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“Gnash, that’s in two days.”

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MACE

Mckenna quickly removes herself from me. Not fast enough for Jax not to notice our little cuddling. I want to smack him for interrupting us. I still want to be close to her.

I feel like I’m not having enough of her. I keep wanting more and more. Each time getting greedier. Not just sex, but even just holding her hand and smelling her sweet scent.

She looks adorable trying to hide her blush. She acts tough but now she avoids my gaze. I can still see her reflection on the window. God, even there her eyes are beautiful.

She looks up and catches me staring.

“What?” she asks.

I shrug. “Nothing. Thought you fell asleep.”

“That fast?”

“I don’t know. What if your noggin’s still sensitive from all that beating?”

She rolls her eyes. “I’m fine already,” she says. Then she gives me an incredulous look. “Did you just say ‘noggin’’?”

“Yeah, so?”

“You said it weird. You put too much emphasis on the ‘gg’.”

“What? I said it like how you’re supposed to say it.”

“Say egg.”

“Egg.”

She smirks. “You’re saying it like egg-uh.”

“So? Why are you even arguing about this?”

Gnash interjects with irritation. “Yeah, why?”

“It’s just a weird way to say it. I don’t know, I just don’t think words with a lot of g’s should exist. It feels weird on my throat.”

“You’re weird,” I mumble.

She shoots me a glare. I flash a grin at her. The car ride goes back to silence with the radio playing in the background.

I even enjoy the stupid banter with her. I almost forgot that she moved away when Jax looked behind at us. I don’t mind now. My feelings for her are too strong at this point.

It’s a shame that whatever relationship we have now can’t be acknowledged. At least not yet. There’s too much on our hands for it to be a priority. I mean, obviously, I want her close to me.

There’s also the issue with Drario. We still haven’t had a discussion about our truce’s standing. He was still pissed off at me when he left.

I understand. I really do. I want to fix it but whenever it’s brought up we’re at each other’s throats.

To think that my reunion with my childhood friend will end up like this. I don’t want to put the blame on McKenna for it. Even though it was her idea in the first place. But at the time there truly wasn’t an option.

I feel like shit because of it. Because I framed them, the truce mostly has gone to shit. They’ll even probably retaliate against my clan.

“Fuck,” I say out loud.

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