Taming Blade (Kings Reapers MC Book 5) Nicola Jane (suggested reading TXT) 📖

open the door, I’m kicking it in,” I warn. Seconds later, the lock opens and Tillie glares at me, her eyes are red from crying.

“I’ve been knocking for the last five minutes,” says Eva. “I was worried.”

“Did you knock because you were worried or because Riggs gave you a job to do?” Tillie snaps and Eva frowns in confusion. “As you can see, I’m fine.” She goes to shut the door, but I shove my boot in the gap, preventing it.

“Not so fast, Sunshine. You have a visitor.” She pulls the door open again. “Your boyfriend is here to check up on you.”

“Ethan?” she gasps, and it instantly pisses me off.

“Try and look a little less happy about that,” I hiss. “We’re gonna go down together, the picture of happiness, and you’re gonna send him on his merry little way again.”

“Why would I do that?” she snaps.

“Cos after he’s gone, I’ll take you home.” I hear her intake of breath and it hurts me that she’s happy to get out of here. “But you screw this up, I’ll put a bullet in the cop and then you’ll have to stay here a lot longer.” I’ve no intention of doing any of that. I’m off the hook, but I want to piss Ethan the fuck off by letting him think we’re together.

TILLIE

I nod in agreement. If this gets me out of here, then I’m gonna do it. Blade holds out his hand and I take it. A buzz of electricity shoots through me and it’s like we both feel it the moment we touch. His fingers interlock with my own, and for a second, I allow myself to enjoy it. As we get to the door, Blade turns to me, halting me in my tracks. His arm wraps around my waist and he tilts me back slightly, his free hand goes to my neck and cheek and he stares into my eyes for the briefest second before kissing me. It’s everything I’ve dreamt of since I last left his bed—it’s hungry and passionate and bone-melting all at the same time. When he pulls away, I’m like a weak jelly in his arms, and I’m mad at myself for giving in so easily. “Fuck, you get me hard just kissing you,” he mumbles like it’s a bad thing, takes my hand again, and pushes the door open.

Ethan’s eyes fall to our joined hands, then he narrows them at me “Matilda,” he says. “Everything okay?”

I nod. “Now, if you’ll excuse us, we have to finish something,” says Blade.

“Actually, I’ll need to speak to her alone.”

Blade releases my hand and I move towards Ethan, who leads me further out of earshot. “Tillie, are you really okay?” he asks.

“Yes,” I mutter.

“If you’re not, you can tell me. I’ll have that piece of shit arrested right now and then you can go back home like this was all a bad dream.”

My eyes betray me and fill with tears. “This is like a bad dream,” I whisper.

“I knew you didn’t come here willingly.”

“A bad dream that never ends. Between you and him,” I say, pointing back to Blade, “you’ve made me look stupid and naïve and so fucking gullible.”

“Tils, don’t be upset. It’s just a job.”

“You fucking lied to me. About everything.”

He looks away briefly. “I should have been more honest,” he begins. “But I couldn’t tell you about my job because I didn’t want it to scare you off. I didn’t know if you were part of this club when I first saw you. He was always around you.”

“I could have saved you a whole load of money by telling you straight that I don’t know anything. I’m not a part of this club.” I groan aloud. “You thought you had to date me to get information? You played me!”

“That’s not how I meant it to go. I really did like you. That part was real,” he explains.

“You liked me?” I repeat and he nods. “More than your fucking wife?” His face pales. “After I told you I’d been played before, you said your wife left you for your friend. That was a lie!”

“That did happen, but it was an old girlfriend many years ago.”

I rub my hands over my tired face. “You make me sick. That’s why you didn’t want to rush anything, because there was never going to be anything. Apart from the kiss, you weren’t ever gonna take it further knowing you were married. When you said every guy before you had treated me badly, I thought, he’s the one who will change it. He’s gonna treat me right.”

“Look, Tils, I get this looks bad,” he begins, and I scoff. “I understand that you’re mad at me. I don’t blame you. I did genuinely begin to like you. But at the end of the day, my job is to trap the bad guys and he is a bad guy. Most of the men in this place are. I was doing my job. Undercover policing is brutal and people do get hurt. I’m sorry it was you.”

“It shouldn’t be allowed. You lied and tricked me. That’s not ethical and we’re supposed to trust the police, guys like you.”

“I might have gone about it wrong, but my intentions were good. I know what he’s capable of and he belongs in a cell.”

I shake my head. “You both do. Stay the fuck away from me.”

I walk towards the gate, my arms folded tight over my chest and my heart slowly breaking. “Sunshine,” I hear Blade call, but I carry on to the gate. There’s no way he can stop me with Ethan watching.

I walk and walk until my tired feet finally stop at the sweet shop. Sara looks up from the counter and dives towards me. “I’ve been going out of my mind,” she screeches, wrapping me in a hug. “I asked Ethan to check on you because I knew something in your voice didn’t sound right, and all that bullshit about you spending time with