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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run
Chapter 14 Ransom
Jax waited a couple of hours, so Scarlett would be deeply asleep from her medication cocktail before he called her. He wanted to leave a message on her cell's voice mail.
He disentangled himself from the arms of a naked sleeping blonde crow-eater possibly named Amy or Emma and went into the bathroom in the apartment at the clubhouse. He'd been pretty drunk and decided to spend the night in the apartment instead of riding home on his bike.
"Scarlett, I have a piece of your property. I'll return it to you, but you're going to have to pay a ransom to get it back. Call me and we'll discuss terms."
He grinned imagining her face when she got his message.
When she called back, he started smiling the moment he saw her name on his cell's caller ID.
"I can't believe you want me to give you ransom to get back my property," she said feigning outrage.
"Believe it. You are going to have to pay a price."
"Do you really think I gave you my only gun?" she asked amusement in her voice. "Do you think I'm that stupid?"
"You have more than one gun?"
"Hell yes!" she said laughing. "I've got a .32 in my handbag. I also have two 9 mils, one under the front seat of my car the other under the passenger's seat. I may also have a false bottom in my car's trunk where there may be an additional handgun as well as extra clips."
"Your life is that dangerous?"
"No, my enemies are," she said.
He laughed. He couldn't tell whether she was joking about her firearms or if she were serious. It was all part of what he found so fascinating about her.
"Since you have plenty of other guns, does that mean you don't want the one I have back."
"That depends on the ransom."
"I want a kiss."
"I gave you a kiss last night."
"On the cheek and your lips felt like sandpaper."
"They did not," she said hotly.
Jax chuckled at her reaction.
"Bastard," she said.
"How are you doing today?"
"I'm not as stiff and the pain isn't as bad. I am definitely better."
"There's this city event. It's mostly food booths and crafts, but I thought it would help give you an idea about Charming's businesses. There are also places to sit, so you could rest your back. Would you be up for that?"
"As long as you don't mind helping me a little."
Even when he ended the call, he was smiling. He shocked himself. He was beginning to enjoy chasing Scarlett and when he did seduce her and there was no doubt in his mind that he would succeed, it would make the sex between them that much hotter.
And she would discover that he had the winning hand in this game among other winning parts of his body.