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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run
Chapter 310 Cut Ties
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Scarlett turned off the alarm and entered the house from the garage. She cradled a bag of gyro sandwiches with two Greek side salads to her chest to keep from pulling the muscles in her back. She left the bag in the kitchen and tiptoed to the bedroom door with scissors. She was hoping Jax was still asleep. He would never have to know she'd zip tied him to the bed while she'd gone out. She peeked. He was awake.
"You're awake."
"And tied up," he added drily.
"Are you mad at me?"
He shook his head.
"I'm still thankful to you for helping save my life. You've also been taking care of me. I'm not going to get mad over something that isn't that big a deal. Besides, I've always wanted a woman to tie me up."
"Good," she said relieved. She carefully cut his wrist free.
"When I imagined a woman tying me up, this wasn't what I had in mind."
"It was good for me," Scarlett said chuckling. "Really good."
"Do you want me to tell you what would be good for me?"
"Let me guess. Something with fewer clothes."
"You got it," he said flashing her the Jax Teller sex grin. "The bowl you left was funny as hell. You thought of everything including leaving me a gun."
"You never know when you are going to have to defend yourself."
"You are something else."
"Could you help me get the stuff from the car?"
Jax grabbed his crutches, stood up and followed her out to the car
"I got some prepared meals from this one place. I got meat loaf dinners with mashed potatoes and corn and ham dinners with green beans and scalloped potatoes. I also got some deli stuff for lunches."
"These aren't heavy. I can carry them in the bag and still use the crutches."
"Thanks."
Scarlett opened the door to the house for Jax. He carried the bag to the kitchen and put it in the refrigerator. She got them big glasses of iced tea and they ate lunch.
"After we finish eating, I'll give you your next dose of medication."
"Going to knock me out again?"
"You have a really intense reaction to the pain meds and muscle relaxers," Scarlett said lying.
Jax may have been made sleepy by the pain medication, but the sleeping pills that she dosed him with had more to do with his reaction.
When Tara wrote out prescriptions for medications she had included one for sleeping pills. She suspected that Jax would not sleep, rest and take it easy. The sleeping pills would force him to get the rest he needed to recover from his wounds.
Scarlett agreed with Tara's assessment and didn't have a problem drugging Jax so he would sleep most of the time. As he got better, she would reduce the amount of sleeping medication. Sometimes women just needed to be in charge.
"I'm going to take some medication too and have a long nap."
"You've gotten worse in the last two days."
Scarlett shrugged it off.
"With injuries you have setbacks. I'm stiffer so I'm just going to take some muscle relaxers and sleep."
Scarlett changed Jax's bandages again and checked for any signs of infections. His wounds were clean and she checked his temperature with the forehead gun that Tara had loaned her from her medical kit. His temperature was still normal.
"I'll call Tara tonight and tell her your ankle is healing well."
Jax changed into another pair of loose fitting lightweight sweats. He'd worn jeans yesterday because he had meetings, but he preferred wearing something that didn't put pressure on his stitches and rub against them.
He swallowed without comment the handful of pills Scarlett gave him. He was still taking antibiotics to guard against infection. She took her medication next.
"You want to make out while we wait for our drugs to knock us out."
"OK."
"Don't you have therapy this week?"
"I cancelled it."
Scarlett carefully laid down on the bed with Jax adapting his position to work with hers while being careful with his own injuries.
Jax was looking down at Scarlett propping himself on one arm.
"What did you think I was going to do that was so bad you had to tie me to the bed?"
"I didn't want to take a chance that you would do something."
"Like what?"
"I don't know. Maybe jog on the deck or lift heavy things to keep your muscles."
Jax took Scarlett's hand and moved it so it was under his shirt.
"How are my muscles doing?" he asked his blue eyes shining with mischief. "Are any of them missing?"
His skin was warm and his muscles felt hard with ripples. Scarlett stroked them with her fingertips before she realized what she was doing and stopped. She tried to tug her hand free, but Jax kept his grip on her wrist.
"They seem fine," she whispered. "You can let my hand go now."
"I'm going to make you burn for me," Jax whispered softly.
Scarlett sucked in her breath.
"My back and your wounds . . ."
"Future. Just a little preview," Jax said releasing her hand.
It took a second or two before her breathing returned to normal. Before her heart could slow it's pace, Jax began kissing her.
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Next Up: Future Chapters (not in any specific order)
Hale for the Rescue.
Jax and Scarlett have a soul to soul relationship talk. A big surprise chapter. Kohn's days could be numbered but is it death, leaving town or getting arrested?
One of the most hated series villains joins the story.