Loving Jaxton ✔️

Chapter 6 - choices

Jaxton's POV

I care about Rylee. I do, I don't know where it came from and I don't know how I do but I care about her. Maybe it's the fact that she isn't trying to get or keep my attention or maybe it's the fact that she willingly helped me but I care about her.

Hearing her open up to me about this sociopath is making me realize two things. The first one being that I know I care about her, the second one being that she deserves more. And that's the reason me taking her back to him is killing me.

I faked not being in pain this morning so I could make her breakfast and hoped that she'd stay for a little while. But I think she's realized that she cares about me more than just what she thinks, and that she's opening her eyes.

"So where too?" I ask pulling out of the driveway.

"North Main Street, I'll show you how to get there." She tells me as I nod and cover up the throbbing pain in my foot. I drive with music playing quietly as the silence between us becomes unbearable.

"You know you can call me whenever right?" I ask her as she nods. She rubs her hand through her hair as she shows me those bring green orbs and holds a baseball cap in her lap with her coat.

"I know Jax and I will be soon. We'll have to go get coffee or something." She tells me as I nod. I hate coffee with a passion but if she loves it I'll make and exception and pretend to drink it.

"I hate this." I finally tell her as I pull up to a red light in town. "What?" She asks as I nod.

"I fucking hate taking you somewhere I don't know that you'll be safe at." I tell her as she stares at me. She takes a deep sigh before she grabs my hand in hers.

"Jax pull over." She tells me as I cut on my blinker and park on the side of the street. "Look at me" she tells me as I look over at her.

"Jax, I'll be okay. He won't hurt me, he'll be upset but it will be fine. I promise you, pinky promise you that I'm fine and if I feel like I'm not I'll call you and you can come and get me or I'll drive to you or we'll meet somewhere. No matter what I know that I'll have you Jax and that's good because I know you care about me and I care about you too. Keep me up to date with your foot too, I can help with that." She tells me as she rubs my hand.

I've been fighting my urge to kiss her since last night. It's crazy how I just know that I care about her, we didn't even know each other a day ago and now, I feel like she's partly mine and I know I shouldn't feel that way when she's not. I've never been like this with girls or in relationships, it's always been the women who got attached, but now I feel like a woman in this situation.

"Fuck" I mutter under my breath when she's leaned closer to me to talk. "Jax, what's really wrong?" She asks leaning over the console to me.

"Nothing. I'll take you back." I admit to her lying my ass off as I pull back into traffic. And it's quiet for five more minutes before she starts with clearing her throat, "Just turn left at the light and then left into the parking lot." She tells me as I nod.

I pull into where she tells me and we're let through by security when she shows her ID. I park where she tells me and cut off the car before she looks over.

"Thanks for everything Ry" I tell her as she smiles. "Thank you for everything Jax" she tells me back as she leans over and kisses my cheek.

"You're an amazing man." She tells me rubbing my hand before she pulls open the door to get out and I stop her. I get out and grab my keys before walking over to the passengers side door and opening it as she smiles at me.

"How gentlemen like of you." She tells me as I smile and lean down to hug her. She hugs me back and rubs my back in her hand before pulling away and I just know I'll probably not see her again for a while.