abs of his had actually made her fist hurt.

He grabbed her, pulling her roughly into his arms,

"You said there was no catch," she said accusingly as she struggled to free herself.

"I lied. There's always a catch."

He subjected her to another gross tongue down her throat kiss. Ava thought the first kiss was bad, but this one was worse because it lasted longer. When he finally released her, she wiped her mouth with the back of her hand.

"That was the most disgusting, revolting kiss of my entire life."

Jax was smiling as though he were pleased with himself. This only further enraged Ava.

"Come on, tell me how you really feel," he suggested.

"I hope a shark comes by, bites your dick off and you bleed to death."

"All that over a couple of little kisses?"

"Wet, sloppy, gross kisses. I bet you learned to kiss from your family dog."

Jax thought that over for a few moments.

"Damn. You're right. I did make out with our dog a few times," he said chuckling without a trace of embarrassment.

"And you haven't gotten any better."

"I've never had any complaints until you."

"I don't even want to think about what else you might have learned from your dog."

"I do have my limits," Jax said. "I never went beyond first base with Nellie our dog no matter what anyone says," he joked.

Ava scowled at him. There wasn't anything she could do to him. No words she flung at him could hurt him and, after punching him, she knew she had no power to physically hurt him. All she could do was go back to the cabana and get away from him.

"Are you sure you don't want to play shark again?" Jax called after her.

As Jax watched her retreating figure, he wondered where things had gone wrong.

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Author's Note: It's been a rough few weeks for me. My computer died. Thank you HP. No, really thank you HP. Such a quality product. Guess which brand I'm not buying again? I also had an accident that left me bruised, swollen and battered. I got a concussion that left a few gaps in my memory. My brain is still a little scrambled and I'm in constant pain. I won't be posting as often until I recover. Time heals and HP sucks!

Also to the reader who mentioned Jax getting an annulment from Ava because she won't sleep with him, he would be a laughingstock if everyone knew that Jax Teller God's gift to women couldn't get his own wife to have sex with him. He would lose a lot of his swagger.