House of Payne^Tag by Stacy Gail

Author:Stacy Gail [Gail, Stacy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Published: 2018-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

“You’re not really going to take Payne up on his offer, are you?” Minnie’s tone matched her gloomy expression as they walked toward their apartment building, with Ivy turning to lock up her car with a click of her key fob. “Forget about my mother losing her shit. I can’t imagine what life at the salon would be like if I didn’t have you right across the aisle from me helping me keep my sanity.”

“I have no idea what I’m going to do.” Ivy shook her head, still stunned by the offer. From the outset—and in all fairness she couldn’t blame Payne—she’d had the feeling he wasn’t her biggest fan. “I can’t imagine what it would be like, becoming a tattooist. I mean, it’s not like you can scrape down the canvas if you mess up, you know?”

Minnie sighed mournfully. “But you’re interested. Really interested. I can tell.”

“I’m not about to make any decisions now, especially when I’ve got obligations at Clawsome for another eight months,” she said as honestly as she knew how, then looked around when she heard her name. Her heart did a crazy super-ball bounce when she saw Tag approach from where he’d parked his SUV, his dark eyes fixed on her like he could see nothing else. “Hey, honey.”

“Hey, yourself.” In a handful of strides he was with her, his hand twining with hers as he leaned in for a kiss that took her up on her tippy toes. She wasn’t at all satisfied when he ended it to glance over at her friend. “Minnie, I’m kidnapping Ivy for the night, so if there are plans for her to be somewhere else until she shows up for work tomorrow morning, you know who to blame.”

Minnie’s eyes rolled as she opened the building’s main door. “Which place of work, Clawsome or House Of Payne?”

“Clawsome or House Of Payne,” Tag repeated after they were in his SUV and headed for the freeway. “What the hell was that all about?”

“Oh, it’s nothing. A thing happened earlier, and Minnie’s kind of freaked out by it.”

“What happened?”

Quickly Ivy explained Payne’s offer, still stunned and more than a little intrigued by the unexpected turn of events. “I was totally shocked Payne offered anything to me. There was a time not too long ago when he would have been happy to push me off the nearest cliff.”

“You rocked his perfect world, but he’s fair-minded enough to recognize that if your roles had been reversed he would have done the exact same thing. More than that, he knows you’re an incredible artist, and that’s the one thing he worships in this world above all else—the art. He’d be stupid to let you go without trying to snag you into his stable of elite artists.”

“Like you?”

“Like me.” Smiling, he reached for her hand so he could bring it to his mouth even as he kept his eyes on the road. “So what’s Minnie pissed about?”

“I don’t know if pissed is the right term. She’s just wigged out, and I don’t blame her because I’m right there with her.

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