Ryder
I found the three of them in the garage's small kitchen area one evening, well after closing, Zoe curled into Mason's side while Jax leaned against the counter nearby, easy laughter drifting through the space in a way that had become the comfortable soundtrack of our lives together these past months.
"What's got everyone so amused?" I asked, joining them.
"Jax was just recounting his first impression of me," Zoe said, grinning. "Apparently I was, and I quote, 'the most suspicious person he'd ever met who also happened to be right about everything.'"
"High praise, coming from him," Mason said, laughing.
"I stand by it," Jax said, though warmth colored his usually guarded expression completely now.
I settled in beside them, feeling the familiar contentment that had become such a
