Drunk and Daring I Kissed a Tycoon

Drunk And Daring I Kissed A Tycoon! 291

Chapter 291

"What are we waiting for Thumime asked, brow down slightly inconfusion

Vesperics heart was primiding at 180 beats per minute, fast enough to mess with her brain's ability to form coherent thoughts.

She was terrified that if she didn't say something now, things might actually happen, and she'd have to deal with the consequences later

She didn't trust henself to explain it in some long, complicated way. That left too much mom for misunderstanding. So, she went with the simplest versionat' si

She took a deep breath, then another. "Is it okay. If this doesn't come with any responsibility?"

Who said thisWoman was timid? she was holid

He didn't answer right away. He just looked at her quietly for a long, long moment.

It felt like a century had passed, like mushroonga could've started growing ou

them.

Finally, he spoke. "It's inlay,"

Then, he nodded provinely. "Vera, whatever.belpa vendeel at rase, we ll do it your way.

vespera blinked, surprised. He was being so agreeable that the honestly started to wonder if this was a fake Dominic

she'd braced herself for a sharp, sarcastic remark. Maybe even for him to toss her aside and walk off moldly, putting an end to this dangerously simmering tension before it went too far

That would've been the perfect way to shut it all down, and then tomorrow? He'd art like nothing happened no awkwardness and dema

"You agree? Seriously?"

"Seriously." He nodded again.

Then, he carried her into the mom The motion-sensor lights flicked on, casting a soft amber glow across the dark space.

He didn't place her on the bed. Instead, he sat down in the wide, leather armchair by the window, pulling heronto his lap, letting her sit sideways across his legs.

Then, with a voice calm and sincere, he begantalldog. "I understand what your're afraid of, Vera. I inspect that, and I'm willing to go at your pace"

Meanwhile, inside Vespera's head, she was shouting, "Yeah well, I feel like my whole line of thinking is flawed, sitting on your lap like this is definitely flawed, everything about this moment is dangerously flawed!"

But he was so gentle and reasonable. How could she argue?

Thanks for understanding," she muttered.

Dominic smiled. "It I respect your feelings and your wishes, shouldn't you also respect inline?

When he smiled, his fox-like eyes lit up like stars, malding it dangerously easy to lose all common sense.

Vespera's intemal warming systems-the ones built to detect traps-were starting to short-circuit. Still, she followed through. "Your wishes?"

and I've got mine. That's fair,

"Fair," she replied.

fine. But for me, my personal belief is that I do need to take responsibility for someone care

not wrong

Vespera went quiet,

She took aberath.

ran a hand along her

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my back. And because of the way I see relationships, I looking for somethin that could

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she stood up and

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the reason, his leaving was the best

outcome.

She'd rest for a bit, wait until

acted it she could just play dumb and east til moming, she'd