Chapter Twenty-One
I’d read the first line of the chemistry chapter at least twenty times. Nothing was sinking in. Jax sat across from me. Messy brown hair fell over his eyes as he stared at the textbook. He’d been on the same page for the last hour too.
He had to be embarrassed that I’d witnessed his family drama. It was written all over his handsome face when he’d given me a nervous smile. He barely got the words out when he introduced me to his mother, Julie.
Mrs. Reynolds was as kind as she could be, thanking me profusely for bringing Caroline back. Even after I murmured to Jax that we could study another time, she immediately ran into the trailer and tossed his backpack to him.
She’d said she and Caroline had a movie date and that they’d be fine. I watched Jax as he’d looked from
