up
situations. As I started to walk towards Dominic, he started to
follow me. I turned around and put my hand onto the middle of his
chest to stop him.
“ No,” I
said.
“ What?” he
replied, looking at me innocently.
“I don’t have any choice dealing with
Dominic. He knows me and I can pretty much guarantee that even if I
didn’t go and talk to him, in a very short period of time that
colleague of his would be coming over here to invite me to join
him. You on the other hand can stand here and stay blissfully under
his radar. Believe me, if I had a choice I would much rather be you
than me.”
Travis glared
at me incredulously. “You cannot think for a moment that I am going
to let you just walk up to Dominic Caldwell and sit down with
him.”
There it was again. I loved how the men in my
life kept tossing out that word ‘let’ as if they actually had any
say at all.
“ You are
going to stay here and watch over the proceedings with that glare
that you obviously enjoy throwing around. I can handle Dominic, but
if you come over with me you will just make the situation
unnecessarily difficult.”
Travis stared at me and for a moment I was
worried that he really wasn’t going to listen to me and would start
something with Dominic. If I thought Griffin was annoyed with me
now, that would be nothing if a brawl started in a strip club
between Travis and Dominic because of me. I really didn’t need that
kind of grief.
I could see
the moment that Travis relented. “I am not taking my eyes off you
for a moment,” he growled. “You are not to go anywhere with the man
at all. That is the only way that you are going to get me to stay
here and not come over there with you.”
I let out the
breath that I was holding. I liked that plan, I loved that plan.
There is no way that I would willingly go anywhere with Dominic
Caldwell. That being said the man had kidnapped me, twice, so I
knew he was not above trying to drag me out of here if he thought
he needed to. Having Travis watching proceedings and ensuring that
didn’t happen gave me a little bit of confidence as I walked up to
Dominic’s booth, which I usually didn’t have when dealing with
him.
“ Good evening
Trudie, you’re looking lovely tonight,” Dominic boomed as I came up
to him.
This was just
one of the myriad of reasons why I didn’t trust this man. He was
able to make that statement without one ounce of sarcasm. Looking
over at his colleague I could see the disbelief on his face. I knew
perfectly well what I looked like. I had so much makeup caked over
one side of my face that I was going to need a trowel to take it
off. Anyone with two functioning eyes would be able to see the lie
in Dominic’s statement , but he gave every
indication that he completely believed what he just said. No wonder
the man was so rich. He could sell anything to anybody.
“Why are you here?” I asked, knowing that the
chances of me getting an honest answer were very slim, but feeling
the need to ask anyway.
“ I had
business dealings with Mr Pollard. We were close to finalizing a
deal on this land. I am hoping to continue those discussions with
the bereaved widow. Please join me.” Dominic waved his hand to
where his colleague was sitting. I raised an eyebrow and almost
laughed at the put out expression on the man’s face. I didn’t feel
any sympathy for anyone Dominic described as one of his colleagues.
I didn’t have the best history with Dominic’s colleagues who most
law abiding people had other terms for. I had terms for them too,
most of my terms couldn’t be used in polite company
though.
I took the vacated seat and settled in for
Dominic’s own brand of fiction.
“ So did you
want to explain why you are really here?” I asked Dominic, keeping
an eye on his colleague and the fact Travis was watching the
exchange with an avid amount of interest.
Dominic sighed and that sigh more than
anything else encouraged me to believe that I may be getting,
situations. As I started to walk towards Dominic, he started to
follow me. I turned around and put my hand onto the middle of his
chest to stop him.
“ No,” I
said.
“ What?” he
replied, looking at me innocently.
“I don’t have any choice dealing with
Dominic. He knows me and I can pretty much guarantee that even if I
didn’t go and talk to him, in a very short period of time that
colleague of his would be coming over here to invite me to join
him. You on the other hand can stand here and stay blissfully under
his radar. Believe me, if I had a choice I would much rather be you
than me.”
Travis glared
at me incredulously. “You cannot think for a moment that I am going
to let you just walk up to Dominic Caldwell and sit down with
him.”
There it was again. I loved how the men in my
life kept tossing out that word ‘let’ as if they actually had any
say at all.
“ You are
going to stay here and watch over the proceedings with that glare
that you obviously enjoy throwing around. I can handle Dominic, but
if you come over with me you will just make the situation
unnecessarily difficult.”
Travis stared at me and for a moment I was
worried that he really wasn’t going to listen to me and would start
something with Dominic. If I thought Griffin was annoyed with me
now, that would be nothing if a brawl started in a strip club
between Travis and Dominic because of me. I really didn’t need that
kind of grief.
I could see
the moment that Travis relented. “I am not taking my eyes off you
for a moment,” he growled. “You are not to go anywhere with the man
at all. That is the only way that you are going to get me to stay
here and not come over there with you.”
I let out the
breath that I was holding. I liked that plan, I loved that plan.
There is no way that I would willingly go anywhere with Dominic
Caldwell. That being said the man had kidnapped me, twice, so I
knew he was not above trying to drag me out of here if he thought
he needed to. Having Travis watching proceedings and ensuring that
didn’t happen gave me a little bit of confidence as I walked up to
Dominic’s booth, which I usually didn’t have when dealing with
him.
“ Good evening
Trudie, you’re looking lovely tonight,” Dominic boomed as I came up
to him.
This was just
one of the myriad of reasons why I didn’t trust this man. He was
able to make that statement without one ounce of sarcasm. Looking
over at his colleague I could see the disbelief on his face. I knew
perfectly well what I looked like. I had so much makeup caked over
one side of my face that I was going to need a trowel to take it
off. Anyone with two functioning eyes would be able to see the lie
in Dominic’s statement , but he gave every
indication that he completely believed what he just said. No wonder
the man was so rich. He could sell anything to anybody.
“Why are you here?” I asked, knowing that the
chances of me getting an honest answer were very slim, but feeling
the need to ask anyway.
“ I had
business dealings with Mr Pollard. We were close to finalizing a
deal on this land. I am hoping to continue those discussions with
the bereaved widow. Please join me.” Dominic waved his hand to
where his colleague was sitting. I raised an eyebrow and almost
laughed at the put out expression on the man’s face. I didn’t feel
any sympathy for anyone Dominic described as one of his colleagues.
I didn’t have the best history with Dominic’s colleagues who most
law abiding people had other terms for. I had terms for them too,
most of my terms couldn’t be used in polite company
though.
I took the vacated seat and settled in for
Dominic’s own brand of fiction.
“ So did you
want to explain why you are really here?” I asked Dominic, keeping
an eye on his colleague and the fact Travis was watching the
exchange with an avid amount of interest.
Dominic sighed and that sigh more than
anything else encouraged me to believe that I may be getting,
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