Chapter 122 Acting Guilty

I checked my phone, almost dropping it when I saw who the sender was.

It was a text from Royce from my blind date.

I could not help but feel like I was cheating on him.

In his text, Royce mentioned that he had not contacted me because he had been away on a business trip. He followed that up with an invitation to chat the next day.

Chat? About what? Dominic’s warning remained at the forefront of my mind. If he knew about Royce’s existence, I would be dead meat.

I stared at the doorway guiltily as if expecting Dominic to materialize at any moment. I tapped out a reply to Royce hastily.

I’m sorry, but we shouldn’t keep in touch anymore. I’ve got a boyfriend now.

After I sent out the text, I sighed in relief.

Royce merely replied, Alright.

Just then, footsteps sounded outside the bedroom. I quickly erased Royce’s conversation history and buried my phone under my pillow. To complete my act of innocence, I pretended to be absorbed in drawing.

Dominic’s senses were, however, razor-sharp.

The minute he got on the bed, he pulled me into his arms and gazed at me inquisitively. “You seem nervous. Feeling guilty about something?”

My heart was about to leap out of my throat at that point. Still, I thought I put on a rather convincing act of nonchalance as I replied, “You’re the one who is guilty.”

He began toying with a strand of my hair as he commented, “That’d better be the case. Liliana, you know the consequences.”

smile. “Of course not. There’s nothing

into the bed

I had grown more and more sensitive to his touch. A few teases were all

wicked in bed. He would tease me until I

a few times to resist begging him, but that only resulted in more

my lesson and played

a thing of mystery to him. Even after making love through the wee hours of the night, I was the one who felt utterly spent while he managed to get himself to work early

almost screamed out of glee at the news he told me. At last, he

God! The heavens

another day of walking around on sore legs. I had been

finally sleep peacefully and

shopping speed increased exponentially with

even tossed some extra bags of snacks into my shopping cart for good measure. As I reveled in my mini-celebration, I heard someone

it was Royce. Wow, what a

I see you’re doing grocery shopping as

he greeted me. I

fell into awkward silence

first by saying, “I’m busy, so I’ll make a move.

nodded hastily and waved goodbye

filled me with relief. Dominic’s constant threats were nothing if not effective at instilling

Royce out of coincidence, and Dominic’s not here either. I

around, I slept like

absence lasted

his fiancée. He should be spending more time with her after rendezvousing with me. Though how he manages to keep the

knocking bright and early on Sunday morning,

my eyes after rushing a manuscript last

don’t disturb me. All I want is to veg out in bed. Go have

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