Dominic
"If everything's sorted, then yeah, you can leave Percy there and go home," I say to Jaylen through the phone as I flick through the paperwork on my desk, signing another document he's already read through for me.
"Yeah. Warehouses have been cleared, vans are on the way, and according to our last update, the boat is ahead of schedule. Percy's got everything covered here, including the few dipshits that started a fight and got… hurt," he tells me, breathing heavily through the phone. "Honestly, you'd think after all these months, and with Kaleb scaring the hell out of them, Jericho's men would easily get in line."
"Most of them weren't completely loyal to Jericho, Jay. A lot of them idolised Alessandro, and probably still do. It's going to take a long time to weed out all the bad seeds, but we'll get there eventually."
He huffs, and I hear him shut his car door and start the engine.
Glancing outside the window, I watch as the sun slowly sinks from the sky, casting a darkness over the city.
I've been so swamped today, I didn't realise how late it had already gotten.
My thoughts drift to Alicia, and a smile dances across my face.
I'm glad we were able to clear the air last night. I feel as if a weight has been lifted off my shoulders after being honest with her.
"Do you need me to come back to the office first?" Jaylen asks, breaking me out of my thoughts.
"No. I've got everything sorted here, thanks to you making everything easy for me."
"Glad to know you're happy to have me back. Even if you won't admit it," he jokes. "Anyway, if I'm not needed, then I might pop into Sophia's on the way home, check up on her."
The mention of my sister has me glancing at the photo of us together on my desk, and my heart clenches.
"How is she?" I ask, genuinely worried about her, since she's been in her last trimester.
"She's good," he says, sighing. "Tired a lot of the time, and fed up with Kaleb hovering over her like a fly on shit, but apart from that, she's okay."
"Good. I've been wanting to see her, but shit's been busy."
"I'm sure she understands, Dom. Besides, at least she knows why you're not around much, unlike Jess."
"Is she still doing her disappearing act?"
He chuckles. "Yep. One minute she's here, the next she's not. Aurora thinks it has to do with a man, and I do, too. Especially after she randomly mentioned some Scott guy when we had our argument in the hospital. I think I might actually take Kaleb up on his offer of having Miles track her down."
"Jesus Christ. You need to stop spending so much time with Kaleb. I don't need you turning psychotic as well."
"Says the man who keeps handcuffing his wife to the bed and won't let her leave the apartment."
I shake my head and roll my eyes.
As I'm about to defend myself—even though he has a good point—my office door slams open, and Leo trudges into the room. He sits down on the leather chair across from my desk and crosses his arms over his broad chest, his eyes flicking back and forth between my face and the phone on my desk.
Raising my brows at him in question, I pick up my phone from my desk, taking it off speaker and pressing it against my ear.
"Uh, Jay, let me call you back later."
I hang up before he can reply and place my phone on my desk. I lean my elbows on the surface, interlocking my fingers and resting them beneath my chin as I stare at Leo, waiting for him to tell me why he's here.
We sit in silence for a minute or two, our eyes never leaving each other.
I'm not sure he's actually looking at me, though.
He's got that intense expression on his face—the one he gets when he's thinking.
Although he's looking in my direction, he's staring straight through me, lost inside his own head, and completely unaware of what's happening before him.
