Chapter 3 3

Sophia Peterson's POV

Blaring loud music, blinding colorful lights, and can't forget about people, god, I forgot how much I hate people.

All in all, the perfect way to spend a Friday night with your best friend, and of course a bloody wonderful way to get a splitting headache your father gave you to feel 10X worse.

Jayda and I had arrived at a club, it was called 'la Tana del diavolo' (the devil's lair)

A very corny name in my opinion, but hey the drinks are good and Jay is having a nice time... I can't ruin it for her, especially because she has a girl on each arm.

I, on the other hand, am thinking about how I'm going to murder my father and get away scot-free.

"Hey! You good nena?" (Baby girl) I look up to be met with stormy blue eyes, Jay is very inebriated and the girls on either side of her seem to be very into her as well, my best friend is one for the ladies.

I nod and look down at my 2nd whiskey of the night, it's been a while since I came to a club like this one, with people dancing, drinking, and loud, very loud music. I can feel my brain thumping in my skull.

'I need some air-'

I get up and Jay looks up at me, her eyebrow raising in question. "Where are you going, Pete?"

"I'll be right back, I need some air, hand me your wallet and keys, gurly, I'll be right back," she nods and gives me all the things, I can never be too careful leaving Jay with big amounts of cash and car keys on her when she's slightly drunk and the woman of her choosing for the night are less drunk than her.

I plan on being back in less than 10 minutes, I just need to breathe and I prefer clean air and not sweat from the eager dancers around me.

"Hey, I'll be right back just need some air," I tell the bouncer at the front and he nods giving me a fist bump.

"Careful doll, wouldn't want to get hurt out here" I smile and head a few feet away from the door,

I breathe in and out trying to lose my killer headache,

A few minutes later I feel less like shit and prepare to head back into the enthusiastic party people's lair... when I feel a presence near me, I feel eyes on me.

I don't turn or make any sudden movements to make me seem like I am aware of anything amiss.

I get off the wall I was leaning on and start walking back to the door, before I reach it, then I felt the presence behind me getting closer until their hand is on my shoulder, stopping me from entering.

"I knew it was you, Peterson, how are you?" I recognize that voice from multiple FaceTime calls I've interrupted between Jay and her twin!

"No way! Dominic?" I turn and am face to face, or well... face to chest because he is a very tall man.

"Fancy seeing you here, any chance my sister's here too?" I smile and nod, he then pulls me into a hug and I return it, "She's inside with some girls, I took her keys and wallet just in case they tried to lift anything off her, it's happened."

He nods, pulling back and motioning for us to walk to the entrance.

"What are you doing here, trying to get a girl?" I ask in a joking manner, he looks down at me and chuckles

"If I didn't know any better I'd think you were offering.." I hit his shoulder and shook my head, "Not likely, although I am flattered that you think I would"

"You're unfortunately not my type, too cocky..." I smile and he stops in his tracks, hand over his heart, feigning hurt.

"Ouu Sof you wound my ego-" We both bust out laughing and I show him to the booth where his sister is.

"Ouuu hello there little brother!" Jayda gets up successfully, pushing the girl she was with off her and gets up to hug her brother,

I think she's at the stage of being drunk where you appreciate everyone and you spill your guts out.

I love this part when she's drunk, she tells the craziest embarrassing things that have been told to her in confidence.

"I'm older than you by 7 minutes, Jay, you're the little one," he gets her into a bear hug, and she's loving it, I think this is the first time she's seen him since she got back from Paris a few days ago.

"So, how are yuh bro- I'm doing pretty well- with... with my ladies" She looks back at the two brunettes and winks at them, they both flush and giggle like little school girls.

Yeah... Jay is very popular with women.

"Oh yeah, forgot you were gay- ugh you're better than me in the lady's department Jay-" we all laugh and I shake my head, I notice he's looking around like he's in a hurry or something so I ask,

"Hey, you busy? Did I completely take you from something you were supposed to do?" He shakes his head no, but I can tell he's lying, he sets Jay down on the booth and then holds her shoulders so she'll focus on him.

"Okay Jayda, I think you've had enough," he says while taking the drink she was about to sip from her lips and drinking it himself.

"Time to go home, you are done for the night kid," she pouts at him like a child, she's clearly off her game by now.

"Yeah, let's go home yeah?" I look at Jay and she pouts in my direction now like a baby.

"I would have partied with you, but you are going to be shit-faced in like 3 more dirks so... how about we reschedule and you go home with Sophia well do something some other day?"

She shakes her head no and reaches for a brunette with green eyes, pulling her into her lap she kisses the girl's neck and whispers, I'm assuming dirty shit by the look of the girl's face she's not holding back on the descriptive things she wants to do...

