Love the Second Time Around Novel

Chapter 22 No Choice

Evidently, what Dominic meant was if I didn’t value my life, then I should go ahead and reject him.

Needless to say, I still wanted to live, but I was also not willing to cooperate. After all, women do not think with the bottom half of their bodies. What we had was already in the past, so I couldn’t understand why he kept pestering me.

I could only blame myself for being a fool. Being married was one of the worst decisions that I had ever made. It not only restricted my freedom but also blinded me. For the past few months, I felt like a bird locked up in a cage. If only I loved myself more back then, maybe I wouldn’t have ended up with a b*stard like Julius.

After imagining one hundred and one scenarios of Julius’ death, I suddenly felt a smack at the back of my hand.

Huh? Did Dominic just smack me?

I innocently rubbed the back of my hand while staring at him, scolding, “Are you crazy? Why did you hit me?”

Dominic raised his eyebrows slightly at that, looking all smug but deadly attractive at the same time.

“Hello, earth to Liliana. Clearly, your heart is somewhere else. Do I even matter to you?”

“Of course you do. But you said so yourself that my heart is somewhere else!” I lashed back at him. After I blurted it out, I realized I shouldn’t have said that. I glanced back at him, who was beside me, and I could feel the pressure from his gaze.

“My heart is suffocated by money, so how could I be thinking of anything else?”

I carefully added another sentence to save my previous statement. After seeing disdain on his face, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then, I quickly picked a black dress and went to the fitting room.

After putting on the dress, I came out of the fitting room, feeling flustered.

Since I wasn’t paying attention while picking clothes, I chose a dress that had a huge side split up to my thighs. What was worse was that it also had a deep V neck. Great, that’s just great—everything is out in public. You know what? I might as well don’t wear any clothes!

might not buy the dress. Thus, she continuously threw praises at my figure and complimented how elegant I looked while

was hearing. After all, I could see that stupid grin on my face from the mirrors. After a while, I told her my decision. “I-I… this… I want t-this.” For some reason, my tongue decided to fail me, and I lost the ability

Dominic’s cold voice came in like a

Why don’t I just grab a black robe for you so you can run naked

at his remarks. If you don’t

This is

saying that, I realized that I might have seemed a bit too out of place. Flustered, I raised my

the heck? Dominic’s

Doesn’t he hate me?

times and looked at his face again, and it was back

For a moment, I thought I

the end, under Dominic’s request, he chose a lavender halterneck dress, which screamed elegance with

and at

the said hotel with Dominic. Calvin didn’t follow, though; probably

arrived, the dinner party had not started yet, but the hall was already full of celebrities. While we were waiting, I saw several familiar faces that often

 It was very visually pleasing for a person like me, as I usually would

were many good-looking men at

a firm believer in appreciating all types of beauty. And because of

reason why I could put up with Julius. His appearance stood out among all the other men, so I chose

my appreciation for gorgeous human beings had always stayed the same.

with your dripping saliva. If you like looking around that much, maybe I will hammer your eyeballs on

had always been invigorating. Hence, that sentence alone woke me up

and I happened to know this person as well. He was a good-looking young man,

champagne and said gently, “You’re here, Dom. Is this your girlfriend? She’s very cute and