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

He jumped in

"What happened?" he snapped.

solid before he left-how could the Group collapse

out-all the files. You know a ton of that

shock all over

Group had killer programmers-They were supposed to keep this

saying it was some world-class hacker," the voice added, sounding helpless. "Our firewall

a breath and

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of quiet dragged on before

a done deal. Maybe... you could hit up Mr. Jax Grayson to bankroll a new one?" they tossed

"Smash!"

slammed the phone down in a

ground, breaking apart. It didn't touch the anger burning

in

hit like this. His fists clenched hard. Then he swung his head toward

noticeable, then set his eyes on Raven

he said cold,

and shook

talk back then-and she'd still snapped his legs

words on Jax

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

a little

burned darker, his whole vibe

on Raven, each word sharp as a

you've got," he shot back,

done, and the Grayson family would feel the sting- he got

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