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worms had been opened.
    “Things were good for a little while. After about four or five months, he started to get a little more aggressive with me. Not necessarily physically, but definitely verbally, and he did still try to pressure me into things.” I glanced at Jax, trying to get a read on just how much I should tell him. We were on a first date. Pouring out your life story isn't usually a smart thing to do. At the same time, I trusted him, and the relationship probably wasn't going to go beyond friendship status anyway. There wasn't much I could do or say to make us even more incompatible with one another.
    I took in a deep breath and continued. “One night I finally gave in, but I changed my mind. He didn't care and… blah, blah, blah, insert sob story here.”
    Jax's gaze hardened and his jaw went tense. I might have even seen anger flash in his eyes. “So he raped you, basically.”
    “Date rape, I guess is the technical term. I didn't fight him tooth and nail once he made his decision.”
    “It still counts as rape.”
    “I know, and I've come to terms with what happened a long time ago. And I wasn't the only one he did that too because while we were together, he decided to force himself onto another girl at a party. Only she wasn't a chicken, and she pressed charges,” I explained in a low voice.
    Jax never stopped looking at me, and it was kind of weird. “Which explains the jail part.”
    “Right on.” I gave him a rather sarcastic thumbs up. “Donovan was pretty ticked off that I dumped his sorry butt too. Eli felt like I should have stuck things out and made it work. That's what real love does, right? And Donovan thinks he really loves me.”
    “Enough to hurt you, humiliate you, and cheat on you? I wasn't aware those were things you did for someone you loved.”
    “It was shocking to me too.” And I didn’t know how I could communicate to Jax that I didn't want to talk about it anymore without coming off as rude. I'd already done my time in therapy, and yeah, he was a nice guy, but I didn't want to spend my time focusing on the horrors of my past. We were on a date, and I didn't need him to jump in and play hero for me.
    He must have been determined to do that anyway because he reached over and placed a hand gently onmy arm. “Is he going to come after you, Mila? Do you need some where safer to stay tonight?”
    I couldn't help but laugh. “Kissing me on the first date is trashy, but inviting me to stay over at your place isn't?”
    Snorting, Jax let go of me as if I were made of fire and he'd just been burned. “Actually, no. I was more thinking I could get you a room someplace off the radar so you wouldn't have to worry about sleeping with one eye open. Or, at the very least, I could call Morgan and see if she has any ideas.”
    “Right, of course. What was I thinking?” I rolled my eyes. “Mr. Pristine wouldn't dream of having me in such a scandalous manner.” And for some reason, I felt my chest ache at the idea of Jax not being interested in me enough to want to sleep with me. Was I gross or something? Why wouldn't he want to be with my fine self for a night? I must have been frowning, because he shook his head with a rather disgusted grimace on his face.
    “Mila, it has nothing to do with you. You're gorgeous; I just don't like to let myself wander down that path – especially on the first date.”
    “I'm surprised you would let yourself wander down that path period.” The words just flew out of my mouth before I could even think about what I was saying.
    Pretty sure that made him angry, because his jaw went tight again and so did his fists in his lap. “Don't talk down to me because I have morale standards above that of most of the men on the planet.”
    “I'm not talking down to you. I just can't say I've ever met a virgin over the age of eighteen that's a guy, let alone over twenty-five.”
    He snorted. “Keep looking and tell me when you do.”
    “Excuse me?” I