Page 58 of I Am Sin

“Antonio. He’s a friend of mine.”

Antonio puts out his hand.

I shake it. “Charmed,” I say dryly.

“Let’s go,” Diana says. “The car is waiting.”

“Okay.”

I should thank her. And Iwillthank her.

Who’s this idiot she’s with?

I don’t like seeing her with a man.

She’s way too good for me, but still…

We end up home at her place, and she tells me to go on up.

I turn around and stare at Antonio. Glare at him is more like it.

It doesn’t seem to faze him. Finally, I head up, using my own keycard to get into the building.

Then into the elevator and up to her place.

I open the door with my key, flip on the lights, head to the kitchen to pour myself a glass of water, and then go straight to my bedroom.

What a fucking night.

I turn the shower on, ready to wash all the grime of this day away from me, when I hear a knock on the door.

I head back, open it.

Diana stands there.

“Hey,” I say.

She bites her lip. “Look, Dragon?—”

“Where’s your friend?” My voice is pointed. I don’t mean for it to be—after all, this is the woman who literally bailed me out of jail—but I don’t like the idea of Diana enjoying the company of another man.

“I sent him home.” She scratches her arm. “But we need to?—”

I put a hand up. “Hey, I’m innocent. I didn’t give that girl money for sex. I’m not pulling your leg, Diana. Do you really think I would do something so stupid?”

She takes a deep breath. “You gave a hooker money, Dragon.”

“Yeah, but not for sex.”

“But why?” She crosses her arms. “It could’ve been a sting operation. She could’ve been undercover.”

“If she’d been an undercover cop, I’d be fine. Because I told her it wasn’t for sex.”

She chews on her bottom lip. I’m right and she knows it.

She lets out a sigh. “I’m thinking it might be better if you found somewhere else to live.”

“Yeah, I figured you’d say that.” I look down.