Free Dominic (Saint Brothers #1) by Kristan Belle Page A

needed to go into my office to hear.
    “Dominic? It’s Sheena.”
    “Is everything okay?” I asked, immediately concerned.
    “Everything’s fine.” She reassured me.
    “So, to what do I owe the honour?” It wasn’t often she called without good reason. The last time was when she told me about Helen and brought the whole situation to light. She didn’t like feeling like a rat, but she felt she owed me and I appreciated her looking out for my interests. I couldn’t help but worry what was going on now.
    “Nothing’s wrong. I just thought you’d appreciate knowing that the girl is back in here again.”
    “Which girl?”
    “The one you were drooling after the other night. The one with the Winterly woman.”
    I fell silent for a moment. “Thanks Sheena.” And I hung up the phone. What was I supposed to do?
     
    Leaving Sinners, I didn’t explain to my brothers where I was going. They would assume I was going home, but I rattled off a quick text to Rachael to make sure she was cool to stay with Lily for a while longer before heading over to Decadence.
    This was madness. I didn’t go out of my way to chase women. At the bar, they came flocking to us and we could have our pick every day of the week.
    There was something different about her. I didn’t know what it was. It wasn’t like I knew anything about her. Fallon. That was all I knew, her name. But it didn’t stop me from wanting to get to know her better.
    I wasn’t delusional. I wasn’t out looking for a lifelong partner or anything like that. Living in the moment, that’s what I did best. All I could do was offer a night at the most. I had been burned in the past and wasn’t about to put myself through that again. There was too much going on in my life for some woman to come in and screw things up for me.
    Tonight. That was what I was going to have with her.
     
    Fallon
     
    Why was I back here again? Taylor didn’t need asking twice. She loved Decadence and was hoping to see John again.
    Who was to say that he would even be there tonight? I had never seen him in there before, but I could only hope. Why was I even going there looking for him? Was I finally losing my marbles?
    I had to admit to Taylor what was going through my mind. She had been over the moon when I told her that I was into a guy. Like my family, Taylor was worried that I was too tied up in my work to worry about meeting anyone, but she also knew not to push it like my family did. But, seeing as I was here making the first move, she was all for coming along and supporting me.
    Moving across the room, I quickly sat down and started drumming my nails on the table. Glancing around, I couldn’t see him in there yet. Elliot wasn’t working, either, so I wouldn’t have anyone else to take my mind off things.
    “Is he here?” Taylor whispered excitedly.
    “No. I can’t see him.” I sighed. What was I doing? Making a big old fool of myself, that’s what. “Can you see John?”
    “Not yet. He text me to tell me he’d be in a bit later.” She sat back and smiled as the female server came over to us. Taylor ordered a glass of champagne, once again luxuriating in the elegance of the place. I stuck to a glass of Pepsi. I didn’t care about sophistication, I just didn’t want to drink.
    We sat in silence for a few minutes and watched the people around us. Coming off a shift at the hospital, I couldn’t help but see the difference money made to peoples’ lives. They say that money can’t buy you happiness, but it sure can buy the things to help you live comfortably.
    Today, we’d had a homeless man brought into the hospital. He’d been beaten, simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Some group of thugs thought he was fair game and that kind of thing made my blood boil. If only he had a small portion of what these people had, that man would have had a roof over his head and been somewhere safe, away from people who would hurt him.
    Running a hand through my hair,