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."

You're already

the first place. I always

to have a good handle

Dominic chuckled softly.

around

didn't respond, and the silence

maintain started to fade, cracking under

silence, his expression calm and composed, yet

unsettling depth, as though he could

he had come to deliver some kind of

the weight of his presence, her

Vel

around her ears Not only did

here just to check if

as you can see. You can

had lost its earlier pretentiousness, growing noticeably

Dominic didn't respond.

couldn't hold it

are too

that, she turned and

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