Page 18 of Blind Spot
“You’re coming to stay with me.”
“What?” I asked, pulling back to stare at him.
“There’s only you and me in this room, and there ain’t no noise. You heard me.”
“I can’t stay with you, Dom, especially not after all this. What will your family think? What will mine say?”
“I don’t give a shit, and you know this. You can’t stay holed up in that baby’s room, and you ain’t going back to that nigga.”
“I wouldn’t dream of going back there. And as far as that room is concerned, Tunisia and Karter told me that I can stay here for as long as I need to.”
“And you did. You don’t need to anymore.”
“Dom.”
“Charly.”
He widened his eyes and stretched his neck forward, mimicking my actions. I giggled but shook my head again.
“No, I can’t stay with you.”
“Why not?” His voice was low, smooth, and warm like a nice bourbon.
“I just can’t. Okay?” I hated that my voice was whiny with him. When had I become that girl?
“Not okay. Tell me why. You just said that I could talk to you about anything and vice versa.”
“Not about this.”
“There are no limitations, Charly. That’s what got ya li’l ass in this situation in the first place.”
I crossed my arms over my chest and huffed out my frustration. “Fine. I don’t want to be in a house watching all of your hos running in and out of your bedroom.”
The smug smile that came across his cocky ass expression and the way his eyes assessed me had me deep in my feelings. The man was beautiful on a good day, sexy on a great day, but even with the bruises he had around his eye and jaw, it didn’t detract from his good looks. Today, he looked better than ever to me, and maybe it was because I was single again. I wasn’t sure.
“You jealous?”
“Of skanks? Hell no!”
He chuckled and then dragged the backs of his fingers down the curve of my jaw. Part of me wanted to tell him never to do that again. Then the other part wanted to lean in and savor his touch. It was simple things like feeling the backs of his fingersagainst my skin that turned me on and made me want to bask in the essence of Dominic.
“I promise not to have skanks and any other females running in and out of my bedroom. I promise to take them to their homes and hotels.”
I rolled my eyes, hating the image that came to mind of him between another woman’s legs and thrusting inside of her.
“You ain’t said nothing,” he stated after I remained silent.
“I just don’t know that it’s a good idea.”
“What was your plan?”
“I was going to talk to Chopper and see if he’d let me on the team. He knows that I’m good.”
Dominic dropped his head and rubbed the back of his neck.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
“I don’t know. He’s hard and standing firm on the line about not bringing anyone else into the crew.”
