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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run

Chapter 259 Hale No!

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Jax was surprised by the way things had turned out with Scarlett. They had talked things through and come up with a solution. Could he finally be ready to be an adult? Maybe he wasn't ready to go that far, but he was making progress.

Given her past, it made sense that she needed to trust him in order to get close to him physically. He hadn't felt good seeing her after spending time having sex with a bunch of crow-eaters. He Jax Teller had actually been thinking about scaling back screwing crow-eaters and the government just admitted there were UFOS. Sometimes life was full of surprises.

When he asked her how long it would be before she was ready to sleep with him, he expected her to say at least six months. Two months had come as a welcome surprise. Given her physical condition, it was about as soon as he could expect. It also showed that she wanted to work on feeling closer to him and she'd asked him to be patient a little while longer.

It wouldn't kill him to go a couple of months without sex. He could always handle his own needs. That was as close to celibacy as he was ever going to get. After all, he was still Jax fucking Teller.

Taking a break from girls would make it more special when they were finally together. And damned if he didn't find himself falling in love more with her everyday, but he would not let himself turn into a pussy like Juice when he was in love. For an outlaw biker, Juice had too many teary eyed phone calls to girls. Jax often wondered if Juice were too soft to be an effective member of SAMCRO.

It wasn't until they were on their way back from Scarlett's physio appointment that he realized he needed to make something clear to Scarlett.

"You know how we decided to be exclusive?"

"Uh-huh," she said looking at him suspiciously.

"That means no male friends."

"I think that's too restrictive. I don't mind if you have male friends," Scarlett said with a teasing smile.

"You know what I mean."

"I don't have any male friends. Elliot is my landlord and now so is Jacob Hale."

"I wasn't thinking of Oswald. Hale. David Hale. I was thinking of your movie buddy."

"My movie buddy? Really Jax we watched a movie together twice."

"Hale would like it to be more. Stay clear of him."

Scarlett frowned.

"I really don't like being told what to do."

"Do I have to remind you that we only agreed to this arrangement last night? Would you rather see Hale and let me have sex with whatever girl crosses my path?"

"Hale isn't interested in me like that."

"Scars, every guy that likes girls is interested in you that way."

"OK. You're a guy and you probably know more about how men think. OK. I will put distance between myself and Hale."

"What does that mean?"

"I won't see him anymore."

Jax didn't tell her that Hale had already told him man to man that he was going to get Scarlett for himself. He didn't consider David Hale competition for him, but he didn't want his trying to take advantage of Scarlett. She was a little naïve.

He also didn't want Scarlett talking and sharing herself even on a friends level with another man. He really wanted her all to himself.

"I won't see him anymore either," Jax said with a grin.

"Silly," she said.

He leaned over and kissed her at the stoplight.

"I feel really bad, but I don't think I'm going to be able to see you tonight. I have church—that's what we call our weekly meetings—most of our chapters hold them on Friday nights. We have a lot to discuss and it's going to go long.

"Tomorrow, we've got more MC stuff that will go long. I'll make it up to you on Sunday. How about we spend the day and night together?"

"You are such a smooth talker. OK. I'll juggle all my other men and give you all of Sunday."

"Sorry I have to leave you alone so much."

"I'm used to being alone. I can amuse myself. Maybe I'll call Tara and see if she wants to do something. I can also spend time working on my store. I've got to get the place up and running so I can start pushing money through the place."

"You need to explain how money laundering works."

"We could do that on Sunday. It would give me something exciting to look forward to."

"You are a sick and twisted woman, Scarlett."

"I've thought of a great way to make it more interesting. I can draw helpful visual aids on your body when I explain money laundering."

"How about you draw on you? You would really have my attention then."

"Sorry, I can't bend well enough for that."

They grabbed burgers and fries before Jax headed over to the clubhouse for Church. He couldn't shake a feeling of guilt for leaving Scarlett alone so much, but she didn't seem to mind.

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Jax has let Scarlett know he isn't going to be around much, so the coast is clear. Could she really cheat on him?