Taming Blade (Kings Reapers MC Book 5) by Nicola Jane (mini ebook reader TXT) 📕

“Dinner,” I remind him.

“I’m not hungry,” he says. “I got some calls to make.” He presses his mobile to his ear and stares out at the beautiful Scottish landscape. “Lake,” he says into the receiver. “How are you, brother?”

I narrow my eyes as he gets into a conversation with Lake. “Fuck this shit,” I mumble, going back inside. I march straight out the room and head for the lift. A girl still needs to eat, right?

The waiter greets me, his eyes darting behind me to look for my missing partner. “It’s just me,” I mutter. He nods stiffly and leads me to the table. The place is packed out and I feel like everyone is watching me as I walk through alone. I jut out my chin—I can do this.

I lower into the seat the waiter pulls out for me and take the menu from him. I’m glancing over it when Blade’s shadow falls over me and I silently cheer. “Can I get a whiskey? Make it a double,” Blade says to a passing waitress. She practically gushes with happiness as she skips off to get him a drink. “We couldn’t order room service?” he asks, sitting opposite me. I continue to stare at my menu, and he sighs heavily. “Why are you looking at the menu? You’ll order the salmon.” I try not to smile at how he knows me so well.

“I thought you had calls to make.”

“I thought we weren’t together, taking shit slow, so you wouldn’t care about dinner.”

I place the menu on the table. “That’s what all this was about? My mum is a hard woman to win over. Not because she doesn’t want me to be happy but because you’re a biker. I told you she’d have a hard time accepting you, but you insisted on this trip.”

“I just wanted to meet your family. I want to know everything about you.”

“And I want to know everything about you, yet I’m not pinning you down demanding to know about your past.”

He sighs, clearly not wanting to get into this with me. “What she said made sense, about you moving here.” He’s changing the subject. I frown, because that’s the last thing I thought he’d say.

“Miles from London, from you?”

He nods. “You’d be safer here than London.”

“Something happened,” I say. “You know something.”

“Nothing happened. I’ve been thinking it over and it makes sense. She clearly misses you, and you stayed in London because of the shop, which is gone now. What your mum is offering, the life you could have here, is so much better than London.”

I think over his words. Maybe he’s looking for a way out. Maybe Eva and the girls were wrong and he’s not looking for anything serious. I nod my head and then go back to looking at the menu. I can’t talk about this with him right now without crying.

The waiter comes back over and places a bottle of water in front of me. “Are you ready to order?”

“I’ll have the salmon,” I say, and Blade smirks.

“I’m all good,” says Blade when the waiter turns to him.

Blade watches me take a drink of the water. “Not wine?” he queries. I shake my head, knowing his mind is back onto the pregnancy test. “You ready to tell me about that test?” I shake my head again. “You make it hard for me to trust you.”

“I’m not trying to be difficult. You have no reason not to trust me. You know I didn’t tell Ethan anything, and you know deep down I’m not pregnant,” I say. “And I’m trying to meet you half-way. You asked to meet my mum and here we are. I’m letting you into my life.”

“Just tell me who the test belonged to. I mean, it’s pretty obvious when you came out of her room, but I want you to tell me.”

“You have no idea who was in that room with me. Just because it was Sara’s room, does not mean others weren’t there.”

“Why aren’t you drinking wine?”

“Christ, Blade, why does everything end in drama with us? I wanted a bottle of water. I’m not fucking pregnant. You don’t have to panic, I haven’t trapped you!” I snap.

He laughs bitterly. “You really think that's what’s worrying me? That I’m scared of committing to you for the rest of my life?” He shakes his head, standing. “Fuck, I thought you knew me better than that.” He throws some cash on the table and walks out of the restaurant. I stare after him, wondering why we always come back to this point. It’s like the universe is playing a cruel game, pushing us together and ripping us apart.

BLADE

I walk for ten minutes, then feel bad that I’ve left her alone, but when I return to the restaurant, she’s no longer there. I go up to the room and she isn’t there either. Fuck, I keep messing up. I’m sitting out on the balcony when she returns. She heads straight for the bathroom. “Where did you go?” I shout through to her.

“To prove to you that I’m not lying.”

“Sunshine,” I sigh her name. “I didn’t say you were lying to me. I just hate you keeping secrets.” I go back through the room and find the bathroom door open. She’s on the toilet, and I lean against the door frame. “I didn’t expect to feel like this,” I mutter. “I think I know what’s for the best and then shit changes—”

“Save it,” she snaps and her harsh tone takes me by surprise. She slams a plastic stick on the sink unit, pulls up her panties, and storms out of the bathroom. I fold my arms over my chest and stare at the pregnancy test.

It’s a few minutes before I join her on the balcony. She’s standing with her back to me, staring out at the mountains. She looks perfect in the red dress and I realise I didn’t tell her that when I first saw her tonight. I go behind her, caging