Love the Second Time Around Novel

Chapter 79 Inexplicably Disappeared

Seething, I glowered at Dominic. Yet, I remained quiet as I didn’t know what to say.

Finally, I closed my eyes morosely and muttered, “Hurry up and leave. I want to sleep.”

He’s still his usual self, all right. His barbs can make someone burst a blood vessel anytime.

I closed my eyes for a long time, but I didn’t hear the door opening or closing. Having run out of patience, I opened my eyes again. As soon as I turned my head, I spotted Dominic sitting on the couch.

At the sight of him, I was taken aback for a moment, at a loss as to why he was still here.

“Didn’t I ask you to go home, Dominic? Why are you still here?”

“This is a public space, so why do you care whether I leave? Hurry up and sleep,” he replied placidly.

“Whatever!” I huffed. Then, I kept silent.

Ugh! Speaking to him is just inviting scorn! Why on earth was I so stupid to open myself to criticism?

This time, I kept my eyes screwed shut and ignored him entirely. Surprisingly, I fell asleep very quickly and even slept through the night.

The moment I woke up in the morning, I instinctually looked at the couch. Dominic was no longer there though I wasn’t sure whether he had left in the wee hours.

Nonetheless, I wasn’t all that bothered because I realized that I could move. While I was still feeling sluggish, I could undoubtedly move.

Well, it looks like my inability to move yesterday was due to the lingering effect of that damn drug. Now that a day has passed, my condition has probably improved significantly.

Recalling Dominic and my parents’ assurances that I was going to be discharged soon, I didn’t suspect anything further.

Soon, my parents came and brought me breakfast—nutritious chicken soup.

check me over. She said I was doing pretty well, and I could go home to recuperate once the remaining drug was out of my

her about the kind of

kind of psychotropic drug that paralyzed the nervous system. In short, one would be rendered incapacitated after consuming the drug. One wouldn’t be able to talk either, and it would affect one’s physical functions. In cases

had overdosed me, so I could have died had I not been

enveloped me after hearing that, and gratitude toward Dominic again welled up within

tongue is rather sharp, he has indeed saved

off my back without taking any offense if he ever provoked me with

woke up this morning, and he’s still not here yet though it’s almost noon now. And Shannon said he kept watch here every day? Hah! That’s probably an exaggeration on her

perfectly fine. Since I could move now, my parents left after

so it would be better for them to go home and rest or take a

bored lying on the bed, so I closed my eyes and napped for a bit. When the sound of

was Dominic, but I was greeted by the sight of a man in a cap and sunglasses. He even had a

the only person among my acquaintances who would dress in such

hospitalized and only

me to recuperate well without worrying about anything else, promising to help Shannon deal with

and I felt that I was truly indebted to

people coming and going since this was a hospital, he couldn’t stay for long. After chatting with me for a bit,

in the day, Benjamin and

they would ensure that Julius received his due, thus urging me not

Dominic had said that, I wasn’t all that surprised

with

came to visit, but Dominic never showed

I was hospitalized, my parents came every day.

kept pestering me about my relationship with Dominic like a dog with a bone. Later, however, she probably ran out of patience and gave up asking when she saw that I wasn’t

Benjamin and Mitch visited thrice during my stay in

hand, didn’t show up even once ever since then. I had absolutely no inkling what was keeping him so

my parents settled the discharge procedures and took