Chapter 50
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Vanessa
Flustered at the sight of him, I raise my eyebrows a little.
Unlike me, he just has a blank stare as he steps out of the elevator.
“I see you’re finally awake,” he says. “I thought you’d never get out of bed.” I sense mockery in his tone.
“Why would I be in bed allday?” I cross my arms, trying to act like Iknowabsolutely nothing about last night. But I still feel a little awkward.
“Considering the kind of evening you had last night and how drunk you were, it’s possible.”
“I don’t remember much.” I try to sound believable.
“That makes two of us.” He shoves his hands in his pockets.
“Really?”
He nods. “I can’t seem to remember a lot of what happened.”
That’s all he needs to say for me to feel less awkward around him. The fact that he doesn’t remember makes everything much easier for me, so I finally let it go.
Suddenly, he towers over me and I find myself against the wall, looking up into his eyes with an expression I can’t quite read.
“Don’t ever drink like that again,” he warns me. “From what I can remember, you were a fucking mess.
“I know.” I smirk, still trying to read the expression inhiseyes. “I was told I threw up several times.”
“You did. Next time, you better listen to me.”
While he goes on to talk about the other reasons why I should listen to him, I constantly glance at his lips. It’s hard not to do it as I get these flashing images again andagain.
“Is that clear?” he asks, and I catch him glancing at my lips. It even makes my heart skip a beat.
“Uh…yeah, whatever.” I shrug, trying to compose myself. I must be seeing things that
aren’treal.
I face the floor, an awkward silence filling the air around us for a few seconds. He doesn’t seem to take a step back and I wonder why.
Having him so close makes my heart race faster until I can’t take it anymore, so I step to the side without saying a word, heading straight for the elevator.
I step inside and quickly push thebuttonwhile trying not to look at him. But I just can’t help it. The moment our eyes meet, he shakes his head at me with an expression that I still can’t read. What’s going on with him?
Thedoorcloses and I sigh with relief, placing my hand on my chest to feel my racing heart.
As the elevator goesdown, I turn off airplane mode, which I don’t remember turning on, and I’m instantly flooded with message notifications
I even receive a call from a number i can’t seem to recognize, but I pick up anyway.
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“Hello?” I say with a hint of curiosity, stepping out of the elevator.
“Good morning, Mrs. Richards. I’m sorry if you’re in the middle of something important.”
“Not at all.”
“Great! This is Liz. We met last evening and had some drinks together along with Carmella and the other ladies.”
“Oh, hey, Liz.” I try to sound enthusiastic, but I feel awful that I didn’t save her number.
“I’m so glad you’ve remembered me I can hear the relief in her voice.
“How could I forget you?” I chuckle softly.
“I just wanted to make sure you didn’t change your mind about coming to my event.”
“Of course not. Why would I change my mind?”
“I don’t know I just really want you to attend and I feared you might have changed your mind.”
“Not at all I’ll definitely be there.”
“Thank you so much and enjoy yourday!”
As soon as my call with Liz comes to an end, I save her number, and then the other ones that I got from last night. They each sent me a
message with their names.
Ialsocheck my other messages and I have plenty of them from my father, Jake,Sophie, my mother–in–law and my best friend.
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But it’s one particular message from my best friend that catches my attention the most. She seems to be talking about how awesome last evening was and how Dominic did the right thing. I don’t understand what she’s talking about, until I scroll down to a certain link. I open it
and it’s a video clip of Dominic, Shane and me.
I remember Shane joining me while I was drinking alone, but not the moment when Dominic was present.
Cunous, I click on the video clip and instantly place my hand on my chest, watching as Dominic comes to protect me from Shane.
I relive that scene as bits of information come back to me andIremember feeling so attracted to Dominic as he protected me in that
moment. Even now, I feel it.
I watch the next clip of Shane leaving the VIP section, then Dominic carries me in his arms whileI’mso drunk that I rest my head on his chest
I can’t believe that’s how it went down and now I keep smiling at myself, but only a fewsecondslater, my smile fades and I narrow my eyes.
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In these clips, Dominic seems to be highly alert and shortly after the incident with Shane, he must’ve brought me home. If it’s the case, did he really mean it when he said he doesn’t remember most of what happened last night? What if he’s lying to me?
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