Chapter 376

"You saw that, didn't you? He doesn't have feelings for Nancy. Just stop pushing it," Samuel whispered, trying to calm the fuming Fawn.

"You blockhead, you idiot!" Fawn nearly burst into tears as she twisted his arm. "Nancy's not the problem! The problem is Vespera! Your son's dead set on going to war with us over her!"

"Honey, it's not us," Samuel said, summoning a bit of courage. "Maybe... We should just try accepting her?"

Fawn fell silent, then shot him a glare.

Samuel swore she nearly burned a hole through him with that look. That night, he

earned himself a one-way ticket to the guest room.

Fawn got up and went looking for Nancy. She found her out in the garden.

"Mrs. Reid, what now?"

"I don't know..." Fawn muttered.

"If I lose just like this, Dominic's going to double down. He'll push even harder to make you accept Vespera. Mr. Reid Senior is already wavering, we can't let him win." Nancy clenched her fists.

Love, once twisted by obsession and rejection, no longer resembled love at all.

whole posture tight

over. "I'll go to the banquet with you tomorrow night,

and whispered something into Fawn's

"That's not a good idea. If you do that, Dominic

on the highway, Dominic sat in the backseat, staring out at the night through

while, his phone rang. He glanced at the screen, frowned, and picked up.

made dinner, watered the two sun- scorched

this elf come from?" Rebecca said

on the table and the chaos around the coffee

the

day running around like she'd

strong, but she quickly noticed Vespera

you

then paused and sighed. "There's nothing wrong with him. That's the

on to her

"You're stressed because there's

you're not sure you can go the distance? You

there's nowhere to go?"

time. Then, softly, she said, "His parents

Rebecca went silent.

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