Chapter 289: A Tentative Friendship, Part 2

I kept my gaze on the corner of the desk so I wouldn't have to look at him and see the pain I knew would be in his eyes. I wished I could hate him, too, but I couldn't, no matter how hard I tried. Besides, it wasn't like he'd done anything to make me hate him.

"So, I guess we'll just have to settle for being criminals," he said, shoving the paper toward me.

I laughed. "Well, considering I can't lie to save my life, I might as well just confess now. Looks like we're both going to prison."

Jax's smile widened, and my breath caught. It was much too easy to fall back into our old ways - the teasing and laughing and just enjoying each other's company. Could we really get that back now that we weren't bonded?

I missed my friend, but I had no idea how we could go back to being just friends after everything that had happened between us.