Page 159 of Tattooed Love

“I’ll make a call.”

“NO!”

“I want you back.”

Her eyes widened. “Jax, even if he does locate me back home, that doesn’t mean I’m coming back to you.”

That hurt, but if she was back home, I could use all my charm to get her back. There was a slim chance she still felt something for me, and I would take full advance of that when she got back.

“I’ll make a call.” I said, more set on my plan. “I’ll make sure you are located here.”

She looked at me startled. “Jax, NO!”

“I want you back Amber. I don’t care what I have to do to get you back.” Anyone that got in the way had a death wish.

“Well, I don’t want you.” Her eyes were hard. “I told you. I told you that if you broke up with me, that was it. I was done. Well, you broke up with me Jax, and that ended us. So you aren’t getting me back.”

She was cold, harsh and stated facts. Like I should’ve known them.

“Amber I fucked up…”

“I don’t want to hear it!” She cut me off. “I’m tired and I have advance maths in a few hours. I need to sleep.”

She was going to hang up on me. Wait a minute. “You said your dad cut you off because you aren’t studying? But you are doing advance maths?”

“I’m doing maths for my sniper abilities. Improving maths is important. To get the right headshot. I’m tutored by one of Tae’s men.”

She was getting into something deep and the more she got into it, the less chance I had of getting her out of it. I might have pull, but even I couldn’t take down TNS.

“I’ll make a call,” I repeated.

“I don’t want to come home.”

“I want you home.”

“Yeah, well we all don’t get what we want,” she snapped.

“You’re right, because in this case, you aren’t getting what you want. I want you home. You are coming home.” I had a way of getting her home now and I was going to use it.

“If I come back, that doesn’t mean that you and I will ever be anything. I’m not coming back for you. Even if you force me back. I won’t… no… I can’t be with you.” She looked down at her lap. “I can never trust you again Jax.”

I had broken her trust, but I was going to get it back. “I still love you Amber.”

Her head sprung up hearing that, and she looked at me with wide eyes. Like I couldn’t have possibly said that. I watched her expression; she was thinking she hadn’t heard me correctly.

“I love you Amber.” I repeated. “I know I hurt you. I know I pushed you away but I fucked up and I will do everything possible…”

“You can’t get me back Jax,” she said, cutting me off. “But,” she sighed. “I will always love you too.” My hopes went up and then she looked at me with tears in her eyes. “But I can never experience the pain of losing you again. What you did to me. What you are capable of doing to me. Well, it’s not fair.” She wiped away a tear that fell. “You’ve left me a hollow mess and I won’t ever give you the power to hurt me again.”

I knew then that she was never going to trust me again. I had really hurt her.

I nodded my head. “Doesn’t mean I won’t do everything possible to try and get you back.” Hearing what she’d said didn’t change my plans. Hearing she loved me, but would never be with me again… well, it didn’t deter me.

“You’re wasting your time. You should move on. Let me go.”

Wasn’t that the whole point of Troy giving me her number? For me to let her go. To move on. To focus back on the club. Well, that wasn’t going to happen.

“No.”

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