Love the Second Time Around Novel

Chapter 27 Screwed Up

“Hey, there isn’t anything in the fridge, so what am I supposed to do?” I turned towards the living room and yelled.

Without even looking up from the screen, his slender fingers never stopped typing as if they were dancing across the keyboard. However, the words that left his lips the next second were unpleasant.

“Are you the caregiver, or am I the caregiver? All I care about is the food. You should take care of the rest.”

I…

Hearing that, I admitted defeated and decided to leave to get groceries at the supermarket nearby. But I looked down and noticed that I was still wearing the dress from yesterday. I would just be digging my own grave if I went out like this.

“Um… Can we skip breakfast today? I want to go home and change.”

As soon as I said that, he slammed his laptop shut and looked up at me, his eyes full of contempt.

“What? Should I let you go home and put on makeup too? Let me tell you, I have to have breakfast or I’ll be having gastric pain. If that happens, you’ll be having an even harder time returning your debt.”

I ignored his sarcastic words as all I could focus on were the words “gastric pain” he mentioned. Why would he have gastric pain? For all the yearly checkups we had previously, I recalled that he was always healthier than me.

My mind then wandered back to the fridge; there was nothing except bottles of beer in it. Well, how did you not die from gastric pain then?

Right then, a loud knocking came from the door, and I glanced at Dominic in confusion. Who could it be so early in the morning? It… It can’t be Camille, right?

“What are you standing around for? Go open the door!”

his legs, I would have thought that he must be ordering me around on purpose. Huffing in frustration, I opened the door and saw that

nodded slightly at the sight of me before turning sideways to squeeze his way through the doorframe,

was perplexed to see

I’ve brought the things

to her. Or else she’s going to come up with another excuse to

in Calvin’s hand, and he quickly handed it over to

this mean Dominic had called his assistant early

twitched and curled into a smile. At least he’s

yet. The money used to buy the suit will be deducted from your pay. Also, I want to have my breakfast in half an hour,

instantly vanished, and I couldn’t even fight back. Annoyed, I ran

was finally downstairs, Calvin was nowhere to be seen. I wasn’t sure what Dominic was busy with, but I couldn’t care

I got out did I realize that there wasn’t a single soul nearby. Besides the mansions and the luxury cars speeding along the road,

What was the point of living in such a high-class area? They were just making

would drive when they go out, so why would they think that it wasn’t convenient? Only a working-class person like me would

gave me, so I started to run. Ten minutes later, I finally saw a grocer. I was so happy that I almost ran up to the shopkeeper to give him

products into my basket as though I were a tornado. Earlier,

twenty-five minutes had passed. There were only five minutes left, and there was no way I could get back in time. I wasn’t afraid of his harsh words but

groceries in hand, I quickly ran back to the house. I was panting by the time I pushed the door open but was immediately met with Dominic wiping his mouth, with an empty plate and a cup of milk on the coffee table before

head in disdain. “Are you some kind of refugee? Why do you look like you just went

rushed toward him, thinking to give him a piece of my mind. Once I reached where he was, I stomped on the coffee

unwittingly and stared at

worried that you would get gastric pain from not eating that I ran back here with those bags full of groceries. But look at you. You’re here enjoying your breakfast and milk.

something but was interrupted when I slammed my fist on the