Taming Blade (Kings Reapers MC Book 5), Nicola Jane [books for 7th graders TXT] 📗

the rejection. He rushes to correct it. “I mean, I don’t wanna mess it up by rushing. I really like you, Matilda, and I think every man before me was a dick to you. I want to be different, and if we go for drinks, I’ll end up kissing you and trying to . . .”he trails off when I look at him eagerly. “I want us to flow naturallyand wait until we’re both sober.”

“You’re right,” I say once we’re in the car. “All my exes were dicks. One was practically married and the other was . . .” I shrug. Words like hot, sexy, bossy, and alpha all come to mind, followed by murderer, ass, and selfish. I shake my head and half laugh. “Never mind.”

BLADE

“What crawled up your arse?” snaps Lake.

“Nothing,” I mutter, drinking the whiskey Frankie just poured.

“You’ve been a moody bastard for days now. Is this over that girl?”

I see Lake’s sister, Charlotte, recoil slightly. I shake my head. “No. I’m tired is all.”

Eva rolls her eyes. “If you miss her, go and see her.”

“I don’t miss her,” I hiss. “Who said I did?”

“It’s written all over your face,” she says. “Cree wants me to befriend her.”

Cree talked about getting one of the ol’ ladies to become friendly with Tillie so we can keep ears on her. Riggs is worried she’ll give a witness statement to the cops when they eventually show back up to arrest me. “Anna seemed to get along well with her,” I mutter.

“She’s busy looking after Riggs and the kids. He doesn’t wanna add to her already heavy load.”

“I don’t know what the fuss is about. Tillie won’t talk to the cops. If she was going to, she would have already.”

“We don’t wanna see you go to prison. And until the cops come back and arrest you, we won’t know what evidence they have. If they happen to find out you two were a thing, they’ll question her. Is she likely to crumble under pressure? We’re just thinking about you, Blade,” says Eva.

“Yeah, who else would throw the knives around here?” asks Chains with a laugh.

“I’m gonna accidentally, on purpose, bump into her,” says Eva. “Just check in with her and see how she’s doing. Hopefully, she’s moved on and just wants to forget about the Kings Reapers.”

I nod once, not wanting to answer her in case she realises that I don’t want Tillie to move the fuck on. I want her here, with me. I sigh heavily and hold my glass up for Frankie to refill.

Riggs comes out of his office and scans the room. His eyes fix on me and I groan. “I need some brothers down the docks. Blu, Blade, and Chains.”

“For?” I ask. Luckily for him, I’ve only had one glass.

“To unload a trailer full of sex toys,” he says and we all spin around to look at him. “I told you, I wanna invest in other shit.”

I peer into the first box off the trailer. He wasn’t kidding. At least twenty boxed gold dildos stare back at me. “What the fuck’s he gonna do with all this shit?” I ask.

Blu smirks. “If you gotta ask that, you haven’t lived.”

“I know how to use a fucking dildo,” I mutter. “I’m just wondering what Riggs expects to do with all this. This shit would fill a shop. He don’t own a sex shop!”

“If you’d been around more these last few weeks, you’d know he’s investing in this to see if it pays off. He knows a club owner looking for this sort of thing in bulk.”

“A club owner?” I ask, confused.

Blu throws another box to me and when I miss, it splits and boxed butt plugs scatter. I raise a brow. “It’ll be a club with a difference, stupid. One of the ones you like to visit when you go to Blackpool,” Chains says with a grin. “Riggs wants in on the club.”

“At least you won’t have to ride far out if we open in London,” adds Blu.

“I don’t pay for sex,” I snap. “I don’t need to.”

“Cos you can tap Charlotte whenever you feel like it,” states Chains.

“Man, shut the hell up. You’ll get my arse kicked if you keep talking shit like that,” I answer. The last thing I want is Lake on my back about his sister.

“On a serious note,” says Blu, helping me collect the butt plugs. “You heard much from your girl?”

“She ain’t my girl, brother. We’re over. I’m no good at relationships. I always fuck it up.”

“That’s what I used to think, till I found Gia.” I roll my eyes. All these brothers are fools in love. I don’t have the time or patience for that.

After we’ve emptied the trailer into the waiting van, I leave Chains and Blu to take it back to Riggs. I detour, driving past Tillie’s place because that’s the pussy I’ve become.

I slow as I approach her house and spot her on the doorstep talking to that weird stalker guy. I grip my handle bars tighter. At least I can tell Eva she’s moved the fuck on. As I pass, she looks up and stares at me. I’m glad she’s seen me, and I hope she feels bad for fucking me then seeing him.

All the way back to the club, her face haunts me. It’s not until I get inside that the guy's face enters my mind. I’ve seen his face before, and it bothers me. I head straight for Eva. “I saw Tillie,” I say, and she raises her eyebrows. “Not to speak to. In passing,” I clarify. “She was with a guy. But I’ve seen his face before. I feel like I should know him. Try and get to the bottom of that.”

Chapter Ten

TILLIE

It’s been two weeks since I saw Blade, and I can’t lie, it’s killing me. He drove by my house last night as I was saying goodnight to Ethan. I thought he might call me, but he