Chapter 400

Vespera's eyelashes fluttered for a moment before coming to a rest.

Her body tensed, and her breathing seemed to freeze.

Dominic immediately sensed the shift in her. He straightened up and adjusted the blanket, making sure it was properly tucked in. After a moment, he quietly stepped back.

Though she was awake, Vespera remained silent, not a word escaping her lips.

"So, despite everything he had going on, he still found time to kiss me. Maybe he really does like me," she thought.

But that was all it really was. Emotions were complicated, and liking someone seemed almost trivial in comparison. Yet, Vespera wasn't any different. She, too, was simply fond of him.

Half-asleep, she drifted back into slumber.

When she awoke again, the plane had already touched down at Harborview Airport.

Outside the window, the night had fallen, and the rain showed no signs of stopping.

As Vespera stood at the plane's door, a gust of wind swept in, jolting her awake and sending a shiver down her spine.

A suit jacket slipped over her shoulders.

Dominic stood quietly behind her.

down at the jacket, her hand instinctively reaching

If you catch a cold, you won't be able to work." Dominic's voice came from behind, calm but tinged with a slight rasp, like the distant murmur of rain on a


Vespera fell silent.

left little room for

accepted the umbrella from Mia and

more unbearable than the chill was

to pick them up had been waiting for some

the four of

prior notice to accommodate four people, so the car was

at a hotel this time.

even discreetly texted her some

had lived when he first arrived to study. Later, Fawn had arranged for his younger brother and Nancy

few other staff members had been assigned to take care of

lived there anymore, the villa

might have been interested in hearing such backstories. But now, Dominic's past held no


at the villa,

inside, hauling it up the stairs one by

finally picked up on the tension between Dominic and

had barely spoken throughout the entire journey, and now that they had arrived, he preferred to keep himself

made a beeline for

machine, he was still human. His energy came from caffeine

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