The Salvation Knights MC Jinx's Mistake (by KJ) novel Chapter 18

Chapter 18: The Jinx

Deidra’s P.O.V.

I had spent the entire day relaxing. I took a long bath, made a nice lunch, and pretty much read for the rest of the day. Around 5 p.m. there was a knock on my cabin door. I got up to answer it, finding Dale on the other side.

“Hey Dale,” I greeted him.

“Hey Deidra,” he replied with a friendly smile. “Em wanted me to come let you know that she’s got a few more things to wrap up in the office before coming over.”

I furrowed my brow at the tone of his voice. There was a slight irritation to it, which didn’t fit the man I was getting to know. It didn’t sound like he was irritated with Emma either.

“Everything okay?” I asked.

“Yeah,” he said with a single nod. “There was a jackass that checked out today. They left the cabin a mess after cussing Emma out. It put her behind and… Well, between you and me, I always get a bit protective of my wife. Don’t like it when people make her feel bad. That jackass was lucky I

wasn’t there.”

Now I was mad along with him.

“Think she could use a hand finishing up?” I asked him.

A huge smile broke out on his face.

“Want me to give ya ride to the office?” he replied.

I ran back to get changed really fast. I just threw on a pair of jeans and kept my off–shoulder, red sweater on. Dale dropped me at the office before heading on his way to do whatever. I walked in to see a very frazzled Emma behind the desk. She saw it was me, and her shoulders slumped as she released a breath.

“That jacka ss has you this worked up?” I asked as smiled at her.

“Dale told you,” she muttered. ‘I just… internalize everything,‘ she said with a forced laugh.

“Okay, well, I’m here to help,” I told her. ‘Put me to work.”

“I don’t have anything left,‘ she replied “Just waiting for someone to get here for extra towels, and then I’m done for the day”

“Okay, so, where are the extras?” I asked. “You can go take a breather while I get them. I’m sure I can handle giving towels to someone so you can have a few minutes to unwind.”

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Emma gave me a huge smile.

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“Thank you,” she said. “The towels are in the back room there. I’ll just be in here. Just ten minutes.

Then I’ll be back.”

“Take your time, girl,” I said, reassuringly.

I waited for Emma to disappear behind the door before pulling off my coat and going to the back

room. The place was an organized mess. It wasn’t hard to find the towels either. I was just starting

to grab them when I heard someone call out from up front. It was a deep voice that sent a chill

down my spine. There’s only ever been one voice able to do that, but there’s no way he’s here. That would be a fu.cking nightmare.

Shaking all thoughts of blue–green–eyed bikers, I came back out into the office. I shouldn’t have

kept my head down. Shouldn’t have stared at my feet while I walked. Then I wouldn’t have been so

fu.cking blindsided when I looked up into the very eyes I was trying not to think about. The smile

slid from my face and for a moment, I thought I was dreaming.

But of course I’m not. Because this is Jinx we’re talking about. My own personal fu.cking curse!

“Oh my fu.cking god! You prick! What the hell are you doing here?? You really are a damn jinx! My

personal curse!”

I admit that I was yelling, and I’d never really yelled at Jinx like this. Not in my adult life anyway. I

might have been bit.chy, snarky, and there was the time I stormed into the clubhouse screaming at the top of my lungs. But that was all very different from right now. Plus, I never called him names

for no reason either. The man didn’t do anything wrong, I was just… shocked.

And based off the look on Jinx’s face, he was just as shocked to see me as I was him. However, he

looked… weird. Different. Like he was seeing a ghost. Or maybe he was about to throw up? It was

a look of pure shock, but I didn’t really understand it

Sure, this was fu.cking weird, and what are the odds, am I right? But he’s like a statue. Watching him gape like a fish would have been funny if I weren’t so furious right now. I’m not even sure why

I’m mad, Jinx clearly didn’t plan this, and it’s not like he did anything to me. Not yet anyway.

Just when I started to get worried that Jinx was… I don’t know, broken, I guess, Emma came back in. She could clearly feel the tension in the room. Her eyes flickered between me and Jinx. I looked at her before glaring back at Jinx. He still hadn’t taken his eyes off me. It was… unnerving.

Why is he looking at me like that?

“Uhm, is everything okay?” Emma asked.

“Just peachy. Take your towels,” I said, shoving them at Jinx, adding a comment about how he better leave Emma a good review.

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I expected him to give me some kind of snarky comment back. Or say something. Anything. But he didn’t. He just… took the towels, turned around, and practically ran out the door, leaving it wide open. For a moment, all I could do was stare at the open door as the cold air rushed in, blasting

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“Uuuuuuuuhhhhhmmmmmm,” Emma drawled out as she came to close the door. She rested her

back against the door and raised a brow at me. “What the heck did I just witness? Did you just… Did you just make a biker run away?” Her words were genuinely serious, but there was still

amusement in her voice.

“I… I didn’t make me run away,” I said, frowning at the door. “I… I don’t even know what happened.”

