Project Heartbreak
He picked up the phone, turned it off completely, and tossed it onto the couch.
I just stared at him.
Jax caught my look. He walked over, taking the knife from my stiff fingers and setting it aside. He pulled me gently away from the counter, his hands coming to rest on my hips.
“He’s chosen someone,” Jax said, his voice quiet now. “An heir. Some ruthless, polished psychopath from a ‘good family’. He told me last year. Thought it would press me. Make me scramble to prove myself, to fight for my ‘rightful seat at the empire’.” He shook his head, a faint, disgusted smile on his lips. “But I don’t fucking care. I was raised with that wealth, that ‘legacy’. All the violence it’s wrapped in… it ju