But once up, I looked down at him and fired my parting shot.
“I love him. He’s my world. So obviously I want him to be happy. This dissension is making him unhappy. I also want to work across the hall from him so we can carpool. He wants that, too. And I know you want him to be happy. There is no way the man who looked after Ren and his family, the man who gave a father to a fatherless son, the man who stepped up for Ava and Sadie, would hurt someone he cared about. Not that deeply. And it would be disappointing to me, devastating to the man I love, to learn that’s not true.”
On that, I took off.
But I’d seen his head jerk and I hoped I got in there.
I closed the door behind me and headed to Ren’s office, wanting Lee to be gone. Not because I didn’t love my big bro, but because I didn’t want to delay in breaking in Ren’s desk.
I didn’t stop at Ren’s door because I heard a voice in reception. It was Dom’s, and he sounded angry.
I was Ally. Always curious. So I moved stealthily toward the mouth of the hall, but stopped when I could hear and not be seen.
“…IT guys and they found that shit,” Dom bit out.
“I—” Dawn started.
“Fuck no,” Dom cut her off. “That’s your written warning. From now on, company email only. Not that bullshit you been writing to your girls. That’s fucked.”
I grinned.
Ren had had Dom check her emails.
And I’d been right. She was catting with her girls on company time.
Now she was getting a written warning.
This was so totally a happy day.
“And, just sayin’,” Dom continued. “That fucked up shit you been tellin’ your girls about what’s gonna go down between you and me, get that shit outta your head. I’m married. I got a wife I love and a kid I also love. I’m not gonna do jack to fuck with that. Not with you. Not with anybody. And, babe, just sayin’, take a good look at my wife the next time she comes in. I know you think your shit don’t stink, but you don’t hold a candle to her.”
Suddenly I decided I liked Dom.
Unfortunately done tearing Dawn a new one, he stalked into the hall and scowled at me.
“That was righteous,” I whispered when he got close.
“That bitch is a bitch,” he replied, not in a whisper.
I couldn’t argue that.
Dom continued stalking down the hall.
For (hopefully) future reference of the lay of the land at Zano Holdings, I made note of which office he went into.
Then I went to Ren’s, knocked and entered when he called, “Yeah?”
“Hey,” I greeted, closing the door behind me, noting Lee wasn’t there, so no delays to nookie.
“Hey,” he replied, getting up and making to move around the desk.
“You don’t have to get up, babe,” I told him, moving to him.
We met up. He lifted a hand to cup my jaw and tip my head back before he bent to give me a quick kiss.
When he lifted his head he said, “Yeah, I do.”
Stand up kissing with Ren. Only second best to lying down kissing with Ren.
So I agreed, “Yeah, you do.”
He slid his arms around me. “How’s the office?”
“Operational come Thursday.”
He gave me a squeeze and murmured, “Good, baby.”
“I told Lee about Snookie Rivers,” I informed him.
“Yeah. I got that.”
I bet he did.
“Any news on that?” I asked.
“Not yet,” he answered. “But I suspect there soon will be. Both Santo and Lucky are on it. I was just about to go in and talk with Vito and Dom so they’d know Santo and Lucky have a priority mission and are unavailable. Lee and I agreed to tracking you. He’s having a device put on your car, he wants one in your bag and he’s going to get Brody to track your phone.”
My man so loved me.
