Chapter 18

Chase's Point of View

"And, with that said, I close the meeting." Bones pounded the hammer. Everyone started to get up. After a two-hour meeting, everyone was happy to see the end of it. I was still hung over and needed some water.

I was getting up when Declan walked around the crowd to me.

"Hey Chase."

"Declan."

"Have you seen Chloe today?" Declan leaned on the back of the empty chair next to me.

Declan never got involved in other people's business and never had mentioned Chloe before, so I was interested.

"No, why?" I got up. She was gone when I woke up, and I assumed she was with Oliver until he appeared at the meeting.

"She seemed upset this morning when she ran into me. Normally I wouldn't mention it, but she didn't seem herself." Declan looked at me with judgment. "You didn't do anything to upset her, did you?"

"What are you trying to get at?"

"Come on. You take this girl in, basically put her on the back of your bike, and now, when we get here, you dump her for some club girls."

"What were you doing last night? Apart from watching me." I wasn't in the mood for this. Clearly Declan had taken an interest in Chloe. I didn't like it. I already had Oliver to compete with.

"Just saying you are giving this girl mixed messages. If you like her, don't be sleeping with club girls on the side."

"I didn't sleep with anyone!"

"Not what I heard this morning. In fact, Michelle was going into details about it."

"Since when did you listen to what club girls have to say?"

"Just saying, brother." Declan put his hands up. "I've said all I wanted to say. I just wanted to give you something to think about."

He turned and walked out, leaving me alone in the meeting room. I might have been drunk last night, but I wasn't that drunk that I would sleep with a club girl. All I did was put my arm around her and walk her to her room.

I lit a cigarette and got up. I guess I needed to find Chloe and give her some facts. That's if she was even told anything to begin with.

Chloe's Point of View

"No Oliver, I'm not going." I put my hands on my hips and gave him a direct look. "And I mean it."

"Come on Ace, you have to try new things."

"I think I'll skip the going to a biker party one." I scoffed and closed my suitcase lid.

He immediately flipped it back open and kept going through it. "I'm sure there is something in here that you can wear. We need sexy."

"We don't need sexy! I'm not dressing up."

"Come on, you have girls to compete with!"

"Shut it, McKenzie."

"Well, the question stands. Do you want Chase?" Oliver gave me a pointed look.

I narrowed my eyes at him. "The last thing I want is for Chase to take notice of me. He doesn't give two shits about me. Anyway, he has a new girl."

"What do you mean has a new girl?" Oliver frowned.

"Like a new girl. Her name is Michelle." I went to shut the suitcase lid again, but Oliver pushed my hands away.

"Michelle is a club girl."

"Point being?"

"Chase doesn't do club girls." Oliver gave me a look to say as if I was stupid for not knowing that. "Never."

"Well, he did last night. Shows how much you know of him. Now get out of my suitcase."

"Who told you this?" Oliver was pressing a subject I didn't want to talk about.

"Michelle and some girl. They were in the kitchen with me, then they wanted to know all the intimate details of the McKenzie brothers. It was around the same time I had to leave because my breakfast was coming back up."

Oliver reached into his back pocket, pulling out his phone.

"What are you doing?" I looked at him in dismay.

"Calling Chase."

"LIKE FUCK YOU ARE!" I jumped for the phone, only to end up landing on my suitcase. "Oliver, please don't."

It was too late - I already heard Chase's voice say hello.

"You sleeping with club girls?" Oliver was direct and, if anything else, just plain rude.

I couldn't hear what Chase said, but it ended with, “Are you with Chloe.”

I automatically started shaking my hands and head while mouthing no.

Oliver looked at me and smirked. "Nah, I'm not, so you telling me this is just a rumor?"

I scoffed. How could it be a rumor when I heard it from the girl's mouth?

"I already told you I'm not with Chloe. I don't know where she is." Oliver rolled his eyes. "Well, I didn't take her suitcase out of your room. No, you can't come in my room."

There was silence.

"Like I said, Chase. Chloe isn't with me and neither is her suitcase. It's not my fault you couldn't find her today."

He pointed at me and mouthed the word trouble. I rolled my eyes.

"Well, if I see Chloe, I'll tell her you are looking for her. Bye." Oliver hung up and gave me a smug look. "Chase is looking for you."

"I don't see why." I sat up on the bed and crossed my arms. "I'm sure he has a hundred other girls he could be searching for."

"Yeah, but he doesn't like the other hundred girls. He likes you which is why tonight, we are playing `get Chase back`."

"Maybe I don't want him."

"Well fine then, we will play `get Chase jealous` cause he sure as hell wants you." Oliver pulled something out of my suitcase and threw it at me. "Wear that. It will get everyone's attention."

"I don't want everyone's attention."

"Don't worry; I'll keep the mean bikers away from you. Anyway, there is only one biker we want to hook tonight." Oliver grinned evilly. "I always told Chase payback was a bitch."

"You really are getting a thrill out of this, aren't you?" I shook my head, not wanting any part of this plan whatsoever. I was happy to spend the night locked in Oliver's room with my laptop.

"Payback for sticking me with the van! He never let me get a bike." Oliver seemed rather angry about this.

"So, are you really a biker if you don't have a bike?" I gave him a smug expression as I watched his eyes roll. He turned around.

"Don't get the vest if you aren't a patched member." He seemed proud of his vest, and so was Chase when I thought about it. "So, you going to help pay back my brother tonight?"

I sighed, looking down at the black dress. Finally, I made my decision. What did I have to lose?

"Okay, McKenzie." I got up off the bed just in time for Oliver to wrap his arms around me.

"This is going to be fun Ace, trust me."

I wasn't so sure about that, but I owed Oliver, for if it wasn't for him, I'd be all alone on this trip and wouldn't have a place to hide out.