“You got it. Watch your back.”
“Always,” Dominic said.
He pulled into Macleans’ place and parked. He removed one of his bags from the car and walked up to the house.
“Good afternoon, sir,” one of the guards said as he opened the door to let him in.
“Good afternoon.”
“Your woman is in your room at the moment.”
Dominic nodded. “I’ll check on her. Thank you. Would you happen to know where my sisters are?”
“Out in the back, sir. I can take your suitcase up and set it outside of your room.”
“That would be great. I’ve got a few more in the trunk of my car. If you could take care of them for me, I’d appreciate it.”
“Absolutely.”
“Thank you.”
He handed the bag over to the man and then made his way outside to the back garden. When he found them, he stood back, watched them out of sight for the moment, and couldn’t help but grin. It sounded like they were playing poker. To seethese four beautiful women arguing and playing the game was hilarious to him.
Faith caught sight of him first.
“Oh, Dominic,” she said, “Come here. You’ve got to see this. Hope is blatantly cheating.”
He heard Hope gasp. “That’s not true. She’s the cheater.”
He couldn’t help but chuckle as they argued.
It got even funnier when Hope turned to Beth and accused her. The woman’s eyes widened dramatically, and if he had to guess, she was horrified that they had said that. They were just teasing from the looks in their eyes, but Beth hadn’t really looked at their expression.
“What? Wait? No. No, I did not.” She looked up at him. “I swear it wasn’t me.” She turned back to Hope. “I can’t believe you’re saying that.”
Hope shrugged. “You were sitting so quietly, I had to involve you.”
“So, you accused me of cheating?” Beth’s voice rose with every word, making them all laugh.
“Girls, leave your sister alone,” he said and had all four of them turn and stare at him like he had two heads. “What?” he asked.
“I love that,” Faith said.
“What?” he asked again.
“You treating her like the sister she is.”
“Mother told me earlier that she had four daughters. I, for one, think it’s quite unfair to have four to one, but she was earnest about having all four of you. If I had to give up one of you, it would be Hope.”
He got a kick out of the women’s expressions.
Hope growled. “I can’t believe you just said that.”
“Were you, or were you not the person that just about poked my eye out with a knife?”
Hope’s eyes narrowed. “Listen, brother of mine. If that had been what I wanted to do, you’d look like a pirate right now.”
They all laughed.