Chapter 23

Chapter 23

The crew behind Jax stared at the phone on the ground, swapping confused glances.

They couldn't figure out what kind of call could shake Jax enough to make him drop it like that. The guy always kept it together.

Next to him, Dane sat in his wheelchair, watching Jax's stiff posture. A sick feeling churned in his stomach.

"Jax, what's up?" he asked, his brow wrinkling.

Jax didn't say a word, just stood there quiet.

Then he slowly turned his head toward Raven, his glare cold and piercing.

"You behind this?" he asked, voice low.

Raven looked back with a small smile.

"Told you," she said easy, "I'd show you what regret feels like."

Jax's fists tightened, knuckles cracking from the pressure.

Dane caught their back-and-forth, and panic hit him hard.

"Jax, what's going on?" he pushed, his voice jumping with worry. Jax took a deep breath, his words coming out rough and gravelly. "The Group-it's finished," he said, heavy and slow.

Dane's eyes widened. He was dumbfounded.

He scrambled for his phone, pulling it out of his pocket in a clumsy rush.

It'd been on silent before they got here he hadn't even noticed till now.

When he got it out, the screen lit up with a call coming in.

He sucked in a shaky breath, his trembling finger tapping accept

Group's done!" the voice on the line burst

heart stopped. He

"What happened?" he snapped.

was solid before he left-how could the Group collapse in under

files. You know a ton of that stuff can't

wide, shock

killer programmers-They

world-class hacker," the voice added, sounding helpless. "Our firewall

breath and cut

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seconds of quiet dragged on

up Mr. Jax Grayson to bankroll a new one?"

"Smash!"

slammed the phone down in a

apart. It didn't touch the anger

out in minutes. Hopelessness ate at

like this. His fists clenched hard. Then he swung his head toward Raven, eyes flaming with hate, locked

barely noticeable, then

he said

that big-shot CEO line and shook her head,

back then-and

wasting words on Jax and got to

of patience," she said, her voice cool. "Give

take a

his whole vibe turning

fixed his hard stare on Raven, each word sharp as

what you've got," he shot back,

Grayson family would

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