Living With The Manwhore (In Progress)

Chapter 16: Power

Jax POV

I'm staring at the apartment door in silence, long after Lacy's walked out.

The fuck just happened?

I obviously knew Lacy was hard headed but this is something else. She just ran me over with what we both know is the truth, and I'm laying in the road.

Everything she said was valid, truthful, and honest. I'm just shocked she actually said it out loud. I've pushed her over the edge and she's had enough.

Shaking myself out of it, I walk back into the living room. Kevin and Julian watch me take a seat then pause the game.

"You okay, man?" Julian asks, looking quizzical.

All I can manage is a stiff nod, my head and brain still stuck in the kitchen.

"The fuck happened to Lacy? Cause that definitely wasn't her that walked out here" Kevin looks at me like I have an ounce of an answer.

I'm silent, blankly staring into space.

"I've never seen her dress like that, ever" Julian shakes his head. "It has to be for that new dude she's seeing."

That slaps me out of it, I jerk my head to the side, "The fuck you just say?"

Kevin and Julian both look at me confused. Obviously not expecting me to react in anger. The very idea of her dressing up for another guy triggers the fuck out of me.

"Damn dude, don't get so pressed" Julian holds his hands up.

Too late, I'm already clenching my fists white. I feel a rod of tension down my spine. My heart drums uncontrollably in my chest, rage turning my blood to boiling.

It clicks for Kevin first, his brows shooting to his hairline. "Holy shit, are you jealous?"

That makes Julian's jaw drop, looking between me and Kevin.

Yeah that's what it is. Never felt it before until Lacy blew into my life like a cyclone, destroying everything in her path. She's tearing me up internally, raising emotions I didn't think myself capable of possessing. And I've been in denial because it's too uncomfortable acknowledging what she does to me. But it's beyond obvious to me and clearly I'm not doing a good job of hiding it because now other people are noticing too. And it takes a lot for dumbasses like Kevin and Julian to notice shit.

It's on the tip of my tongue to lie. I could stuff my attraction to her down and try to bury it again. But its worn me down, it's getting too intense and deep to smother now.

"Fuck no" I grunt, knowing they'll see right through it.

Both of them screech like two middle schoolers at a Justin Bieber concert, "Holy shit, you are!"

"You're fucking jealous some dude is piping down Lacy!" Kevin points.

I have him on the fucking ground, throat pinned, the second the words leave his mouth. I'm seeing red, I'm having a hard time not knocking his ass out.

"Say that shit again, motherfucker" I dare, press down on his throat harder to emphasize.

Julian is on me trying to pull me off Kevin, who's starting to turn purple.

"Jax, what the fuck!" Julian yells, yanking at my arm.

I release Kevin's throat, he rolls over coughing and wheezing. I shove Julian off me and stand up, grinding my teeth, veins in my neck popping.

Holding myself back from doing worse, I address both of them, "Talk about her like that one more time and what I just did will look like a warm up. Try me."