Love the Second Time Around Novel

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.”

eyelids twitched before I could muster a brownnosing smile. “Of

the bed and

not know if the frequency of our lovemaking had made a difference, but I had grown more and more sensitive to his touch. A few teases were all it took to turn me into a quivering

become more wicked in bed. He would tease me until I was burning with desire and immediately stop

begging him, but that only resulted in more

lesson and played along. It would eventually

hours of the night, I was the one who felt utterly spent while he managed to get himself to work early every

had been shopping at a supermarket when Dominic called me. I almost screamed out of glee at the news he told me. At last, he was no longer

The heavens must’ve heard my

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

sleep peacefully and

shopping speed increased

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

realized that it was Royce. Wow, what a

Zanetti, I see you’re doing

greeted me. I returned his greeting and replied, “Yes. I’m running out

fell into awkward silence soon

“I’m busy, so I’ll make a move. Enjoy your

and

relief. Dominic’s constant threats were nothing if not effective at instilling fear

much? I bumped into Royce out of coincidence, and Dominic’s not here either. I

around, I slept like

lasted about a

must be busy with Camille; after all, she’s his fiancée. He should be spending more time with her after rendezvousing with

came knocking bright and early on Sunday morning,

open my eyes after rushing a manuscript last

to veg out in