**Jax**

I was laughing so hard my sides hurt. Trent hip checked me with enough force to fling me off the porch and halfway across the yard. I landed in a crouch, barely missing the base of a nearby tree.

"A**hole!" I shouted and pushed off the balls of my feet.

His laughter filtered toward me, and in a blink, I was back on the porch. I hauled off and punched him in the thigh. He grunted and dropped to his knees hard enough to make the entire porch ...