Chapter 12
“Domino”
“Babygirl don’t know how to shoot a gun,” I muttered under my breath, watching the screen.
Marcos was still talking to her in the warehouse office, showing her the weapon like it was a damn training seminar.
I leaned back in my chair, rubbing my jaw. “Guess I’m gonna have to teach her that myself.”
My eyes stayed glued to the monitor.
Truth was, I should’ve been doing a whole lot of other shit. I should’ve been reviewing the new routes coming in from Texas, checking the shipment schedules from the coast, going over the numbers from last week’s drop, or even meeting with the drivers about security changes.
Hell, I should’ve been getting some damn sleep.
Instead, I was sitting there watchingher… and I had been doing exactly that for the last two days since she walked into that warehouse.
Every time I replayed the footage from the initial meet, I noticed something different about Ajori.
The way she carried herself.
How she didn’t scare easily.
How her eyes moved around a room like she was always thinking.
I exhaled slowly.
Ajori had me curious, and curiosity was dangerous in my line of work. Because if justwatchingher had me like that, I didn’t even know what the hell would happen if I actually touched her.
Right as Marcos finished talking and she stood up to leave, there was a knock on my office door.
I straightened immediately and hurriedly clickedthatscreen off.
The door opened, and Alejandro stepped inside.
The man had a way of appearing out of nowhere that would make a ghost jealous.
His eyes moved around the room before landing on me. “You good?”
I nodded. “Yeah. Everything straight?”
He studied me for another second, then a slow smirk crept across his face. “If I didn’t know any better,” he said, slowly approaching the desk, on the desk, “I’d say you were in here watching porn.”
I scoffed, amused, yet a bit offended.
“Son, if it’s that bad, I can have a few women brought over for you. Save you from stressing your computer out,” he joked.
I leaned back in my chair with a grin. “Alejandro, I appreciate the offer, but I get plenty of pussy… you know that. I was just looking over the new routes.”
I turned the monitor slightly so he could see the maps on the other screen.
He nodded slowly. “Mm-hmm.”
Then his expression shifted as he adjusted his posture.
“Well… I actually came to tell you something.”
I waited.