Love the Second Time Around Novel

Chapter 120 This Arrangement Ends With Your Marriage

Everyone’s attention landed on Dominic at that instant, including my dad. They seemed to be holding their breath in anticipation of his reply.

I felt overcome with an inexplicable sense of nervousness, almost reminiscent of my feelings last night.

Things would be a lot less complicated if only my parents were around, instead of a number of my dad’s colleagues in tow.

Dominic told me last night that I had no choice but to stay with him. Even if I had conceded to his request, our relationship was nothing more than a scarlet letter on my head.

I could not let my parents suffer humiliation twice, let alone from the adultery of their daughter, which was undeniably worse than divorce.

As these thoughts crossed my head, I tugged on Dominic’s hand, hinting at him to watch his words.

The annoying man grabbed my hand instead and announced, “Good day, everyone. I’m Liliana’s boyfriend, Dominic Hartnell.”

I closed my eyes, willing the heavens to strike me dead with lightning.

There’s going to be h*ll to pay when this facade we call our relationship eventually crumbles.

An array of expressions appeared on the faces of my dad’s colleagues. However, they greeted Dominic affably after his introduction.

A female lecturer even congratulated my dad, though I found her expression rather crude. “Mr. Zanetti, Lili has great taste. This fellow looks like a much better bet than her ex-husband.”

I wanted nothing more than to leave this place. After greeting them, I excused myself on the pretense of buying things and pulled Dominic away with me.

Once we left the lecture hall, I stalked off moodily until I located a bench and sat down.

stewing in silence for some time, I lifted

in front of my parents. Now that my dad’s colleagues know about you, my dad’s going to be humiliated again when

moved closer to me, warning flashing across his eyes. “You’re going to break up with me? Have you forgotten what I told you

just a show, yet you insist on me staying by your side. What am I? An indentured mistress? If my dad knows that his daughter is an adulteress, the shame is

won’t know a thing as long

shrugged his hand away. What can I do to

collected on the

to meet Dominic’s gaze, I said, “Let’s make a deal. Promise me you’ll honor this

me to continue

once you get married; we’ll go our separate ways when that happens. While you remain unmarried, we can treat this as dating around, but I refuse to be

pupils focused on me, and he seemed like he was in

unsure if he

I could not come up with a better idea

seemed like a century later when he finally

let go of the breath I had been holding subconsciously. Great. That gives us a few more months. After that,

benefit. I warned, “I’m serious. Since you have agreed, you have to stick to your end of the agreement. Don’t fob me off with excuses when the time

he replied simply,

he agrees. If he tries to renege

my conversation with Dominic. She

entrance with my dad for Dominic and

of them when we arrived at the entrance. After another call, I realized that my parents had gotten lost

prepared to head into the university to look for

our couple’s act was admirable. He seemed like an eager boy

was volunteering his services, it would be remiss