Drunk and Daring I Kissed a Tycoon

Chapter 345

Vespera's tune suddenly faltered, her melody slipping off-key.

After drinking too much at lunch, she had felt dazed for the rest of the afternoon.

Dominic had told her to rest in the office, and when it was time to leave, he called her into his office. It was then that he finally gave her permission to head home.

Vespera had assumed they wouldn't cross paths again for the rest of the day.

After grabbing the shopping bags from the passenger seat, she stepped out of the car and walked toward him.

"Mr. Reid, what brings you here at this hour?" she asked nonchalantly.

She stopped in front of him, her demeanor as though she had run into a colleague on the street. Her enthusiasm was polite, but there was a trace of insincerity beneath it.

The light beneath the tree was faint, but a nearby street lamp provided just enough illumination for them to make out each other's features.

Vespera's lips curved into a smile.

Dominic's intense gaze shifted from her face to her hand. "Have you sobered up already?"

"Yes, I'm all good now," Vespera replied with a nod. "I have a decent tolerance. I get drunk quickly, but I sober up just as fast."

can tell. You're already back to your

the first place. I always know my limits

really do seem to have a good handle on

Dominic chuckled softly.

tightened around the shopping

and the silence between

to fade, cracking

her in silence, his expression calm and

an unsettling depth, as though he could see

feeling that he had come to

trapped under the weight of his presence, her irritation steadily

Vel

this scorching summer day-stiffing, oppressive, with mosquitoes buzzing around her ears Not only did they

come here just

I'm sober, as you can see. You can

tone had lost its earlier pretentiousness, growing

Dominic didn't respond.

couldn't hold it in

too many mosquitoes

she turned