Page 187 of Tattooed Love

“I thought you were going for a run?” Adam asked as I headed for the stairs.

“Can’t. Tae needs me.” I walked up the stairs and then paused. “Can you pass on my new number to everyone?” I gave a pointed look to Cole. “Including Jax.”

“What is with you, taking him back?” Cole barked at me and walked to the bottom of the stairs. “He isn’t faithful. He will never love you and you can do better!”

I knew all these things. I didn’t need him reminding me of them.

“I know all those facts.” I walked up the stairs and Cole decided he would follow me.

“He will always put the club first.” Cole wasn’t going to give up. “You will always come second. No sister of mine is a man’s second thought! You need to come first Amber.” He followed me into the bedroom, his arm wrapping my upper arm. “Don’t go back to him.”

Didn’t he get it? Didn’t anyone get it? I didn’t get a choice! I don’t know why. I couldn’t explain it if I wanted to, but Jax pulled me in. Everything about him. He had me. I used to think Blake was the love of my life. Well I learned I was wrong.

Jax was the love of my life. He was the only man that ever made me feel like this. He broke my heart to pieces; to the point I still wasn’t sure if I had a beating heart.

But here I was, up and willing to fix what I had left with him.

“I need to get changed. I have to go see Tae,” I said, opening my suitcase. I had left most of my things in England because there was one fact I had left out with Jax. Tae wanted me.

He had groomed me to take over here, but I think his feelings of respect and admiration grew into something more.

“Tae seems like a good guy, why not pick him? Or any man apart from Jax?” Cole said, not giving up.

“Tae is a good guy but if you really knew him, you wouldn’t be pushing me to him.”

Cole crossed his arms. “Is he dangerous?”

“Yes.” That was putting it mildly. “I think more dangerous than Jax.”

“How can a software designer be more dangerous than the King of the underworld?” Adam asked, walking into the bedroom and then sitting on my bed.

I groaned. Looks like they both weren’t going to give up.

“It’s a front. Look I have to change.” I ran a hand through my hair. “Come on guys. I need to go. Do you have a car I can borrow?”

Cole didn’t look like he was giving in. “When you get back, will you explain what you mean about Tae being dangerous?”

“I literally can’t.”

“Why?”

“Because he could have me killed. That’s the type of serious it is Cole. I would get a hit on my head if I shared one detail about him.”

“Like we would let that happen.” Adam said getting up. “We can protect you from everything.”

“This, no-one can protect me from. You can’t protect me from the walking dead.” The walking dead is what we called silent killers. I was part of the walking dead. Tae had trained me to be part of his silent killers.

I knew what I was a part of so I knew they couldn’t protect me from Tae if he wanted me dead.

So I couldn’t tell them who Tae really was and I could never tell them what I was involved in.

My phone started ringing and I cursed. “Seriously, he is going to be pissed off.” I mumbled and put it to my ear. “Sorry Tae, I took a sleeping pill and was knocked out. I’m up and coming.”

“Ten minutes Amber,” he said, buying my excuse, and hung up.

“I have ten minutes and if you don’t want to be going to my funeral, you will let me change,” I said firmly, planting a hand on my hip.

Adam sighed and left. Cole on the other hand, lingered.

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