Chapter 74: Don't Call Me Stupid

END OF BOOK ONE: BOUND

**Jax**

Her eyes narrowed into tiny green slits, and her heart pounded furiously. Good. I wanted to throw her off guard. Maybe then she'd lose just enough control to finally speak the truth. I was d*mn good at pissing people off, saying things meant to get under their skin until they finally exploded. I'd lost count of how many times I'd faced off with Chloe like this, and then Abby.

"Did you just call me stupid?" Her tone rose with each word.

I lifted one shoulder in a lazy shrug. "If the shoe fits. . ."

"You're an a**hole."

I stared down at her. "Tell me something I don't know."

"You drive me mad." She curled her hands into fists by her sides.

"Welcome to the club, sweetheart."

"You're rude and boorish and bossy and you think the world revolves around you, that everyone should do as you say because you're - "

"Because I'm what?" The corner of my mouth lifted with a smirk meant to anger her. "Please. Don't stop on my account."