Page 30 of Just One Night Together
“A tattoo shop,” he confessed, his eyes dancing. “And not just any tattoo shop.Chynna’stattoo shop. Her one, her only, with one complementary tattoo given to a customer at the F5F Club on the night of the full moon, because—” He held up a finger “—her tattoos make love come true.”
“No,” Cassie whispered.
“Yes!” Kyle said.
“Get out,” Damon said with a lot more skepticism than Cassie.
“It’s true, all true,” Kyle insisted. “When she does a tattoo on the full moon, she makes a little red heart in it with special ink, and that person’s romantic wish comes true. They find their one true love.”
“When?” Cassie asked.
“Soon.” Kyle made a vague wave.
“Did she do yours?” Damon asked, knowing that Kyle had a large chest piece that had convinced Lauren of his commitment to her.
“No way. There couldn’t have been any magic in that. Lauren would have tossed me out. It had to be sincere.”
Damon could understand that.
“Besides I got mine in San Francisco,” Kyle continued. “No, this is totally different, but I knew it would market brilliantly to our demographic.” He gave them a serious look. “Consider that Ty, Mr. Discriminating-Consumer, chose Chynna to do his one and only tattoo.”
“That’s only because Shannyn had hers done by Chynna,” Cassie noted.
“Still. You know he did the research. That man was not going to get ink from anybody but the best.”
“But this heart thing has to actually work,” Damon argued. “A marketing strategy based on it would backfire if the winner didn’t find true love.”
“Then we test it,” Kyle said. “Until you guys all believe.”
“Me, me, take me!” Cassie said and Damon laughed along with Kyle.
“That could take a while,” Damon felt compelled to note.
“You and Damon and Theo should each get one of her tattoos,” Kyle said. “Let’s have a systematic test of whether love really does run true.”
“I want the first one,” Cassie said.
“Due for some romance?” Kyle teased and she swatted him.
“That and I can see the ads,” she continued. “We’ll launch it during theGet Lucky at F5Fcampaign, the one with Ty and Shannyn posing with their wedding rings. And we’ll need a full moon drink, a special that we only serve that night, maybe with a heart on the swizzle stick and the F5F logo...”
“F5F with a heart around it,” Kyle said. “Love, romance, and a bad ass tat. Get it all at F5F.” He held up a finger. “Valentine’s Day promo!”
“You are the master.” Cassie dropped to her knees and kissed Kyle’s boot. “But it has towork.”
Kyle grinned. “How badly do you want to be the guinea pig?”
Cassie looked suitably wary, Damon thought. “Why?”
“Tomorrow is the next full moon.”
Cassie stood up and nodded. “All right. I’m in.”
Kyle pulled out his phone and tapped in a number. “Let’s see if she can work you in.”
“But who is Chynna?” Damon felt obliged to ask.
“Tattoo artist, down in Chinatown,” Kyle said as he waited for his call to be answered. “She’s had a shop there for as long as I can remember. She’s selling out to her partner and wants to switch things up, plus I think this true love thing is getting too big for Imagination Ink.” Kyle shrugged. “It’ll work brilliantly for both of us. She wants to work alone, so the small space is perfect. And she mostly works at night, which also dovetails well.”
