Page 58 of Undeniable Love
With a quick kiss, he stood and stretched. “I’ll be right back.”
Lucy got a little more comfortable and took a minute to check her emails. There wasn’t anything that needed her immediate attention, so that was good. Then she spotted an unread text from Gemma.
Gemma: Just drove by your place and saw an unfamiliar car in the driveway. You okay?
Leave it to her best friend to worry.
Lucy: Fine. Have an overnight guest. We’ll talk tomorrow.
Gemma: AN OVERNIGHT GUEST???
Gemma: Are we talking a friend? Relative? Or sexy guest?
Laughing softly, she shook her head and considered lying just so the conversation would end, but…
Lucy: Sexy guest and I promise we’ll talk tomorrow!
Gemma: You’re killing me!! Can you at least give me a hint?
She never told Gemma about her weekend with Jax while she was in Wichita, and she wasn’t ready to tell her now—well, not right now, at least.
Lucy: I really can’t. He’s right here and…tomorrow!
Gemma: GAH! FINE!
Putting her phone down, she got even more comfortable and wondered what was taking Jax so long. Yawning, she closed her eyes and figured he’d be out any second.
Yawning and stretching as he strolled back to Lucy’s bedroom, there wasn’t a doubt in Jax’s mind that he had a goofy grin on his face. Right now he was feeling happy and relaxed and beyond content. Being here with Lucy tonight was like a balm for him. Between the injury and all the plans for the camp and the ridiculous amount of positive PR he was trying to generate, he hadn’t realized just how tense he was until he got here. Their situation wasn’t ideal, but he loved the fact that they were going to try to make something work.
Picking his phone up off the floor where it must have fallen out of his pants earlier, he noticed a bunch of notifications—several missed calls from both his brothers and one from his father. “Well that can’t be good.” He hated to keep Lucy waiting, but he had to know what was going on.
Hitting the first of Noah’s messages, he sat down on the edge of the bed and listened.
“Jax, hey, it’s Noah. Listen, can you call me as soon as you get this? We’ve got a…um…a situation. Thanks.”
“Yeah, that didn’t tell me anything,” he murmured and hit the next message.
“Me again. Really need you to pick up the phone and call me back. This is serious, Jax. Call me.”
It would have been easy to just do that, but now he wanted to hear all the messages so he could be mentally prepared.
“Dude, seriously, where the hell are you? In typical Dad fashion, there’s news that none of us expected. Apparently, we have a sister! So if you get this, can you now please give me a freaking call?”
For a moment, Jax thought he misheard the message, but when he pressed Simon’s message, it confirmed things.
“Hey, did you talk to Noah? Can you believe this? Juliette and I decided to surprise him and Lily and followed them to Raleigh and then this all hit the fan.” He groaned. “Listen, call us because…um…yeah. This is insane.”
There was another “Where the hell are you?” message from Simon before Jax played the final message from his father.
“Hey, Jax. I’m guessing by now you’re in the loop too. Listen, I tried talking to you and Simon about this, but the time never seemed right. I didn’t plan on it all coming out like this, but your sister got tired of waiting on me, I guess, and took matters into her own hands. Call me so I can…hell, I don’t even know. Just…call me.”
Raking a hand through his hair, he stared down at his phone as he tried to figure out who to call first.
“Jax?”
When he looked up, Lucy was standing in the doorway, looking confused. “Is everything okay?”
“Um…” That was all he could get out before shaking his head. When she sat down beside him, he knew he was going to have to say something. “So there were a bunch of missed calls from my brothers,” he explained. “And my dad.”