Chapter Five
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Jett
I had let her go.
Walked away like she was just another girl when every part of me was telling me to stay.
To protect her.
Me , Jett. Wanting to stick around for a girl who had so much baggage it would weigh even me down. A girl who flinched if I moved to quick.
Shit.
It was because she didn’t paw at me like all the other women that flocked around , she was like a breath of fresh air. Not that she wasn’t attracted to me, I could smell it on her but she didn’t act on it and when I gave her my number?
She had looked at it like I had handed her some kind of alien technology, and then stuffed it in her back pocket without even unfolding the piece of paper.
And I knew, just knew she would bin it before I even got out of eyeshot. She wouldn’t phone me.
So yeah Harper was attracted to me but she wasn’t going to do anything so crass as to pursue me.
And that just made her all the more appealing.
“What’s eating your ass?” As usual Bats voice was louder than it needed to be. His tone was joking but his face was serious as he gave me the once over.
Bat played the part of fool easily but he saw more than people gave him credit for. And he was staring at me like he couldn’t quite work out what my deal was from the other end of the sofa.
“Nothing” My voice was gruffer then usual , it should have been a clear warning. I didn’t want to talk about it. I fixed my eyes on the wall mounted tv and purposely ignored him.
“Bull s**t”
“Just drop it”
“Jett met a girl” Bane flopped down next to me, his dirty boots on the table. I kicked them off with a growl.
The least he could was pretend he was f*****g house trained.
“A girl? Jett met a girl ?” Bats voice was lowered in to a sarcastic whisper. “And that’s news because?”
“Because she turned him down, he’s been sulking about it for days”
“You bitches need to stop gossiping like women” I turned my eyes back to the screen. Using the remote to turn up the volume.
I wasn’t about to have this conversation. Not with them. Hell I didn’t want to have this conversation with myself let alone those jerks. “She wasn’t a girl” The words slipped out of my mouth before I could even stop them.
“Not a girl?” Bats voice was rising and I knew soon enough the whole club would know, if they didn’t already. “You swinging the other way? Brother we already knew and we love you anyway” His punch on my shoulder was friendly but I punched him back anyway. Probably slightly harder than what was deemed friendly. “f**k off Batt, it’s not like that. She’s just not …” I stopped myself.
“So there is a She?”
I shrugged . I had already said to much and I wasn’t about to give these assholes any
More ammunition.
“She came in looking for a job and Jett turned on the charm, from what I heard”
I speared Bane with my eyes. “Shut the f**k up”
“Teddy said she was a right looker, like a f*****g virgin. Said he was hard in his pants just looking at her”
That was it. f*****g Teddy could keep his stupid bear eyes off her from now on otherwise I would rip out his wind pipe and feed it to him. And Bane. I turned to face the younger man fully. “Shut your f*****g mouth”
Bat barked out a laugh. “Ohhh”
“You as well, I don’t want to hear any of that s**t about Harper”
“Ohh Harper”
Shaking my head , I clamped my teeth shut. Me and my big mouth. The whole club would know her name soon. They would search her out just to see the woman who had Jett all in a tizz.
“What is it about this girl Jett?” Bats voice was lower now, gone was the joking fool he made himself out to be.
“She’s in trouble, like she is so scared I can taste it on my tongue” I admitted finally. “And the god damn bruises on her body, s**t” I shook my head, saying it out loud made it ten times worse.
I didn’t just want to bed the girl.
I wanted to protect her.
“You haven’t made a move on her?”
“No, god no” I ran my hand through my hair.
“Because you don’t like her? Has she just kindled the protective streak in your psyche? Are you thinking with your upstairs brain for a change?”
“Of course I bloody like her, she’s pretty and sweet, and intelligent” Was he crazy? Of course I liked her. Of course I wanted to make a move , was he dumb.
“But you didn’t”
“She is covered in bruises, bruises her fiancé gave her. What sort of asshole would I be if I made a move on her when she is so vulnerable?”
“That’s never stopped you before Jett”
He had a point there. “Yeah well she’s different. I …I don’t even know what I want to do”
That was the biggest lie I had ever told, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to get on my bike and ride to that shitty bed and breakfast she was staying in and I wanted to stay there until she came down and spoke to me.
I wanted to see if her lips were as soft as they looked.
“What can I do to help?”
I scratched at my chin. “I just want her safe, and she needs a job”
Bat patted my arm. “We can do that brother, we can keep eyes on her and a job can always be made available somewhere you can keep an eye on her” as VP of the Sabers I knew that if he said it would happen it would.
“Doesn’t have to be me, maybe if she can make some money this summer she can start a new life for herself far away from her asshole of an ex” I frowned down at my hand.
“We can keep her safe Jett, if that’s what will make you stop prowling around here like someone just ran over your puppy”
“Thanks Bat, it means a lot brother”
“Let’s get you the girl”
Get me the girl? Was that what I wanted? Did I want her in that way?
Or did I just want her in my bed because she didn’t seem to want me?
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