The Inside Man: A Dublin Nights Novel by Sahin Brittney

Author:Sahin, Brittney
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: EmKo Media, LLC
Published: 2020-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Alessia

The club was packed tonight. Thanks to a famous DJ from the US, we were filled to capacity. The guy was in hot demand around the world and was often called “the Maestro of Mix” due to his ability to play sound systems like a virtuoso. He drew in crowds and mesmerized them with his creativity and out-of-this-world mixes. And he was currently on the raised platform above the dance area, one hand spinning turntables, the other in the air, pumping his fist. On any other day, I’d have been riveted by his performance. I would’ve been out on that dance floor with everyone else, like the first time I heard him perform at a club in Ibiza five and a half years ago.

Sebastian and I had been on the island, just off the coast of mainland Spain, for business. While my brother dealt with League matters, I traipsed about the city, followed by one of his associates, and had eventually wound up inside a hot, sweaty club. I’d always loved music and dancing, but watching the DJ perform had given me the idea of owning a club.

I’d been nervous about choosing Dublin as a location given Cole had family in the city, but I’d told myself that being in his hometown would somehow keep him close to me even when I couldn’t have him in my life. And maybe someday we’d find our way back to each other if I was there.

And here I was now, in a club I owned with my brother, and Cole and I were together.

I was living my dream, not everyone was so lucky . . .

Cole was at a booth off to the side of the dance floor, going over some paperwork from his day job at McGregor Enterprises. I had no idea how he focused with the music blaring in the background, and I also didn’t know how he balanced all that was on his shoulders.

He helped run a multi-billion-dollar empire. And kept Ireland safe from bad guys by becoming a shadowy, heroic figure.

“Are you sure you should be here?” Ola, who was one of the bartenders, reached for my elbow as we stood behind the bar. She brushed her blonde hair free from her face and angled her head when I’d yet to speak. “I heard what happened to you.”

I’d done my best to hide the bruises around my eye and on my face with makeup, and I’d worn a long-sleeved silk dress to cover the marks on my arm.

“I’m okay. Really,” I offered, the flat tone of my voice probably hidden by the thumping bass. I smiled, then looked toward Cole’s booth again, but he wasn’t there anymore. “Be back.” I eased my arm out of Ola’s grasp and left the bar to try and find him.

This morning when I woke up in his arms, and he’d been wearing only a towel, I’d forgotten the burden on my shoulders for the briefest moment, all of the guilt and the anger disappeared.

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