Trials and Tiaras (Untouchable #7) - Heather Long Page 0,118

on the tank, and then pinned something to my bra under it.

“Better. Now everyone can see the tattoo. No mistaking that you’re taken. I don’t really want to have to bail Jake out of jail tonight.”

I made a face at her in the mirror. “You wouldn’t have to. Archie would take care of that.”

Laughing, she glanced at herself in the mirror then hooked her arm around my shoulders and stood side by side with me. “We look badass. You think the boys can handle all of this?”

A shiver went through me. I was pretty sure my guys could handle anything. A fact they disputed as soon as Rachel and I appeared in the living room. Jake dropped his game controller and raked a hand through his hair. “I’m going to jail.”

“No you’re not,” Archie said. “No bodies, no crimes.”

Ian gave me a once over followed by a slow approving nod. “Be worth it though.”

“Oh yeah,” Coop added. “Do we have to go to the concert? I mean, we could start the private party right here.”

“Still present,” Rachel reminded them, and Archie flashed a wicked grin.

“You’d be down for watching, don’t give me that.”

“Normally,” she countered, “I’d agree with you, but this is Torched we’re talking about and backstage passes. I will cut you if your dicks make us late.”

“Rachel…”

“I said cut them…not cut their dicks off. I wouldn’t do that to you. They’d live. And be fully functional.”

I couldn’t help it, I cracked up and I wasn’t the only one laughing.

“Don’t worry,” Ian said as he rose. “Frankie’s as excited about this as anything. We’re not going to miss a moment.” I bounced a little as he reached me and traced his fingers down my arm. “You want a jacket in case it gets cold?”

“I figured I’d just snuggle you guys if I got cold.”

Rachel made a gagging noise, and I flipped her off behind Ian’s back, which sent Coop into a fit of snickers.

“It’s okay, Rach,” Coop told her. “We’ll make sure you have a jacket.”

“Ass,” she declared and I grinned without once looking away from Ian’s heated gaze.

“You look good enough to eat,” he murmured before stealing a kiss. Oh, it was a good thing I’d not taken Rachel’s advice, because now my panties were damp. Thankfully, the bra was also padded so my nipples weren’t on proud display, but considering how good the guys all looked in their jeans, concert T-shirts, and relaxed, happy expressions? I was going to be horny as hell before we made it back.

Correction—hornier.

“Let’s go,” Rachel announced as she hooked my arm. “Down, girl. I promise to leave you alone to devour them later.”

It wasn’t until we were heading back out to the cars that it hit me. We weren’t all going to fit in Jake’s SUV. It was snug with just the five of us. I didn’t think Archie had ordered a car tonight. “Don’t worry, babe,” he assured me. “We have this covered.”

We did?

Instead of heading to his car or Jake’s, he headed over toward a…Tesla. It was brand new and it had three rows of seats. Archie touched the handle and opened the door for me.

“Happy birthday, Baby Girl,” Jake said with the widest, most shit-eating grin I’d ever seen. “Archie and I have been taking one of these apart and putting it back together for the last couple of months. We wanted to make sure it was the best, safest car for you, with the most room to do whatever you needed to do.”

They got me a car.

I turned toward Archie, and he pressed a finger to my lips. “It’s from us. All of us.”

“It is?” Coop gawked. “Even if we weren’t in on it?”

“You’re not the engineer,” Archie told him, not lowering his finger. “But you deserved the best car with the safest rating that fits who you are. This isn’t flashy or bright, but it’s you.”

And it was red too.

Man.

“Do. Not. Cry,” Rachel ordered. “What is wrong with you? We do all this makeup, and you want to make her cry?”

A watery laugh escaped me, and I twisted to look at the car. Archie wrapped his arms around me, but Jake stood just a half step away, his expression fierce and fixed on me.

“This has been your secret project?” I asked.

“Pretty much,” Jake said. “We wanted to understand it, make sure it was everything they said. It’s…pretty fucking impressive. But we also wanted to get in and change a few little things. We just needed to know