Chapter 21

Chapter 21

vespera slowly regained consciousness.

Taning her head to the side, she saw Dominic sitting by the bedside.

His shirt was wrinkled, and his

sleeves were rolled up. Three buttons at the collar were undone, giving him a casual appearance. It looked as though he had just run a marathon in

"Mr. Reid," she croaked, her throat hearse, her voice heavy with nasal congestion

"Do you remember what happened earlier?" Dominic asked her.

"I remember," Vespera replied with a faint, bitter smile.

Although she was disoriented, she wasn't completely unconscious from the moment she was attacked until he saved her.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" she said sincerely.

Without his help, she probably wouldn't have made it out alive.

Dominic stared at her for a moment, his eyes dark and unreadable. One good news and one bad

one would you like to hear

assaulted, and the drug needle didn't go into you. The one in the

be fine. As for

"This whole incident was orchestrated by your

Vespera's gaze lowered as she clenched her

how you ended up there. I've detained those people for you. If you want to report them

sure you don't need

a huge debt. I can't owe more,

chuckled softly, unable

phone on the table rang. It was Vespera's

it

her father calling, it was almost 1:00 am, and Vernon and Wanda must have been worried since she

they still couldn't

her throat, she answered the

"Vera, where are you?"""

at a club with some

Your mom won't sleep. She's worried about you.

back"

phone, Vespera fell a

would have gone through if something had happed to

to Dominae and asked, "Can you take

seconds before replying, "You're going to go home looking like this? Aren't you

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