“Things seemed… very intense,” she commented. “Was this love at first sight?”

I shook my head, trying to clear my thoughts.

“No, I mean, we… know each other,” I mumbled as my thoughts finally started to settle.

“Okay, hold up, this calls for wine,” Emma said. “Let me lock up, and we’ll walk to your cabin, get

comfy, and sh.it–talk for the rest of the night.”

And that’s exactly what we did. I felt like I was in a daze the whole time too. My mind was reeling

with questions. now.

What is he doing here? Is Waylen with him? Is Glory with them? Are they on some kind of family

trip? Trying to patch things up or something?

Why do I hate the thought of that?

“Okay, spill,” Emma said the moment we were seated on my couch.

I had to toss back two half–glasses of my jack before I could answer. My mind and emotions were all over the place and I hated it. I had no right to feel anything about Jinx or Waylen. Even if Glory is a mega–cu.nt. They aren’t mine and have nothing to do with me. Waylen and I are just best buds. We get along because his mom abandoned him with me so much. That’s it.

So, why do I feel so weird that he’s here? Is it because of the conversation I had with Deb on the way to the airport? Is it the memory that played vividly in my head the other night? That must be it. It’s the holidays and my heart is aching. That’s all this is.

“We’re from the same town, but I have no idea what he’s doing here,” I told Emma. “Maybe he’s here with his baby momma and their kid. A little family get away.”

On the same trip that was supposed to be my romantic holiday getaway. Wow, this is all turning out to be fu.cked. Jinx is going to ruin my whole vacation just like he ruins everything else for me.

Okay, that might be harsh, but I don’t care right now

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“Oh, is he married?” Emma asked.

“No,” I replied, shaking my head.

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“Pretty sure he’s not here with a baby momma then she said, and my eyes snapped towards her. She smiled slyly at me. “He’s in that big cabin,” she told me, pointing her thumb in the direction. “Five adults and four kids. I know that one of the couples is married because she was the one who made the reservation. Told me about how it would be her, her husband, their three kids, and her parents, and hopefully her brother and his son.”

I blinked at her.

“You’re telling me that the entire Roth family is staying in that cabin right over there?” I asked for confirmation.

Emma giggled, but nodded. I looked away from her remembering the snowmen I saw last night before bed. The two that stood off to the side that pulled at my heartstrings.

“So, you gonna tell me what’s the deal between you?” she asked, laughing. “I wasn’t sure if you guys were going to start throwing hands or ripping each other’s clothes off. And the way he looked at you, like he was seeing a Christmas miracle.”

“More like a Christmas curse,” I muttered.

Still, I told Emma everything. From the more embarrassing things as children all the way to the last conversation Jinx and I had. I even told her about how he found me when my parents died. I didn’t give her details, because I didn’t want the pity from her after hearing that I was an orphan. I just told her I was going through something really rough and that Jinx was there for me, but she was the first and only person I’d ever told about that. I even told her all about Waylen and his stupid mother. Emma listened patiently, nodding throughout it all, but never interrupting me.

“Sooooo, you two have always had a thing for each other, but you never did anything about it?” Were the first words out of her mouth after I was done.

I gave her an incredulous look, surprised that that’s what she thought.

“We do not!” I denied it. “Jinx is a royal a.sshole who has somehow been a huge source of bad luck for me my entire life. Besides, he’s a biker, and did you see him? He’s insanely hot. He has his pick of girls. Hell, they have girls that live at the clubhouse just for se.x stuff. Why the heck would he ever want me?”

Emma smiled as she rested her chin in her hand.

“But you want him?” she asked.

My jaw dropped.

“I most certainly do not!” I lied, making Emma snort

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“Oh come on,” she replied. “You’re telling me that all that electricity between you two, and you were never… curious about him?”

I opened my mouth, ready to deny it, but I couldn’t. When nothing came out, Emma raised a brow at me, giving me an I–told–you–so look.

“Okay, so maybe I think he’s ridiculously hot,” I grumbled. “But it doesn’t matter. He’s Jinx. Part of The Salvation Knights MC. A man of power, money, and darkness. We’re too opposite. And he’s not the settling down type, and I’m not the… causal fling type.”

Which was true. At least, I don’t think I am. When I was a teenager, Sophie was the one that caught everyone’s attention. After my parents died, I was just the weird loner girl who lost her parents. Then I worked too much, and then came Theo. I never had time, nor did anyone really interest me before.

Jinx interests me a little I guess…

I shook my head again, trying to rid the thoughts from my mind. I couldn’t think like that, because if I did, I’d do something stupid. Like be nice to him. It was stupid anyway. Jinx didn’t see me that way. He had his pick of women. Women a lot prettier than me.

It’s fine. I just need to survive this vacation without running into them again. Especially Waylen. Because if Waylen finds out I’m here too… I’ll end up spending my whole vacation with Jinx.

And who knows what would happen to me then.