Chapter twenty-nine

Amber and Jake danced and though she kept stepping on his toes once in a while he didn’t complained, he would bite his lip to contain the pain and smile at her, Amber didn’t notice this, if she did, she said nothing about it, Jake held her firmly like she belongs to him, his eyes searching out Todd, when he found him, he gave him a sly smile suggesting, he’s in control.

Todd couldn’t help but scoff, he returned his smile with a cold stare with both men not backing down and Amber not knowing what was happening tried engaging Jake in a conversation

“Hey do you remember the river we use to go play hide and seek when we were young, remember that big oak tree by the side where Ann scrapped her knee one day and you had to carry her all the way home"

“yes, I remember, she was so heavy and I was so skinny back then, I remember trying really hard to hold on, I didn’t want to embarrass myself in front of you girls, wanted you to see me as a macho man" Jake said

Amber laughed really hard, throw