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She wiggled her brows at"Hopefully it doesn’t bomb"

"I’m sure it won’t," I reassured her "Especially if it’s at the Cavendish Casino That place is hot right now"

"Let’s hope you’re right You’ve probably seen some of my work I’ve done almost all of the ink on Tristan’s back, and his arms And I’ve done quite a bit of Jared’s, too Whenever he’s done having a private chat with Dean, I’ll show you"

I glanced over to where the two men had been, and saw that they’dquietly to each other

"Jared’s great, but Dean can be a pain," Frankie said, her voice pitched low

I nodded I thought that was putting it nicely

"So do you have any ink?"

I shookwith the question

"Is there anything you really want? I’d be happy to help you make all of your tattoo dreams co about that, especially recently So at Tristan’s tattoos way too often had etting a little cherry blossorin widened She clearly sensed a victory "We’ll have to work on that I’ll show you sons that will blow your h I’d love it if you did"

I blanched "TV? I don’t know…"

"It’s not as bad as all that Just think about it"

My eyes narrowed on her "You do this all the ti twinkle in her eye "I love putting my mark on beautiful people Call it a personal quirk"

"Tristan’s ink is the best I’ve seen"

"Why thank you Have you seen Jared’s?"

"I haven’t gotten a close look at any of it"

"But you have gotten a close look at Tristan’s? Interesting…"

I shrugged,is the word Frustrating would be hed She started to say so, but it was interrupted by so her na on us She was Vegas pretty, with hair bleached platinum blonde, a face that reminded me a bit of a Bratz doll, and bombshell curves that no one could have mistaken for natural Still, she filled out her pink bikini in a way that would have uy look twice

Frankie smiled at the woman, but there was a noticeable chill in her eye that hadn’t been there before

"Natalie," Frankie said "Long ti here?"

She pronounced the Natalie strangely, the a’s uessed that Natalie was one of those women that tried to make a pretty nor a little stupid

"Frankie, I can’t tell you how I excited I hen I heard you were getting your own show! I’ve been dying to talk to you!"

"Oh yeah?" Frankie asked, disinterest practically pouring off her in waves

"Well, I’ve been wanting to get a tattoo for ages"

"Really?" Frankie was clearly skeptical

"And I think it would be great for my career to have it done on your show"

"Career?" Frankie asked

"I’ve gotten into as, I thought Natalie was a good three inches shorter than me, which made her unlikely model material, no matter how pretty she was

"I take it you and Howard didn’t work out"

Natalie shrugged "We’re still seeing each other Nothing exclusive anyet it"

"Sure, yeah" It was so obvious to me that Frankie couldn’t stand the woman, but Natalie seeaze sharpened on so behind Frankie, and I’d have sworn it turned predatory "Is that Jared Vega?" she asked softly

Frankie didn’t bother to hide her eye roll "It is"

"Is Tristan around? Those two are usually inseparable"

Frankie’s smile was just a flash of teeth "Nope"

"Damn I needed to talk to him"

"You could always call him," Frankie offered

Natalie flushed "I don’t have his nuet it from you?"

"Sorry Can’t do that I’ll let him know you wanted to talk to him, if you want"

"Fine," Natalie said, her tone dismissive, then abruptly walked away

"That was…interesting," I said, wondering what to make of the blonde woe