Helplessly, Vespera had no choice but to pick up her cutlery and continue eating
Reba was clearly to dazled by Dominic to think logically.
Not that anyone could me her. Who could resist being gazed at so tenderly by such a handsome man?
If that wasn''t bring enchanted, then what was?
Even the dart owner''s wite seemed a little too excited
Rebarven tried to force Luke to eat as well, but a few tes from him made her retreat, and she didn''t dare to push any further.
In the end, they all let the diner.
Vespera was supposedly leaning on Reba for support when Like suddenly pushed his way in, shoving Reba aside to take her ce.
"Will you cut it out already?" Vespera yanked her arm free and hissed in a low voice.
Luke''s gare darkened as he said, "Don''t tell me you''re nning to leave with Dominic."
Vespera retorted, "Who I''m leaving with is none of your business. We both signed the divorce papers. If you refuse to finalize it, then that''s your problem! As far as I''m concerned, we''re done!!!
Upon saying that, she shook off his hand again.
Lake tightened his grip around her wrist in feturn. "Well, not for me."
Dominic clicked his tongue as he stood in the dark. "I''ve heard these lines at least three times now"
Reba sighed. "If this were a novel, it would be considered padding the word count. One says ''divorce," the other says "no." The saga never ends."
After a moment of silence, Dominic suggested, "How about this? I''ll take Luke, and you take Vespera."
Reba agreed with anod. As she turned to look at hims, she was stunned at how tall he was. Despite standing at 5''6", she still had to tilt her head way back just to meet his eyes.
Being held by him would definitely feel safe.
She stared at him with glittering eyes, and with a shy voice, she said, "Mr. Reid,
if things don''t work out with Vera... Do you think I could..
Dominic looked down at her, "Oh, I''m not interested in women"
His tone was so natural, so casual, and so utterly ruthless
Reba was shattered
Not interested in women?
So, Vespera was actually telling the truth?
He really didn''t fancy women at all?
Then, could that be.. he was into men?
Oh heavens! What a waste of such a perfect specimen
Dominic ignored her wild imagination and walked toward the two who were stuck in a loop. He extended his arm and flung it around Luke''s shoulder, mollifying him like a sulding child, "I won''t take her away, I''ll take you instead. How''s that sound?"
Luke stiffened upon the physical contact.
"Your car is out of gas, and it''s hard to call a cab in the middle of the night here. As for the issue of dworce, we can discuss it another day without affecting the final oue." As Dominic spoke.he gently pushed Luke toward his car.
Being slightly taller than Luke, Dominic was the epitome of cool, handsome elegance, while Luke had a more rugged, masculine charm. Logically, Luke should have had a stronger presence, but standing next to a man like Dominic, he was sadly overshadowed.
Lake brushed aft Dominic''s arm and turned, noticing Reba''s car parked in front of Vespera. He tried to go over and stop her, but Domine held him back.
That
gave Vespera a significant amount of time to get into the car.
"Vespera!" Lake cried at the departing car.
To be fair, he wasn''t actually angry that Vespera had gotten into Reba''s car; he was angry that she had once again an away from him. This time, it happened right before has
Dominic patted his shoulder and said, "Mr. Munoz, don''t disturb the neighborhood in the middle of the right. Let''s go."
Luke shot him a threatening re, his eyes full of unspoken rage, as if he wanted nothing more than to tear the man apart.
It was around 2:00 am when Vespera and Reba finally arrived back in Halewick
They both went straight to Reba''s ce, rewrapped Vespera''s slightly reopened wound with fresh gause, and then quickly took a shower.