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Dominic took a seat nearby, listening but not saying anything.
“She’s resistant to change,” I explained. “She won’t let go of that apartment she’s in with Sophia. She keeps all her stuff there, even though she barely spends any time in the place.”
“This seems to upset you.”
I leaned back into the cool leather. “I guess so.”
“But why?”
Dominic spoke. “Because he wants her to be his.”
I glared at my brother, but couldn’t deny it. Paige was already mine. She was the first woman I’d wanted to even spend more than a few hours with. I wasn’t about to let her slip away.
“So?” Dominic asked, peering at me.
“What?”
“When are you going to do something about it?”
“You’re going to have to stop speaking in riddles. I don’t get what you’re saying.”
Dominic sipped his drink. “Women aren’t that more complicated than men, Angelo. Not once you figure out their basic wants and needs. Paige is waiting for you to step up.”
“I have to say, that still sounds like a riddle to me.”
Pops cleared his throat. “What Dominic is saying is that women like it when men make a decision and go for it. Paige isn’t going to move herself into your penthouse. She needs something big from you, something that will show her how serious you are.”
I tapped my fingers against the chair and looked away from them. The conversation had turned from one about the twins’ emotional health to my inability to show Paige I was serious about her.
“I love her,” I said firmly. “I tell her all the time.”
Dominic chuckled. “Aw, that’s so damn cute.”
I furiously rubbed my palms together, trying to keep my calm. “What are you suggesting I do?”
“Fuck, you have to ask?”
That one stopped me. Clearly, I did.
“Lock her down,” Dominic added.
“Christ, you son of a—”
“Angelo,” Pops cut us off. “He’s right. What were you planning to do with Paige?”
“You two need to stop talking about her like she’s a piece of property.”
“You’d better get her on lockdown before someone else does, little brother,” Dominic said with a chuckle.
I shot him a glare.
“Congrats, kid,” he added, raising his glass in a toast.
