Three is a crowd

Chapter Nine

Joker was outside the board room as he waited for her. She quickly walked passed him as she tried to stay in front of him, but this was difficult to do in platforms. "Slow the hell down! Your gonna fall walking so fast." He firmly grasp Pax's arm and pulled her around to face him but he had pulled too hard and she hit his broad chest with a thud.

All she could do was look down being so close to him, "Ouch."

Joker tipped her head up, "Sorry, I didn't mean to do that." Pax turned her face to the side to free her chin from his fingertips. She could see in the corner of her eye he was smiling, "I got a present waiting for you at home." Pax wrinkled her brow as she looked back to his handsome face.

Pax squealed with delight as their SUV pulled up to the house. She jumped from her seat as Frost opened the door. She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a deep kiss on the cheek.

Joker was walking around to greet him when he rolled his eyes at the sound of Harley's voice, "Puddin!"

Joker cut his cold eyes to Frost, "What tha fuck she doing here?"

Frost lowered Pax as he answered, "She wouldn't take no for an answer."

Joker bounced up the front steps and grabbed tightly around Harley's arm. She squeaked with pain, "Puddin?!"

Frost looked back to Pax and smiled at her as he held her shoulders, "I hardly recognized you."

Pax's smile faded as she heard Joker and Harley yelling in the foyer. The front door was flung open as they watched him drag her down the stairs, "Time to go."

Pax panicked, "No! He just got here!"

Frost stepped back to let Joker and Harley by. He peeked Pax on the cheek and got into the driver seat, "Frost?"
He couldn't look at her out of sadness and anger.

Harley pouted as she crossed her arms. Her mouth slightly dropped as she saw Joker gently grabbing Pax's arm to lead her in. She sneered at the younger girls figure and looks.  Pax glanced back and saw Harley trace her fingertip across her neck with a sick smile. She laughed as Frost pulled out of the driveway.

"I hope your happy now." Joker looked puzzled as her heard Pax speak. "She really wants to kill me now."

He shook his head, "She won't touch you. Frost and I will make sure of that."

He stood and watched her bounce up the front stairs and disappeared in the doorway. After an hour in his office he was strolling around the house until he noticed movement on the back lawn. Pax was outside with a bucket of golf balls and a driver practicing her swing while smoking a cigar. He smirked when he heard her curse through her teeth as she hit a wad of dirt.

She jumped as he spoke, "You're  looking up too soon."

Pax stood straight as he approached, "I borrowed these, hope you don't mind." She took another swing and smiled as she watched the ball fly.

Her breath hitched as she felt his hands around her waist, "Your follow through is to stiff. Relax as you swing." He had pressed her back to his chest and placed his hands over hers. He slightly swayed back and forth as he helped her with her follow through. They hit the ball together and watched it fly. Pax smirked but it quickly disappeared as she noticed he didn't let go of her waist, "Wanna try another one?"

Pax wiggled her hips out of his grasp as she turned to face him and removed her cigar as she spoke," Your turn."

Joker lightly grabbed the nine iron and her cigar and placed it between his lips. He looked down as he lined up his shot, "Smokings a nasty habit." He stroked a perfect shot. He turned to her and puffed out rings of smoke towards her.

She bit her bottom lip as she smirked, "We should go play sometime."

Joker smiled as he handed her the cigar and watched her puff, "I used to play all the time."

Pax exhaled to the side, "What happened?"

Joker turned and did a more forceful stroke, "Not what, but fucking who."

Pax strolled over and placed the cigar in his mouth and took the driver, "My turn."

He watched as she perfectly hit the ball. He studied the middle of her fit torso as she twisted during the shot. "I could watch that all day." , he thought to himself.  He jumped out of his day dream as he realized she was calling his name, "Im sorry, what did you say?"

"I said we should play sometime. Frost could come too." She was smiling an innocent smile.

Joker showed his silver teeth, "I'll arrange it."