Page 127 of Tattooed Love

“Until he reminded me why I made that decision in the first place.” I glanced at the car lights coming up the driveway. “I can’t keep making the same mistakes,” I added.

Tyler sighed, and nodded his head “The past can’t be left behind little sis. You need to remember that.” He gave me a pat on the shoulder, then he walked up the stairs, past me. “Good luck on your date.”

“Thanks,” I said to his retreating back, before he closed the front door. Nerves burst inside me, as I looked back to the car, now coming to a halt at the bottom of the porch. Why the heck was I so nervous?

The car door opened, and I catapulted into an unnatural state of panic.

“Amber!” Scott smiled at me, getting out of the car.

“Scott!” I suddenly felt a lot less nervous, seeing his easy attitude. “I’ve heard a lot about you.”

“Well.. let’s hope I don’t let you down.” Scott smiled at me and walked to stand in front of me. “These are for you…” he handed me a bunch of long stemmed roses.

“You brought these for me?” I was astonished. First date, and he’d arrived with flowers.

“Come on. I am sure I’m not the first guy to give you flowers on your first date.” Scott smiled freely at me, catching me off guard. What was I meant to say to that? Surely I couldn’t tell him that he was actually the first guy I had dated who wasn’t a criminal; in fact, this was like the first date I had ever been on.

“”So should we get going?” I smiled smoothly at him. He offered me his hand, and I willingly took it. First date with a real guy; I was actually excited about this! Though I knew deep down I wasn’t over Jax.

“You didn’t want to put the roses in water?” Scott asked as he walked me to his car.

I cringed when I heard the front door open. Scott naturally turned around to see who it was, still holding my hand. I slowly turned around and I met Jax’s eyes.

“You must be Scott?” Cole jumped down the porch steps and reached a hand out towards Scott, which Scott shook. ”Cole,” he introduced himself. “Amber’s brother.”

“Nice to meet you,” Scott said politely, but I noticed the change in his voice; it was more businesslike now, far from soft and carefree.

“We’re leaving,” I said through gritted teeth to Cole, and shot a deadly look up at Jax and Troy, who were still standing on the porch. Why the heck couldn’t they put a top on? There bikie tattoos were on display for the world to see.

“No worries, I won’t be a minute,” Cole said as he shot a dry smile my direction, before stepping into Scott’s personal space. ”Just wanted to make sure that Scott here knows a few things.”

I crossed my arms. “I think he knows a hell of a lot more than you Cole so we best be going,” I announced.

I was surprised to see that Scott was actually not backing down to my brother; instead, he let go of my hand, crossed his arms and spoke up. “As Amber said, we have somewhere to be.”

“Do you know who we are?” Cole’s voice had dipped into a threatening hiss. “We just want to make sure that you know Amber is very important to us.”

“Messaged received.” Scott said dryly, and my insides were on fire with hate right now. Who did Cole think he was!

“Cole…” I started, but Cole being the rude person he was, just cut me off.

“Hurt her, and we will find you,” Cole said, his lip curving in a nasty manner, “And trust me when I say, you don’t want to get on our bad side.”

“Cole, get back in the house now!” I shouted and pointed to the mansion behind him. I did notice Jax looking too smug for his own good.

“Actually, Amber...” Scott said, taking a few steps away from Cole, “I think tonight was a mistake.”

“What!?” I watched Scott move around to the driver’s side of the car.

“I just wanted to take you out for a nice meal, and I was hoping something more would develop in time,” Scott said as he smiled at me pitifully. “I just wanted a simple relationship. This...” he glanced at my brothers, “Is not something I’d like to get involved in.”

“Please Scott, come on! They won’t do anything!” I could not believe I was begging this guy to take me out!

“Sorry Amber, but I just don’t have time for drama,” he said as he glanced at my brothers once more. He shot me a smile and got into his car.

I stood there gobsmacked, my mouth hanging open as I watched Scott pull away. I turned around to see Cole with a large smirk on his face. “How dare you!” I said, and pushed him hard. “Who the heck do you think you are!”

“I’m doing you a favor!” He grunted at me. “You don’t really want to end up that man’s trophy wife.”

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