"I don't like other people." That was both an expression of his mindset but also the way he was feeling after Aleksi leaning on him for so long. He felt stirred up inside.

"He will be safe with me." He meant it too. There would be hell to pay if anyone so much as upset Aleksi or anyone else Dominic was getting close to. That was the Ministry training to be unflalteringly loyal.

"I can drink more." He still felt nothing from earlier and assumed this was more offers of cocktails.