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 for

bed

made a difference, but I had grown more and more sensitive to his touch. A few teases were all it took to turn

bed. He would tease me until I was burning with

resist begging

him, I learned my lesson and played along. It

a thing of mystery to him. Even after making love through the wee hours of the night, I was the one who felt utterly

I 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

heavens must’ve heard

around on sore legs.

finally sleep peacefully and alone

shopping speed increased exponentially with

some extra bags of snacks into my shopping cart for good measure. As I

I realized that it

I see you’re doing grocery shopping

not seem stilted or awkward as he greeted me. I returned his greeting and replied,

awkward silence soon

“I’m busy, so I’ll make a

nodded hastily and waved goodbye at

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

out of coincidence, and Dominic’s

I slept like

absence lasted about

after rendezvousing with me. Though how he manages to

and early on Sunday morning,

exhaustion, struggling to open my eyes after rushing

want is to veg out in bed. Go have

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255