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 out,

stopped. He jumped

"What happened?" he snapped.

left-how could the

on. "Everything's out-all the files. You know a ton of that stuff can't hit the light. The

shock all over

files were locked tight. The Group had killer programmers-They were

the voice added, sounding helpless. "Our firewall was like

in a breath and cut

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fix it?" he

seconds of quiet dragged on before a shaky

Group's cooked-bankruptcy's a done deal. Maybe... you could hit up Mr. Jax Grayson

"Smash!"

the phone down in a

It didn't touch the

wiped out in minutes.

all his guts, he couldn't stomach a hit like this. His fists clenched hard. Then he swung his head

gave a tiny nod, barely noticeable, then set his eyes on Raven

he said cold, "but

line and shook her

talk back

words on Jax and got to

about out of patience," she said,

or I'll take a

his whole vibe turning

stare on Raven, each

what you've got," he

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

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