Prince Charmer

Chapter 7

Jax was surprised to see Ariella pull into the lot the following morning. He wiped his hands on a grease rag then began to walk over to her truck. It appeared she was struggling to get something out of the passenger seat, and he wondered what it was. Seeing him approaching, she smiled and asked for help. He took the two large pans while she took the two tinfoil wrapped loaves. They made their way into the clubhouse where a few of the bikers were sitting scattered around. The pair put everything on the counter before he turned towards her. She told him to enjoy with a smile. He wanted her to stick around for a little while, but she had to get to work. He thanked her for bringing them some goodies and told her to have a good day at work. Just as she was leaving the garage's lot, she was pulled over. Frowning, she knew her truck was in good working condition, her registration was good, and there was no reason for her to be pulled over. Deputy Chief Hale knocked on her window making her sigh.

"What? I'm late for work." She huffed.

"License and registration." He stated.

"No." She replied, "This is harassment. I'm calling your supervisor."

"Get out of the vehicle, ma'am." Hale replied, "Unless...."

"Unless what?" She narrowed her eyes at him.

"Unless you agree to go out with me this Friday night." He smirked.

"That's it. I'm calling your supervisor." She stated as she grabbed her cell phone.

He tried pulling her out of the truck but her door was locked and the window was only half way down. She screamed that she was being harassed by the deputy and that he was physically assaulting her by trying to pull her out of her vehicle. The police officer she talked to said he'd send out the Chief of police right away.

"Either agree to go out with me or I'll tell everyone you've spent time in prison." He tried to coerce her making her eyes widen.

"How the hell did you know that?" She hissed.

"I looked you up in our database." He smirked again as he tried to open her door.

"Get away from me you freak! I will never go out with you! I'm filing a formal report on you!" She shouted as Chief Unser pulled up behind Hale's car.

"The hell is going on here?" Unser asked.

"He's harassing me, Chief. He's trying to coerce me to go out with him when I've turned him down multiple times. Now he's physically assaulting me by trying to pull me out of my vehicle." She explained.

"This is a routine stop. She's resisting arrest." Hale tried to state.

"There's no reason for him to stop me. I did nothing wrong." Ariella retorted, "I want to file a formal report!"

"Ok. Hale, get back to the department. We'll discuss this when I get back. Miss, you're free to go. I'll be sure Hale doesn't harass you again." Unser told the pair.

Hale huffed before storming back to his police cruiser then peeling out of his space. Ariella thanked the Chief before she, too, went on her way. As soon as the Chief made it to the station, he called Hale into his office and laid into him about stopping people for no reason, to stop bothering the young woman and to leave her alone. He was going to file the formal complaint into his police record which infuriated Hale. The Chief wasn't hearing his excuses and after an argument, Unser put Hale on suspension without pay. Hale huffed again and stormed out of the Chief's office to head home to start his week-long suspension. Ariella headed to her office where Tracy had already opened up. She set her purse behind the desk where the other two set their purses and looked to see what her day should look like. There were several people who'd made appointments for that day and she figured they'd have walk-ins as well. The exam room was ready for the first patient so the three women sat behind the desk chatting about their mornings until the first appointment arrived. It was Tuesday but Jax wanted to see her outside of their normal routine so he sent a text asking if she'd like to come to his house that night for dinner. Over her lunch break, she discovered the text and quickly replied that she would. He smiled when he saw her reply although he wasn't prepared for what she told him about her day.