Las Vegas Sidewinders: Dominic by Kat Mizera Page B

approached him and she and Toli laughed about something as he
wrapped his arms around her.
    Stepping away from the
window, Dom sighed. Damn. Maybe he’d been wrong about her. Maybe she was just looking for a rich husband to save her from her awful life. Well, of
course she was, he told himself. Who wouldn’t want to get away from a guy like
Tim? He honestly couldn’t blame her. She hadn’t asked for anything and had been
honest about the fact that she had nothing to offer him other than friendship.
In fact, he couldn’t blame her for looking at a man who had immediately made it
clear that he liked her. Why shouldn’t she take a chance on a great guy like
Toli?
    Toli was older, Dom reasoned
as he stretched out on the couch. He and Molly probably had a lot in common,
despite the language barrier. Toli would be good to her, and she would
definitely be safe. Toli acted like a goofball, but he was fiercely protective
of those he cared about. No, Molly would have a good life if she and Toli were
together. He just found himself wishing she were interested in him. He didn’t
know why; she was quite a bit older than he and probably not as attractive as
many of the women he’d been with over the years, but there was something about
her that made his heart pound.
    First and foremost, her eyes
mesmerized him. He loved looking at them, and at her. Her long legs made his
mouth water and he’d dreamt about having them wrapped around his waist. Her
mouth just begged to be kissed, and the fact that she’d never had an orgasm
drove him wild. He’d initially thought that his attraction to her was simply
because it had been a few months since he’d had sex, but the more he got to
know her, the more he liked everything about her.
    The fact that she could cook
just added bonus points, and although he wasn’t 100% sure, he knew she had to
feel the sparks when their eyes met. Maybe she thought him too young for her,
but their bond was evident every moment they spent together. Their friendship
was already solid, and he wouldn’t disrespect that, but he didn’t know what he
would do if she got into a relationship with Toli without even giving him a
chance. Somehow, he had to make her notice him as more than a friend. He didn’t
know what he felt for her, but he knew he had to try to figure it out. He’d
gone a long time convincing himself that he might be a danger to any woman he
got in a relationship with, but he knew in his soul that he would never hurt
Molly. Knowing that gave him strength, and he made the decision that he would
work on trying to get her to see him as a potential lover, not just as a
friend.
    Hearing the door open, he
forced himself to relax. He had no right to be jealous, and he wouldn’t ruin
her new relationship, no matter how hard it was for him. He would try to figure
out how serious she was about Toli, and then he would talk to Toli if
necessary. In the meantime, he would go slowly.
    He looked up as she stepped
in and locked the door behind her. “Hey!” he called out. “How was it?”
    “It was glorious!” She sank
onto the couch with him. “We had so much fun! We walked all the way from Santa
Monica to Venice and back again. It was amazing.”
    “Next time you should rent
rollerblades,” he said. “There’s a great trail that goes between the two
beaches.”
    “Have you been?” Then she
laughed at her own question. “Of course you’ve been! What did you do today?”
    “The usual. Worked out, all
that crap,” he shrugged. Unable to stop the jealousy eating away at him, he
stood up and faked a yawn. “Okay, well, I’m going to turn in. Do you need
anything?”
    “No, I’m just going to watch
a little TV, if that’s okay?”
    “This is your home, Molly.
What’s mine is yours.”
    She looked at him with
something in her eyes he couldn’t interpret, but he just smiled and went to his
room.

Chapter 7
     
    As the NHL’s expansion draft
approached, Dom, Cody and Toli spent more and more