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If Jasmin thinks we had a fight, then maybe she saw Rose, and she was upset. Or there’s something wrong.
I’m halfway to the door to race to Rose’s office when Jasmin’s words stop me.
“You love her.”
I still, turning to face her. Her eyes are lit up like Fourth of July fireworks. I glance at the doorway. Rose is just down the hall. Too far to hear any of this. Yet, I want to go down there. Just to look at her face. To soak in the energy that races around my body when I’m near her. To check if she’s okay.
“Rose was fine when I saw her. She looked… She was glowing.” Jasmin flicks her eyes up and down my body with a smile. “Like you do when I say her name. I’ve never seen you like this before. You’re different around her. Calmer. Freer.” She claps her hands with a small squeal. “My brother’s in love.”
I abandon any idea of visiting Rose as Jasmin comes over to me and pulls me into a hug.
“I’m so happy for you, Dax. You deserve someone wonderful. And Rose is.”
I hug her back. She’s tiny in my arms. Much more like Mom than me, with her long dark hair. I inherited Mom’s eyes. But that was all.
“Yeah. She is.”
Too good for me.
Jasmin moves back from our embrace and smiles up at me, a weight of emotion held in her eyes. “It’s time someone got your love, Dax. Because I know there’s a whole lot to give inside that giant heart of yours.”
“Don’t go getting all soft on me, Sis.” My lips curl into a half smile as she searches my eyes and takes a deep breath.
“I want you to meet him.”
“What?” The smile slides from my face in a flash.
“Alistair. I want you to meet him.” She blinks up at me. “I think you’d get on, if you can just—”
“No!”
“Dax, please. He’s nothing like his dad.”
“Nothing like the man he shares blood with?” I snort, raising one brow.
Jasmin and I have been good in recent days. Finding out about Alistair was a shock. But I’ve been slowly coming to terms with it. She’s happy, and she’s told me constantly about what he did for her when I was in jail. How he kept her going.
When I abandoned her.
I at least owe him for that.
“He isn’t. He’s… he’smyRose, Dax.” The light in Jasmin’s eyes dims, making guilt curdle in my stomach.
I’m an asshole.
My sister is happy. She’s fucking happy. And I’m ruining it for her. All I ever wanted was for her to be happy… and safe. I just wish a new puppy, or a new car made her happy. Not the son of the man I hate.
I run a hand around my jaw as I hold her eyes. She must sense my guard slowly slipping because she takes a step closer.
“Julian doesn’t know about me. You know that. Alistair has kept our relationship a secret too. He doesn’t trust his dad, Dax. You know he’s been looking into the business. Gathering evidence that he finds.”
Jasmin’s told me this already. Alistair is working on building a case against his dad. She said he loves him, but he can’t forgive him for the way he treated his mother. And for the way he’s using what started as her family’s business that he married into to fund his less than virtuous sidelines.
But can I really believe that? He’s still Julian Young’s son. And they say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
“I can tell what you’re thinking,” Jasmin huffs. “I know you.”
“Fine,” I grit. “I’ll meet him. I can size him up for the grave he’ll need if he lets you down.”
