I have hated him from the very first day Mom brought him home.Jaxon Reid. Thirty-two, built like he spends half his life in the gym, dark hair always a little messy, and those green eyes that seem to see straight through clothes. He rode up on a black motorcycle, leather jacket slung over one shoulder, smirking at Mom like he already owned her. She giggled like a teenager, blushing and twirling her hair, and I wanted to throw up.I was eighteen then, just graduated high school, home for the summer before college. Mom had been single for years, so I should have been happy for her. But something about Jaxon made my skin crawl. The way he shook my hand, grip too firm, eyes lingering too long on my face, my chest, my legs in those cutoff shorts. The way he said, “Nice to finally meet you, Ava,” voice low and rough, like he was tasting my name.I told myself I was imagining it.But I wasn’t.It started small.He moved in three months later. Suddenly the house wasn’t mine and Mom’s anymore
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