Oscar stays by the door.
"Do I need to stay and be a referee, or can I get some sleep?"
Jax nods. He can go. It's doubtful they will even speak, let alone enough to fight. Oscar walks out. Jax looks at Adrian.
"Don't do that." Adrian glances up at Jax, confused. "Call her doll, missy, or any other pet names you have in your head."
Adrian laughs slightly. "It's a name, nothing more than a word, Jax. It is you who thinks it is." Adrian doesn't say anything else.
Jax shakes his head. "Why did you agree to come here, Adrian? Why the hell did you not just stay away and out of my life?" He shouldn't have shown up here. He shouldn't have let Melodie in his house.
"Because that little brunette with amazing hazel eyes is hard to say no to." Jax flinches at his words, feeling his hands ball
