Ruthless (Enemies to Lovers 4)

I glare at him. “Whose side are you on?”

“I’m not going to sit here and lie to you so you’ll feel better about your self-imposed ban to fucking date. Just admit it; you’re irritated because you actually like Willow.”

Trust Jaxson to call me out on my bullshit.

“Fuck,” I whisper, as frustration grates at me. I shove my hands in my hair. “You’re right.”

“I’m always right,” he says with a cocky attitude which makes me give him the middle finger.

“I don’t know what it is about her. It’s like I lose all common sense when she gets close to me.”

“Maybe it’s time you let go of the fucked up perception that you’ll turn out to be anything like your father. You deserve to be happy, Marcus. We all deserve some happiness. It’s time we allow ourselves more than just a quick fuck.”

“Fuck my life,” Rhett groans as he walks over to us.

“What did you do now?” Jaxson asks.

“Evie walked in while I was busy with some girl.”

I start to laugh. I don’t mean to but fuck this night is a mess.

“You’re one to fucking laugh,” Jaxson says. He looks at us and shakes his head. “Why do you guys do this to yourselves? Rhett, you should tell Evie how you feel about her. I don’t understand why you keep pushing her away.” Then he zeros in on me. “And you. I don’t even know where to begin with you. If this is what it’s like having kids, I’d rather have my balls cut off.”

Rhett starts to laugh which makes me crack up again.

“What?” Jaxson cries. “What’s so fucking funny?”

“We can give him the nickname, Sackless,” Rhett says which only makes him drop to the floor as he clutches his stomach from laughing so hard.

I struggle to get the word out. “Sackless.”

Jaxson can’t hold it in anymore and as he says, “Fuck both of you,” he starts to laugh as well.

“What am I missing?” Carter asks.

“Shh…” I can’t say the word as tears stream down my face.

“Sack…” Rhett squeezes half the word out while pointing at Jaxson, “… less.” It sounds like he’s wheezing which is enough to make Carter laugh.

When we finally start to calm down, and I manage to take a deep breath, Logan walks up to us.

“Why are you all standing here in the dark?”

Rhett falls to his side on the grass and starts to wheeze again which makes me crack up all over again.

“It’s something to do with Jaxson being sackless,” Carter says as soberly as he can.

“Sackless?” Logan asks, looking confused.

“Stop,” Rhett wheezes. “Please.”

I grab hold of my stomach and try to keep my body from crashing to the ground as I drop to my knees.

Logan starts to laugh because we’re all laughing, but asks again. “What’s so funny about the word sackless?”

“Fu…” Rhett gasps, “… ck”

Carter chuckles silently as he watches Rhett suffer.