CHAPTER 14
Hunter
Kylie was watching my every move as I dressed myself. She had put on her scrubs again and when I turned to her, I smiled.
“How is it possible that you make even scrubs look sexy? I used to think that they are fucking ugly! But now I get even more turned on seeing you in them,” I said and I watched as Kylie’s face lit up, then she blushed and looked away from me.
“Well good thing I always have to wear them then,” she said and slid off the desk. I watched her as she lifted up her arms to tie her bun back up on her head. She’d missed a few curls and they fell delicately around her face now. She was the most gorgeous thing I had ever seen and I couldn’t believe that someone had tried to hurt her.
My eyes darkened again, I was reminded of her ex.
“Kylie, I’m not that guy. I’m not your ex,” I said, trying to keep my voice even. I was conscious of not sounding too angry now, after what she had told me about that guy. But I couldn’t help it, I couldn’t stop myself from getting angry every time I thought about what he did to her. Hurting a woman was only something a fucking low life would do.
Kylie licked her lips, her eyes seemed to wander and then she nodded her head.
“Okay,” she said and I stepped towards her.
“I know you don’t want to tell me about him, and I don’t want to push you to do something you don’t want to do. But I know what the Dragon Knights are like, they break every code of MCs and you’ll just have to trust me that the Bad Disciples are nothing like them. We stick to our code of conduct,” I said and Kylie was staring straight into my eyes, like she was trying to figure out if I was being honest with her. “And being violent towards women or kids is completely against every rule in our book. I would never do that to you or anyone else,” I said, in complete honesty.
Kylie gulped, still thinking, and then she nodded her head again.
“Okay,” was all she said again, and I could see that she still hadn’t made up her mind. I understood that she needed more time. That just like me, she was confused by what was going on between us and of course, she had a son to think of.
“I want to keep you and Carter safe,” I continued, and when she heard her son’s name, she looked back up at me with a jerk.
“Okay,” she said again and I drew in a deep breath. This was going to take time. I was desperate to see her again, but I couldn’t push her.
My cellphone buzzed in the pocket of my jacket and I pulled it out to see that Glock was calling me again.
I answered, keeping my eyes on Kylie. She was staring at me too, looking for any clues that would give her an idea of who I really was.
“Yeah?” I said into the phone.
“Where are you?” Glock barked into the phone.
“What’s going on?” I asked him, looking Kylie up and down, trying to drink in as much of her as possible. Just this image of her would have to do till I saw her again.
“Church has been called. Don’t be late this time, brother,” Glock ended the call and I slipped the phone back into my pocket.
“You have to go?” Kylie asked, her face expressionless now.
“Yeah. I will see you again,” I said, taking a step towards her. I kissed her, breathing in the scent of her skin and her hair as I did. When I pulled away, Kylie nodded her head.
I couldn’t be late for church again, so I turned on my heels and rushed to the door. I looked at her one last time before I left, and she half-smiled at me. Then I was gone, riding my bike towards the Rusty Pelican for the meeting that Axel had called. A part of me was glad that I had figured out what went wrong with Kylie the last time. Another part of me was worried that she would never be able to get past what her ex had done to her.
There was no point being in denial any more. I had feelings for Kylie Aston and if she couldn’t give herself to me, then I was screwed. Because nobody would ever taste sweet enough, now that I had a taste of her.
***
On my way to church I quickly pulled out my cell to check on Marco. It had been a couple of days since I heard from him, and I wanted to make sure he was doing alright. On the second ring, he answered.
“What’s up man?” Marco said.
“Nothing, just calling to check up on you,” I said. I braced myself for his anger or annoyance.
“I’m good. The group therapy has really been helping. And Kylie isn’t too bad to look at twice a week for our sessions.”
I let out a loud laugh.
“Yeah she isn’t too bad to look at.” I felt my jeans get tight at the thought of me taking her on her desk.
“Well,” Marco said. “I’m sure you have gotten to know Kylie a little better than me already, but you can tell me about it another time. I’m being picked up for therapy now.”
“Alright man. If you need me to take you sometime this week just let me know.”
“I will.”
I put my cell back in my pocket and hoped on my bike. I smiled brightly knowing that for the first time since Marco had been back he was finally starting to sound like my old friend.
***
Tank, Glock and Gunner were already at the bar when I walked in. Once again, I was the last one to get in but at least this time, I hadn’t held up the meeting.
I had to do everything I could to stop thinking of Kylie and concentrate on the meeting at hand. I knew that Axel wanted to discuss how the shipments were, and for that, I needed to be on full alert.
Axel had taken up his position in the center of the bar, and I caught his eye as I crossed the room towards the boys. He didn’t seem pissed off, but he wasn’t pleased either. Kylie had completely taken over my life ever since I had met her. I used to be the first one to arrive at church usually, I was the one over-eager to prove myself to Axel. And now, I was sure that I was giving him the impression that I didn’t care anymore.
“How were the deliveries?” Axel asked and Tank spoke first.
“Everything was in order. We counted and checked and then checked and counted again. The Fallen Idols have stuck to their word,” he said and Axel nodded his head.
“So, there is nothing that could potentially go wrong if we continue with this?” he asked, and everyone in the room was staring at the four of us. The guys remained quiet, but I decided to say something, even if Glock wasn’t going to.
“I think we were being watched,” I said and I sensed Glock shifting on his feet beside me.
“There was nobody there,” he added quickly and Axel looked from me to him and back to Glock again.
“Which is it?” he growled, a little impatiently and I clenched my jaw.
“We were being watched. I’m not sure but I think it was by the Dragon Knights,” I said authoritatively and Glock turned to me.
“There was nobody there,” he repeated himself, narrowing his eyes at me. I knew I was making him uncomfortable. He didn’t want to admit to Axel, in front of everyone, that we hadn’t caught the guys who were watching us.
“Hunter?” Axel commanded my attention and I looked back at him.
“He’s right, we didn’t see anybody but that’s because we didn’t look hard enough,” I said, holding my ground and Axel turned to Glock again.
“You didn’t look hard enough?” he narrowed his eyes threateningly at us and I heard Glock clear his throat nervously.
“Because we didn’t want to put the shipment at risk,” I cut in and Axel looked at me again, his eyes widening for an explanation.
“We could have smoked them out, which would have started a fight. I didn’t know how many Dragon Knights were watching us, whereas, it was only the four of us and we had an entire cargo load of shipment to protect,” I explained, keeping my ground and Axel’s shoulders seemed to relax a little.
“I wanted us to wait, till we had everything safely stowed away. Picking a fight with the Dragon Knights is easy, we can do it anytime we want,” I continued and finally, Axel began to nod his head.
“That was a good decision,” he said solemnly, still thinking, and then he looked back at us brightly.
“We need to keep an eye out. I’m surprised that they haven’t taken their revenge yet. Watching us from a distance is a pussy move,” Axel said. “But they will eventually retaliate.”
“They’re a bunch of pussies!” somebody called out and a low cheer rang out in the bar.
Axel let out a loud laugh. “That they are,” he said. “But still, let’s be on the lookout. All right, back to work boys,” Axel declared and everyone cheered again. This was code for the drinks to start flowing. Before I turned away, I caught Axel’s eye and he tipped his head in the form of a half-nod. I did the same.
Glock thumped my back as we walked towards our usual table. A wave of relief had flooded his face and he was smiling at me now.
“The next time, warn me in advance, will you? Before throwing us under the bus,” Glock said, taking his seat next to me as bottles of beer started landing on our table.
“I wasn’t throwing us under the bus,” I said to him as I brought a cold one to my lips. “I was just being honest.”