I get up and go to get Jay up when a velvety rough voice chimes in,

"Dominic, I've been waiting up in my office for 20 minutes, what the hel-" The man behind me pauses and I hear him sigh...

"Is that Jayda?" He asks, sounding confused and still a bit irritated.

I let go of Jay when she didn't want to get up and decided to go for a different tactic.

"Jay, if you come home with me, we can cuddle and watch your favorite movie..." That gets her attention, She looks to me, but then her eyes go directly behind me, her eyes seemingly light up and push the brunette off completely, forgetting about her,

She gets up and nudges me gently to the side, going straight for what I thought was Dom, but am surprised to see no, it's not Dom-

I spot the man's shoes and the trail up his dress pants and see his nicely fitted dress shirt, it outlines his muscles perfectly, I continue till I get to his face, and my heart stops.

'Holy shit- no way-'

'Yes, way.'

Standing in front of me was the one, the only Damien De Luca, my future client. And let me be completely honest, that picture did him no justice, the man is a walking sex appeal.

But I pull all of my focus from him and look at Jayda, she is completely clinging to the man, engulfing him in a complete bear hug,

He looked very uncomfortable as if he didn't enjoy being touched in the least bit, his face scrunched up not in disgust, but you could tell he wasn't at all used to physical contact.

'Poor guy-'

'Wait- how does she know him?'

My thoughts are interrupted when Jayda screams out "Ohh Damien! It's been so long! I missed you, you fucker!" She all but announces and I cringe at the volume.

I look over at Dom and he looks like he's holding back tears of laughter, I finally feel like I should help the guy out so I go to Jay and try to pry her off,

"Jay sweets, come on let the guy go he looks quite ready to stop the hug, come on let's go home and watch your movie and cuddle, remember?"

"Wait!" She says and looks up at the man with eyes full of joy, "You still hate human contact don't you, big guy?"

I contain my curiosity till he looks down at Jay and nods his head, looking like he's about to murder someone, but at the same time, he has a soft look in his eyes.

"Jay, it's nice to see you again, you've violated me enough, don't you think?" With that, she lets him go and smiles at him still "Sorry Damien, I forgot how much you dislike touching but I just had to I missed you so much!"

"I too did not like your absence, Jay, I hope to see you again soon." With that, he patted her head and then looked to...

Me.

Oh shit- does he know I'm his new attorney? No. No, you were supposed to meet on Monday, there's no way-

My thoughts are again interrupted when Dominic speaks up, "Hey, um, this is Sophia, Jayda's best friend, and Sophia, this is Damien, my best friend and work partner..." I nod and smile at the man expecting him to nod as well, but instead, he pulls out his hand for me to shake...

'I thought he didn't like physical contact...?'

Nonetheless, without hesitation I take his hand and shake it, he looks at me and I decide to speak first.

"Pleasure to meet you Damien, it's always nice to meet someone new." He nods and looks down at our hands, he doesn't pull away like a normal person though, "Pleasure is all mine, Sophia," after he says that he lets go and I catch the faces of Jayda and Dominic.

They look completely surprised and taken aback.

'What?' I ask myself, and Damien doesn't react either, he just continues to look at me until something seemingly clicks in his brain, and he looks over at Dom,

"The men are waiting in my office, let's go." He says and pats Jay's head once again and looks at me nodding his head in acknowledgment and turns on his heels walking away.

I look at Dom and he just stands there, jaw slack until, I hit his shoulder, "I'll take her home, you go take care of whatever you've got going on, k? It was nice to meet you in person, Dom, we'll see you later." I smile and he hugs me before we go our separate ways,

"Come on, up now, Jay, let's go." She gets up without another word and we walk out to my Mercedes GT63s, I make sure to put her in the passenger seat, buckle her up, and give her an anti-vomiting pill as well as water, so she won't completely trash my car with her vomit.

I drive us home and I tell her to get in the shower, but she doesn't make it so I pull her off the couch where she stopped and help her get into the shower,

She does her business and when she's out she seems a little sobered up, we brush our teeth and go back to the living room to watch her favorite movie,

'Mission Impossible'

"See Sof-Sophie, I may like women, but this guy, Tom Cruise can get some..." she said, stuffing her face with popcorn, while I brushed her hair out.

"Now I agree to that 100 percent, Jay." I smile and soon halfway into the movie when Cruise is scaling the building with those stinky gloves, I realize Jay is out cold.

"Oh Jay, you're going to have a killer hangover in the morning..."

I kiss her forehead, put a blanket over her and leave a glass of water, a trash can, and painkillers on the coffee table.

I go and head to my bed, the whole way there and until I fall asleep I think about the green-eyed man I met tonight.

'What a fine specimen, unfortunately, he's very much my client and a fucking Don so... danger, red flags, very much a big fat NO in my face... I can't let anything happen, and I won't let anything happen strictly business.'

'Right?'