were…’
‘And what way was that, Joe?’
He moved closer to her, his hands still in his pockets as he looked at her. ‘We were in love, India.’
She smiled, reaching out to touch his cheek. ‘Yeah. We were.’
Past tense. Done. It was over.
***
There wasn’t much that could render Michael Walsh speechless, but what he’d just been told had floored him. It had come right out of nowhere, hitting him like a speeding train, because he’d had absolutely no idea.
Whatever he thought they’d unearth about Dominic MacDonald, whatever he’d assumed they’d find out, Michael hadn’t been anywhere near prepared for what he’d just heard. Because it changed everything. And explained a lot.
He’d been sitting at his desk in his office at the villa for what seemed like hours, but it had only been a few minutes since he’d been told the news, and he was now trying to work out just how he was going to deal with it. But until he really got his head around it all he couldn’t even think straight, and that was something that didn’t sit well with Michael. He liked to be in control, and in this situation he wasn’t. Not yet. And he needed to be. Soon.
Dominic was due back in Vegas in a matter of hours and he’d really wanted to be ready to face him, to have something to throw at him but it hadn’t quite worked out to plan at all. Although it was now very much obvious to Michael what Dominic’s plan had been. And why he’d needed to carry it out.
He got up and walked over to the sideboard in the corner of the room, pouring himself a small bourbon, knocking it back in one. He could’ve done with a second but now more than ever he needed to keep a clear head because, when Dominic finally arrived back in Vegas, Michael needed to be ready to play him at his own game. And the stakes had just got a whole lot higher.
CHAPTER 16
Bobby looked at India out of the corner of his eye, then over at Dominic who was standing at the back of Reece’s private jet as it made its way back to Vegas, flicking through a script he quite obviously wasn’t reading.
‘Something wrong?’ India asked, curling her legs up underneath her.
‘You’re wearing a dress.’
‘And your point is?’ She looked over at Dominic, who smiled a smile that made her stomach flip over a dozen times, something which didn’t go unnoticed by Bobby. ‘What? What the hell’s wrong with you, Bobby?’
‘You wearing any underwear?’
‘Jesus, what kind of a question is that?’ She looked up again, just as Dominic disappeared into the bathroom at the back of the plane.
Bobby just pursed his lips in a disapproving manner, pushed his reading glasses back down over his eyes and continued reading emails on his phone. ‘I’m saying nothing, Princess. I just don’t want to have to say “I told you so”, that’s all.’
‘I thought you were saying nothing,’ India said, getting up out of her seat and shaking her hair out, leaning over to kiss Bobby on the cheek. He just snorted in an even more disapproving manner and carried on with his reading.
She walked calmly up the aisle of the plane, smiling at the discreet way in which the rest of her small entourage was ignoring something so obvious, but it only made it more of a turn on. And as she pushed open the bathroom door she’d never been more ready to go.
‘What took you so long?’ Dominic smiled, leaning back against one of the marble sinks, his arms folded.
India smiled back, quickly slipping out of her underwear, kicking them aside before walking towards him, sliding a hand round the back of his neck, pulling him down for a long, slow kiss.
‘I take it you haven’t joined the Mile High Club yet then?’ he asked, still smiling that incredible smile. She shook her head. ‘Then I think it’s about time we got you enrolled, don’t you?’
He slid his hand between her legs and she moaned quietly, moving them further apart to let him in, his lips on her neck as he touched her down there, feeling just how ready she was for him.
‘Oh, Jesus, Dominic…’
He was as hard and ready for her as she was wet and waiting for him, so the sex was going to be quick and hard but it was sex, and that was all he wanted. Just to have her again, that’s all he needed.
He pushed