Page 60 of Just My Luck

The next morning, after seeing Sofia and Rick off at the airport, we headed back to the Hermès store.

To my surprise, Jax greeted the woman in the hijab behind the counter warmly.

“Yasmin, this is Nova,” Jax said with a grin. “My fiancée.”

“So she said yes?” Yasmin laughed.

“Yes, I did,” I answered happily. “My mother told me how you stood up for Jax when the police came and questioned you.”

“The man is head over heels for you. What they accused you of…” She looked to Jax and shook her head. “Besides, Robin from the jewelry store told me how much time you spent over there and how happy you were with the ring you’d picked out.”

“Ring?” I asked, glancing between them.

“Oh,” Yasmin gasped. “Did you not give it to her yet?”

“It was the next surprise stop.” Jax winced.

“You bought me a ring?” I balked.

He laughed and dryly shook his hands in the air. “Surprise.”

“Now that I’ve spoiled it, I hope you at least liked his choice of the Birkin?”

“I loved it, however, since it is the spitting image of the one the evil man who framed Jax gave me, I’d like something… different,” I explained.

Yasmine nodded. “I saw the news this morning. You are talking about Kit Sterling?” She whispered the last bit.

“Yes,” we both agreed as I set the box on the counter. “I’m hoping to spend some of the money I won at his casino to upgrade, and I’m thinking, red,” I said with a smile.

Yasmine laughed. “I have just the one.”

When we walked out of the store, I was happily carrying a large bag with my new Togo leather Hermès red Birkin 35 with silver hardware.

We walked across the hallway and stepped into the jewelry store and were greeted by a woman I assumed was Robin.

“You’re back! And this must be Nova.” The older woman beamed. “You’re a very lucky woman. Yasmine and I were talking about you two after we saw the news this morning. We ride to work together,” she whispered.

“Yasmine told us.” I laughed. “She also dropped the news that Jax picked out a ring for me.” I nudged Jax.

“She said yes. I jumped the gun before I got the ring,” Jax admitted.

“Well, it’s all ready for you,” Robin said. “I’ll just go to the back and get it. Help yourself to some coffee or water while you wait.”

For some reason those few minutes seemed to take forever. The longer it took, the more nervous I was. I don’t know why, but I was worried about the ring Jax had picked out for me. Did he really know my style?

I chuckled to myself. I had blindly trusted that he wasn’t a criminal and wouldn’t hire a sex worker, let alone traffic anyone, but I wasn’t sure he could pick out a ring?

I grew serious again. I knew how lucky I was to have a man I could trust. That kind of trust didn’t come easy, I understood. Having gone through more than a dozen boyfriends in my life, I knew firsthand that many men didn’t bat an eye at cheating on someone they confessed to love.

Still, Jax had always been different. Maybe it was because I’d been right there all along, growing up beside him? Maybe he and his brothers were just cut from better cloth. After all, my best friend was engaged to Rick.

I held in a gasp.

“What?” Jax went on guard.

“I just realized something.” I turned to him with a grin.

“What?” he asked again.