𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐱-𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭 (𝟏𝟖+) 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 ✓

Chapter 15

"I think I should tell you why I got arrested," Jax tells me. When I hear those words I quickly sit up flicking the lamp beside me on before looking at him. We were silently lounging in bed after our shower together, too awake to go to sleep and here he is dropping this news on me.

"What? Why now?" I ask in confusion.

"After seeing my fucking ex, there's no doubt we'll run into others that know me. I'd rather you hear what happened from me instead of someone else," he says as he moves to sit up as well.

"Okay, if you feel ready then go ahead," I tell him sitting up properly, my attention solely focused on him.

"Besides living with my parents, you could say I had an average life. Got good grades in school, I spent my free time working out, not to mention popular with the ladies," he says with a wink, his voice teasing and I roll my eyes. "But things didn't start to change until I was in university."

"So it started when you left home right?" I question.

"Yeah, pretty much. I first met Kerri when I was starting my third year of university. At that time I was nineteen," he starts off saying.

"Did you skip a grade when you were a kid? Are you secretly a genius?" I ask looking at him in surprise. When I was in my second year of university, I remember I was nineteen at that time.

"I wouldn't say I was a genius," he chuckles, "But I did skip a grade when I was a kid, which is why I got a head start in university."

"I see, a kid genius," I mumble under my breath. I feel Jax's hand on mine and the next thing I know is he's pulling me to sit in his lap. Well, more like he maneuvered me to lie on his chest between his legs. He places his arms on my waist encasing me in his hold.

"I don't want to hear any more interruptions from you so keep those pretty lips of yours shut," he says, running his thumb on my lower lip. I roll my eyes but silently settle in his arms, my head resting where his heart is.

"Please continue Jax," I say and in response I feel a pinch on my butt. Stupid Jax.

"I met Kerri at a party, some people in my class invited me and I thought fuck it, I'll get some drinks tonight. At that time she was finishing her fourth year and we hooked up at the party, from there we became friends with benefits. Later on we even became exclusive but I'll be honest, most of the time we met we were just fucking," he confesses.

"By the time I reached my fourth year, we were still together and she told me she wanted me to meet some of her other friends that weren't from school," he tells me. I'm actually surprised he stayed with her for that long. "Turns out they were the fucking mafia and I stupidly decided to join them."

"You joined the mafia?" I ask sitting up in shock. My hands slap my mouth when I remember he didn't want me interrupting and I look up at him with a sheepish grin. "Sorry?"

"I honestly didn't think you'd last long anyway," he smirks. I laugh at his comment and he's right, if someone is telling me something interesting it's really hard for me to stay quiet.

"But yeah, I pretty much joined the mafia. I was a fucking idiot and I thought it was cool to join the group my girl was in. When I graduated at twenty-one I was still in the mafia and that was when Wren was born. I got a job close to home to help my parents with my new sibling, but there was still the fact of me being in the mafia," he continues.

"Why couldn't you leave? Obviously I wasn't in a gang or anything but in the movies you might have had to do something to leave right?" I ask in confusion.

"Angel, movies aren't like real life. Kerri knew that I had a new sibling and she told the boss so they'd have leverage over me so I don't leave. The only person I really cared for is Wren and there was no way I was going to let anything happen to him," he explains calmly.