“That wasn’t my fault and you know it.”
“You fucking know better.” He pushed past us and inside. A blond woman pulled up the rear.
James sighed. “Hi, Sarah.”
“Hi, pain in the ass.”
She left me at the door, gaping at both of them. I locked back up and reengaged the alarm before rushing back inside.
Noah looked around the room, his hands linked behind his back. “Nice place. Why are you over here and not at the Dalton house?”
James shrugged. “King of the Lumberjacks won the lottery. He has the fancy security you’d probably pop a boner for.”
Sarah rolled her eyes. “I’m Sarah. I work for Roth Defense.”
James picked up her rollup and bit off another piece. “I don’t need you here”—she pointed at Sarah—“and I certainly don’t need your second-in-command. It was just a fluke today.”
“You know nothing is really a fluke.”
“Don’t go looking for monsters on this one, Master Sergeant. It was literally just fans who love Amber. They barely cared about me.”
“Not what I saw on those videos,” Noah said through gritted teeth.
“It was like if two actors went out. Different fandoms overlap, that’s all. I was the bonus babe in this scenario.”
“I’ll have to agree.” I sat down at the counter again. “But since you’re here, Noah. I’ll ask you for a favor.”
“What kind of favor?”
“I’m going to do a show here at the Haven Winter Wonderland to make up for this shitshow. It’s last minute so I need security. Do you think your company could spare some for a show a week from tonight?”
He whistled. “That’s going to cost.”
“I don’t care.”
“I’ll see what I can do. I need to look at the property.” Noah folded his arms across his chest. “And you’ll have to do what I say.”
“After today, I’m not arguing. Not only did they put us in danger, but they caused a helluva lot of damage to the structures.If I’m going to add a concert to the craziness here, I need it contained and little-to-no damage.”
“You’re asking a lot.”
“I’m fucking Ambrose. I can ask a lot.”
Noah’s eyebrows shot up. “You’re as bad as Lindsey.”
“I can put on over one hundred and sixty stadium shows. I can make this happen.”
“Yeah, but it takes months to organize those. You’re only giving me a week.”
“I hear you like challenges.” I pointed a thumb at James.
“I’m going to freaking microchip her.”
“The hell you are.” James rolled another salami and cheese tube and bit into it. “But I’ll put my ask into the hat as well. It’s a shame what happened today and both of us should have been more careful.”
Noah dropped his hands to his sides. “Did you just apologize?”
“Hell fucking no. But I don’t want Tate to lose out because we screwed up. Besides, you have your minions in town to do the Christmas show for Logan, just use some of them.”
