Page 165 of Tattooed Love

“Amber isn’t in a relationship. You lot are jumping to conclusions.” Jax looked between us. “Seriously, she says a guy is supporting her and you all think her heart is involved.”

I scoffed. “Amber follows her heart. And we put up with it. We put up with it when she picked you, and if anyone is her friend, it’s you.” I took a step closer to him. “Don’t even think about crossing a line of friendship.”

“Like she is even going to be his friend!” Tyler looked at me like I was stupid. “She moved to another country to get away from him and now is coming back with her ‘friend’ who just so happens to pay for her lifestyle. She’s moved on.”

I nodded my head. “Yeah, she has, and we don’t screw that up.” I looked at Adam. “Organise a house.” With that said, we could all go back to doing what we were doing, which was waiting for this gun deal to be settled.

But I wouldn’t lie. I was looking really forward to seeing my little sister tomorrow. I just hoped this time she had picked a boyfriend that was worth her time.

Jax

Nerves. Wasn’t something I did. Never got nervous. My hand never flinched when I took a life. I never got nervous when it came to club decisions. Never once got nervous over a woman, but all that changed when I met Amber.

She made me nervous.

And right now I was nervous. I had played the chess game, put all the pieces together so she would end up back here. And now, as we waited at the airport for her, I kept clenching my hands into fists so the boys wouldn’t see I was that nervous.

They actually all looked pretty nervous themselves. Cole was saying in the car that he was freaking out a little about seeing her, seeing as they didn’t leave things on good terms, although he did say he actually made more of an effort to speak to her while she was away.

It was the first conversation Cole and I had had where he wasn’t barking at me, or disrespecting me. I had opted to go in the car, because I knew she would be in the car once we picked her up, so I left my bike at the clubhouse, and caught a ride with Cole. I had expected him to bark orders at me to stay away from her, but he politely asked me to be nice to her boyfriend.

Like he knew if he threatened me I would just take it out on Tae.

I kept reminding myself of my conversation with Amber. She said she worked for him. She said she didn’t date, but the voice in the back of my head told me there could be something more between the two of them.

The boys didn’t know the money Tae was giving her, she actually earned. They thought some billionaire was claiming their little sister.

They weren’t thrilled with it, but I think they would pick Tae over me. I was in a sour mood as soon as I realized that.

“Is that her?” Cole said, who was showered, clean and even had a shave.

I followed his eye line and saw the crowd part. And there she was. She didn’t look like her normal self. She wasn’t wearing jeans, or a dress. She was wearing a business suit; jacket and skirt. She looked like she had just stepped out of an office. Her hair was down though. My eyes were glued to her body as she moved. That suit framed her perfect figure.

People were stepping out of their way. My eyes bounced to the man I had competition with. Tae..

God, the way they were laughing and walking together, they looked like a happily married couple. Not business partners.

I knew then. This guy had feelings for her. Then I watched him take her hand, smiling at something she’d said.

“Looks like we were right about the couple thing,” Tyler all but groaned. “Seriously, she is going for someone like dad!”

That was exactly what Tae looked like. An upstanding businessman, with money. His suit, his rings, even his hair screamed it.

“Yeah, well our job is to not give her a reason to fly out when he does,” Cole grunted. “Behave, all of you.” He looked at me. “Don’t upset her.”

They all thought I would upset her, being here.

I looked back at her, and then I found her eyes were locked with mine. She had spotted us. Wasn’t hard to; people were giving us space.

Well, she hadn’t spotted us. She had spotted me and her eyes were glued to mine, and immediately I saw pain. She gulped and ripped her eyes away from me, and smiled when she looked at her brothers.

“Behave.” Cole said again just as Amber burst into a sprint, which was impressive in those heels.

“God, she looks older,” Adam said what we were all thinking.

Troy pushed Cole out of the way and walked towards Amber; seemed like he wanted to be the first to welcome her home.

I watched her wrap her arms around his neck, a wide smile on her face. We all walked towards them. Her boyfriend had grabbed the handle of the suitcase she had abandoned.

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