Page 168 of Tattooed Love

“Formal or private?” he asked, taking her hand, and pulling her towards him. “I’m hoping for private.” He sounded hopeful. It made me sick.

Amber told me she wasn’t dating him!

“Private,” she smirked.

“At my place or a hotel?”

“Your place.”

“Good, just where I want you.” He took his eyes off her, and glanced at her brothers. “I just met your brothers. They are everything you said they were”.

Her expression changed instantly, she looked defensive. “Are they just?”

He nodded his head. “We can confirm that seven appointment, but you aren’t handling it. I want you home.”

I knew instantly what he was talking about; he had just confirmed our gun deal. Looks like it wasn’t going ahead until he met them. We must have passed, although I made a point not to introduce myself to him. He knew who I was. I knew who he really was.

And the only reason I was doing this deal was so Amber could be here, but it sounded like she wasn’t going to be having anything to do with it.

“I’ll confirm it, and we can talk about it tonight. You should go, your car is waiting and you have a twelve o’clock.” Amber pulled her hand from his, and he was quick to kiss her on the cheek.

“And while I’m gone, I don’t want to hear anything on what we discussed on the plane,” he looked at her, as if he was telling her off.

She sighed. “I told you I could handle it.”

“And I told you I don’t want you to.”

She pursed her lips. “Fine,” she said, but the Amber I knew never backed down.

“I’ll see you at my place, tonight. Call me if you change your mind about the seven appointment.” He gave her one last glance and said goodbye to her brothers, and left.

So, if the deal was going to go through, it seemed the decision was in her hands. She smiled at her brothers.

“Ok, so I’m tagging along with you lot for the day,” she said and went to get her suitcase but Cole was quick to grab the handle and drag it along.

“Good, because we bought a house,” Cole said, walking next to her.

“What? You moved out of the clubhouse?” She frowned, like it wasn’t possible.

“Yep,” they all chimed

“And we are hoping you will be looking to move in.” Tyler grinned at her. “Troy said you weren’t going back to dad’s?”

“I’m staying with Tae.”

“Yeah, but he is going to fly out, right? He is visiting?” Troy said, I knew he was dying to know the answer to that question.

Was Amber back for good, or not? I watched her expression, and it wasn’t readable.

“Depends on something,” she muttered, dodging their intense looks. “And, before you even ask, Tae is a friend; he’s not a boyfriend and we aren’t dating.”

We walked outside.

“So, what’s with the private dinner?” Adam smirked at her. “You don’t have to lie to us.”

“Not lying, and that just means he wants to talk.” She came to a stop at the boys’ bikes. “He doesn’t like having private conversations in public.”

“You seem like a couple.” Troy only said that because of what we had just witnessed.

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