Max Temptation by Khelsey Jackson Page A

noticed he had more wires coming off of his body. She loathed see him like this, she picked up a chair and sat it next to his bed. She lifted her trembling hand to place on top of his. She wondered when she was in the hospital like this, if Jennifer had felt worried and powerless. She wished there was a way she could take his pain.
    “Max?” she whispered and her voice cracked. She squeezed her eyes shut. She needed to be strong for Max because she knew that Jax required her to be. “Please don’t leave me, I need you.” She leaned forward and laid her forehead on his hand. She brushed her lips along his hand and permitted her tears to fall for the man she loved.
    A knock at the door had her sitting up straight and drying her face with her sleeve. She cast her eyes over her shoulder and saw Jax leaning against the door his eyes were focused intensely on her. Behind him Detective Moore stood, patiently waiting. She firmly held onto Max’s hand before letting go. It was necessary to deal with the detective so she could give her full attention to her twins.
    Jax grasped her hand and pulled her into his magnificently muscled chest and she wrapped her arms around his waist. She allowed him to comfort her as she inhaled his scent in. “Sweetheart, you don’t need to talk to him yet. I can ask him to come back later.”
    She sighed and lifted her head from his chest. “No, I want to handle it now so I can be with him.”
    Jax nodded, and then leaned down to lightly kiss her lips.
    “Okay if you need me just yell for me.”
    She gave him the best smile she could conjure and he moved past her, leaving her with the attractive detective. She closed the door and walked toward Moore.
    “I’m sorry that I have to question you, I know you want to be with Max. I need to know what happened.” He pulled out a small black recorder.
    “ Max was driving. Joe hit the car at a stop light, and I hit my head on the dash board. I looked at Max, and that was when I saw Joe at the window with a gun pointed at Max. He ordered us out of the car. I’d put my gun in my purse at the office because I didn’t want to be without it. I walked to the driver’s side door to stand next to Max. Joe started telling me I was like him. I pointed my gun at him, and before I could do anything he shot Max. I kneed him in the crotch and went to Max.”
    Detective Moore wrote down everything she said, and when he was done he looked up at her. “Thank you, I know you want to be with Max right now. But Joe is going to prison for the next seven to twenty-five years. I will talk to the DA and ask for the max, I know this guy made your life living hell and I think he should pay for what he did to you.”
    She was happy to hear that. S he let go of the stress she wasn’t aware she was holding on to. “Thank you, Detective.”
    He smiled warmly at her, and reached into his pocket . He drew out a white card. She glanced down at it and read Detective Lance Moore it had his personal phone number and email address. “If you ever need me, I will always answer my cell.” He smiled at her as she nodded. “You are a strong woman, Megan Hinder. Go take care of the man you love.”
    Megan went back into the room and found Jax sitting in the chair she ’d brought up to the side of the bed. He gazed up at her, and she didn’t miss the tears in his eyes. She went to him and placed her hands on his shoulders.
    He put his hands on top of hers. “I have never seen Max like this, our kind are strong and can normally heal pretty fast. We never get sick, so seeing him like this is hard.”
    She wrapped an arm around his powerful chest, she knew she was falling for this Davis too. He was sweeter than she’d thought he would be, and he made her feel things she didn’t think she was capable of. Max showed her she could love again, and Jax reinsured her of that love.
    Th e next twenty-four hours went by in a blur. Phoenix and Jennifer came in to make sure she and Jax were