“You of all people want me to get married when yours failed?”
He grimaced, instantly making me feel like shit.
“That was out of line,” I expressed, looking only at him.
Caleb’s divorce was only finalized a few weeks ago. He caught his then wife fucking the pool guy while he was at an away game with me.
The sad part was I never really thought he was in love with her. She was a gold digger who got pregnant and trapped him. He said the right thing to do was marry her. That was one thing about my best friend—he always tried to do the right thing.
Fucking fool.
They had a seven-year-old little boy and a five-year-old little girl who were his entire world. They were cute kids, and I was a godfather to both.
“You know who you could ask, Jax. The only woman you’ve ever spoken to me about.”
“Caleb, don’t—”
“Oh…” Autumn intervened, eating this shit up. “The plot thickens. I was right? There was a woman?”
“Why don’t I just leave the room, so you two can continue to gossip like schoolgirls at a fucking slumber party?”
“And he’s getting defensive? Now I’m really intrigued,” she exclaimed. “Who is she?”
“None of your business. I’m not asking her. I don’t even know where she lives. I haven’t spoken to her in who knows how long.”
“I know how long,” Caleb disclosed, incessantly pissing me off. “It was right after the press conference when you punched the reporter in his face, and I had to bribe him with paying his daughter’s college tuition for the next year.”
“In my defense—”
“There is no defense, Jax. You have a short fuse, and you often let your temper get the best of you.”
“I warned him to get his fucking camera out of my face, did I not?”
“It’s his job to have his camera in your face. The day reporters don’t harass you with their cameras in your face, we have a bigger fucking problem than you and your rage.”
“He caught me at the wrong time. I was having a bad day.”
“You fumbled the ball. It was more than a bad day.”
“Are you my friend or foe, Caleb? Because quite honestly since Autumn walked through the door, I can’t for the life of me figure out whose side you’re on.”
“Jax, I’m always on your side, and you’re purposely changing the subject and picking a fight with me so we don’t have to talk about Sophie.”
“Sophie?” Autumn repeated. I could see it in her gaze, she was trying to figure out where she’d heard that name before. “Oh shit! Wait a second! Sophie? Baby Sophie? Your housekeeper’s daughter?”
“She’s not a baby anymore and hasn’t been for a long time. She was older than you.”
“Only by four years and everyone called her baby back then. She always looked younger than she was. Oh my God!” Her eyes widened. “She always had the biggest crush on you!”
“Mmm hmm…”
“That’s all you have to say for yourself?”
“There’s nothing else to say.”
“Jax just doesn’t want to admit that she left him high and dry after fucking him senseless the night before.”
I glared at Caleb, but it didn’t stop him.