Page 60 of The Scandal You Started
Dominic wanted to jerk forward and rip them apart as cinders of possessive rage splashed across his skin.
Who on bloody Neves was this Jake that he was touching Rayna so openly?
Why was Rayna letting him hug her as if they were long-lost bloody lovers?
“I thought I saw someone who looked like you, and I was convinced it was just my mind playing games,” Jake said, taking his damned time to unloop his arm. “But then you spoke, and I saw your face and realised it actually was you.”
Rayna kept her hands against his sides as she grinned. “What are you actually doing here?”
“I left work early and thought I’d stop by to get a few things before I went home.”
She stepped back and pointed to the floor. “Wait, you live in Redworth?”
“Yeah, I do. I take it you live here too? Or is it because of your work?”
“No, no, I live here. I mean, I’m working here as well, but I’ve always lived in Redworth.”
“What?” Jake stepped back on one foot, eyeing her in a way that made Dominic grind his teeth together. “I can’t believe I’ve never seen you around before. This is…fuck, this is amazing.”
“It is,” Rayna agreed, beaming.
Dominic’s heart twinged.
It was like she’d forgotten entirely he was there. And she’d never smiled at him like that before.
Did that mean…was she…her and Jake…
The man in question cocked his head, flashing her a princely grin. “I guess this means meeting up might not be so difficult after all.”
Rayna nodded slowly, happily. “I guess it does.”
Meeting up? As in, she wanted to see him again?No!
Dominic couldn’t take it anymore. He couldn’t stand there in silence and watch this Jake ogle at her with such blatant attraction and joy, talking about seeing her again, while Rayna gave him all her attention. It filled Dominic with an agitated need to throw the boy across the aisle and warn him that Rayna was his.Only his.
With a dark hardness cast over his expression, he nudged their trolley back and stepped up right next to Rayna, his arm touching hers as he stared Jake down his nose.
They both glanced at him.
Rayna shifted on her feet. The glow on Jake’s handsome face subdued with a flicker.
“You’re the guy I…” Jake faded off, then dropped his attention to Rayna. “Wait, do you know each other?”
“Yes,” Dominic bit out. “I am her—”
“Colleague,” Rayna finished, swiftly placing a hand on Dominic’s forearm and giving him a squeeze.
He knew instantly she was warning him, telling him to keep whatever he’d been about to say to himself. And that threw oil on the angry fire within him.
Why? Why had she stopped him from telling Jake he was her husband?
“Jake, this is Dominic,” she said with a smile that was a bit too bright to be natural. “Dominic and I are currently working together on the project I told you about down at the Fronis Museum.” Then she gestured to Jake. “Dominic, this is Jake. He’s a...friend of mine.”
Friend?No. No, friends of the opposite sex didn’t hug like that. They knew how improper such overly familiar touches were. So, no. Dominic didn’t believe that one bit.
There was something going on that she wasn’t telling him.
What did she mean she’d already told Jake about the project? How? When?
