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“Oh God, don’t re his coffee from my espresso h to deal with “You still take it black, two sugars?”

“Yeah”

I reached for the canister that held the sugar, but it was e the stool from the pantry, I placed it in front of the cabinet where the extra sugar was and stepped on it The floor was still daht out from under me

“Shit!” I shrieked, but Jax was quick on his feet, catching round

I opened e door flew open and both of our eyes snapped toward the disruption My heart dropped, sinking to the bottom of my stomach I locked eyes with the man I least expected to see

His seething glare shifted froin, it appeared as if he’d caught us in an intimate moment However, it couldn’t have been further from the truth

“I’ I heard Christian say since he’d tore apart our photo booth pictures

—Christian—

They ed toward Jax at the same time

“It’s not what you think!”

Before the last word left her asped as his head whooshed back, taking half of his body with hi e

His hands quickly fisted at his sides

“What the fuck is he doing here?!” I snarled through a clenched jaw “This is still my house”

“You need to calm down!” Kinley demanded

“Calm down?! You want me to calm dohen I just walked in on my wife in the arms of her best friend?”

I went for Jax again, but she stepped out in front of me

“No!”

“Kinley, get the hell out of my way!”

“Yeah, Kinley! Get the fuck out of his way I would love to finally lay him out!”

“Jax!” She snapped around “Stop it! You’re not helping”

“He’s just trying to take advantage of you How can you not see that?”