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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run

Chapter 204 Push Back

Scarlett discovered that there was one thing she was more afraid of than facing an armed team determined to kidnap her and bring her to her psycho ex so he could torture her and that was falling in love with Jax. She had smugly insisted that she never falls in love. She was terrified that was all in the past.

She was learning there were two types of courage physical and emotional. She didn't have the emotional courage to get closer to Jax. The idea of falling in love and losing control over her emotions left her sick with fear.

Her brain could still help her out. She could use words to shove Jax away and end this falling in love hell before it could begin.

"I don't want to come closer to you. I want you to go away and leave me alone."

"Talk to me."

He was trying to trick her with his words. He wanted her weak and vulnerable, so she would believe all his sweet lies.

"I did. Weren't you listening? I want to be left alone."

"Are you afraid because the picture of us was posted on the internet?" Jax's voice was soft and gentle.

It was so hard to keep fighting against the comfort in his voice and the haven he would give her if he wrapped his arms around her. She wasn't going to be another foolish woman taken in by Jax Teller's sex appeal and charm. She was tougher than that.

"I'm not afraid. I'm not some damsel in distress that needs rescuing by some man. I can take care of myself. I don't need you and I want you to get the hell away from me now," Scarlett said raising her voice to emphasize her words.

"Do you remember where you were less than fifteen minutes ago? You were stuck in a bathtub. I had to rescue you or you would still be in the bathtub," Jax raised his voice to help Scarlett hear his words better.

"I wasn't talking about the past. I meant now."

"Scarlett are you delusional? You can barely walk now."

"I can take care of myself. I don't need you."

"Tell me what's really wrong."

Scarlett wasn't about to admit to Jax that she was worried that she was developing feelings for him and it scared her to death. She never wanted anyone to have that kind of power over her.

"What's really wrong is I want to be alone. Is your ego that fragile that you can't believe a woman preferring her own company to yours?"

Scarlett was sure she'd figured out a winning strategy to use with Jax—attack him. By doing that, she would force him into a defensive position.

"Is your ego that fragile that you can't admit that you need help? Your back injury is in the present. You injured yourself some more saving Tristen. There's no shame in that."

Scarlett had forgotten that when you attack someone, it doesn't always force the person into a defensive position. It sometimes leads to a counterattack.

"Just get the hell away from me."

Jax touched her face, gently brushing her tears away.

"I know there's something wrong with you."

Scarlett pulled away from him.

"The only thing that's wrong is I want to be alone. I hate you. Go away," Scarlett said.

She expected that to work. That should push Jax away for days or at the very least hours.

"You hate me?" Jax's voice was calm.

"Yes."

"OK," he said agreeably. He took her hand and closed the fingers so her hand was a fist. "Hit me or slap me. Show me how much you hate me."

She looked up at him startled. She had planned on him leaving her alone. This was yet another turn she wasn't expecting.

"I don't want to hit you," she said. She looked at her fist resting in Jax's hand. "Damn you, Jax Teller. Why do you have to make everything so difficult?"

"Come closer to me. Tell me what's really wrong."

She shut her eyes trying to will herself to stay strong and resist him.

Upcoming chapters—More relationship drama, what happened to Buck Jeffers after he flew over a curb and Jax finds Scarlett in bed with another man. Can she fast talk her way out of this or is this another attempt to push him away?