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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run

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Chapter 369 The Jax Teller Prize Package

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"You want to tell me about your day again?" Jax asked softly. "Or why you didn't tell me what happened with you and Kohn?"

Scarlett wondered how Jax had learned the truth. She didn't think Tara ratted her out. How the hell did he know what happened?

"Ummm . . . well . . ." Scarlett's voice trailed off.

"I'm not playing around," Jax said with steel in his voice. "I want to know what he said to you and exactly what happened. Most of all I want to know why the hell you didn't tell me."

Jax's eyes flashed with anger. The look in his blue eyes reminded her of Clay's eyes when he choked the life out of her mother. For a moment she was ten watching as Clay finished squeezing the life out of her mother. Those feelings of fear flooded her again. This was ridiculous. Jax wasn't Clay. He wasn't going to hurt her. She took a breath, focusing on calming herself and willing the cold terror she felt to leave.

It was easier when she thought she had the blood of a murderer in her veins. Knowing that it was actually Jax's bio dad who killed her mother made her wonder if that same cold blooded homicidal streak would one day come out and be directed at her.

She wasn't being rational. The way her fiancé would flip out at her for the smallest thing was also causing her fear reaction. None of this was Jax's doing. It was her problem. This was more of her past coming back to try to tear away at her happiness.

"Scarlett, I'm not going to hurt you," Jax's voice was gentle, "but I'm furious with you for not telling me about Kohn. Why didn't you tell me? Did Hale have something to do with it?"

Jax walked over to her closing off any possibility of escaping the bedroom and avoiding this conversation.

"David told me that Kohn was going to be ordered to return to Chicago and report to work on Monday," Scarlett said. "He suggested that it would be best if I didn't tell you because he was afraid of how you would react and he didn't want to have to lock you up. He didn't mean any harm. He was just trying to protect Kohn from getting hurt and you from the repercussions of your actions."

Jax's eyes were still bright with anger, but she knew that his anger was now directed at David Hale and not her.

"I don't need Hale watching my back well intentioned or not."

"Don't be mad at him. I made the decision not to tell you. I was just trying to protect you."

"What if Kohn comes at me and I'm not on guard because you didn't tell me that he attacked you?"

Scarlett looked at him with genuine anguish in her eyes.

"I didn't think of that. Jax, I'm sorry. I was so worried about you doing something that could get you locked up, that's all I could think about."

"You don't need to worry about me getting locked up for hurting Kohn. It isn't going to happen. You have to trust me. We need to trust each other."

"I do trust you. I just don't want anything to happen to you."

"Tell me about Kohn."

"Tara and I met for lunch. I walked from my store since it's only a few blocks. We finished lunch. Kohn was sitting on a bench. I ignored him when I walked past him. He started following and I told him to quit. He said he wanted to make me scream. It was creepy. I told him to go fuck himself and scream his own name."

Jax looked at Scarlett and laughed.

"That was good."

"It got better," Scarlett said. "He called me a mouthy bitch. I told him his problem was he was three inches short of a . . ." Scarlett's voice trailed off.

"Short of a what?"

She looked down, her face bright red.

"A Jax sized dick."

"Scarlett," Jax said shaking his head and laughing. "How would you know? Were you peeking when I was asleep?"

She shook her head.

"He just looked like he was a small man."

They both laughed.

"After I said that, he kept getting closer to me. I told him to back off or I would pepper spray him. He didn't. He tried to grab me so I pepper sprayed him. Tara saw what was happening. She ran over and kneed him. He collapsed to the sidewalk. I wanted to kick him, but I can't move my leg to kick and I don't have any power in my leg even if I could move it. Tara kicked him for me. She said in the MC culture, the worst thing you can do to your enemy is spit on him, so we leaned over Kohn and spit on him."

Jax broke into laughter again.

"Scarlett, you are a badass," he said carefully putting his arms around her and holding her close to him.

He kissed her long and slow then, one of those bone melting kisses that made it difficult for her to stand afterwards. She could feel her love for him flow through her body. She never thought it was possible to feel so much love.

"You are still not out of the woods with me," Jax said looking into her eyes, his arms still around her.

"I told you what you wanted to know."

"Here's what's going to happen now. Until Kohn is back in Chicago, you will have someone with you 24/7. I will handle evenings and overnights," Jax said a little smile playing at his lips. "During the day, Sack will watch over you. He was in Iraq, he carries a gun and he's been in combat. He'll go to the store with you, come back here with you and stay with you until I come over."

"Jax, that's really not . . ."

"In additions to winning me and my heart, you've also won the Jax Teller prize package."

"Are you talking about sex?"

"No, I'm thinking about sex, but I'm always thinking about it. I'm talking about my prize package. Part of that includes me taking care of and protecting you from physical danger. I'm not going to let anything happen to you."

"Nothing's going to happen to me."

"I know because I am going to watch over you. You don't have a choice in this. Now, here's the part when you say "thank you, Jax, you great big hot hunk of man."

"Thanks, Jax, you great big . . .what was the next part?"

"Hot hunk of man."

Scarlett giggled.

"I just wanted to hear you say it again."

"Scarlett, you do not want to get into trouble with me again," Jax said with mock sternness.

"I just don't want to be a burden."

Jax brushed his finger across her cheek.

"We love each other. You took care of me when I got shot. I'm taking care of you now. Are you going to cooperate with Sack watching over you?"

"How did you find out what happened?"

"Sack saw you. He was picking up some sandwiches for me for the guys. He had them in a big box. He saw Kohn talking to you. He remembered him from the night I got shot when he put a broomstick through his radiator. He was going to put the box down and help you when he saw you pepper spray him and Tara ran over to help. After Tara kneed and kicked him, you left with Tara before he got a chance to help. He said that after the two of you finished with him, there wasn't anything for him to do anyway. Now are you going to be a good girl and let Sack watch over you?"

"I'm going to need a prize from your prize package. I'll let Sack watch over me if you give me another one of those long, slow, deep kisses that make me feel like my bones are melting and I'm going to turn into a puddle."

"How about we do that in bed, in case you have that puddle problem?"

"Thank you for protecting me you great big hunk of hot man."

"I'll always protect you. Now let's see what I can do about that kiss you need."