Vespera choked until her chest hurt. It was as if someone swung a sledgehammer into her chest.


    She let out an awkwardugh before turning away to ignore Dominic. He was merely displeased with Fawn arranging for the date without his knowledge.


    It just so happened that Vespera made a wrong judgment call and unintentionally became an aplice in the arrangement. So, she ended up bing the most appropriate vessel for him to unleash his anger. No wonder he sounded so sarcastic on the phone earlier.


    Vespera sighed. Upon realizing that Roxanne and her friend were staring at her, she forced herself to smile, which came across as somewhat awkward.


    Dominic did not make any further sarcastic remarks. Since Vespera turned away, he did the same.


    As for Calven and Gerard, who had been spying on the situation the entire time, they quickly looked up at the ceiling.


    At that moment, Reba entered the restaurant. She casually scanned the surroundings before her gazended on two nearby cables.


    Reba wondered if she had lost her mind. Was she seeing things or simply unlucky?


    Reba walked toward the tables in disbelief. She looked at them with a scowl as if she were staring at a series of mathematical questions on a ckboard


    "Ms. Smyder" Reba happened to walk past Dominic''s table when she suddenly beard him calling out to her. His voice was deep and maic.


    Reba instantly became excited and subconsciously stopped in front of Dominic, who invited her to have a seat. "Do join us."


    Reba faltered "oh"


    vdid a double-take. She then scrutinized Reba


    Sering that Dominic had taken the initiative to greet Reba and even invited her


    to take a seat, Roxanne nearly a


    Reba was tall and slender with delicate features. She did not wear any


    makeup and was dressed in a dark bloe tracksuit. She even looked disinterested. Was that Dominic''s type?


    Roxanne felt her heart might shatter from misery, Dominic berely paid any attention to her, although she had spent several hours doing her makeup.


    Calvert also waved at Reba and weed her warmly "Reba! Do join us!"


    Since there were no avable seats at the other table, and Calvert was being so weing, Reba decided to take a seat with Dominic for now.


    "Reba, you look rather pale. What happened?"


    "Oh, let''s not talk about it! I had some watermelon at the rest stop next to the highway and ended up having diarrhea-I thought I was going to die! Maybe they put sometives in the watermelon!"


    "Speaking of watermelon, I once took a slice of it from the fridge. I think I almost lost consciousness in the bathroom that day. Later, I found out that the watermelon had been in the fridge for almost a week"


    "You like living on the edge, don''t you? One week! You''re lucky you didn''t die from diarrhea!"


    Reba and Calvert started exchanging their stones of getting diachra after having watermelon. She did not seemdylike at all.


    Roxanne was stunned. How could Rebabe so unfiltered with her words?


    Roxanne observed Dominic and was shocked that he didn''t seem upset at all. Was he not disgusted?


    To make things worse, Dominic even spoke gently to Reba, showing his concern for her. "Watch what you eat, and take care of yourself"


    Reba lew that Dominle was being a jerk, so she replied coldly, "Thanks for your concech, Mr. Reid"


    Dominic asked with a smile, "What brings you to Ashford, Ms. Synder?"


    Reba retorted. "Mr. Reid, don''t worry about what I''m doing. You should focus on your date, or she might misunderstand us


    who told you I''m here for a date? Oh, it must be my silly secretary. She likes to make things up and smear my reputation. Just ignore her


    "6?" Although Dominic was talking in circles, Reba instantly picked up on his underlying meaning


    "You''re not here on a date? Did we really misunderstand you? Really?" Reba couldn''t help but nce at Roxanne.


    Dominic answered earnestly, "I''m not on a date."


    Reba instantly softened at his firm answer. She leaned forward and


    whispered, "I knew it you''re not a jerk. But...."


    Reba gestured at Vespera at the other table with her chin before covering her


    mouth with her hand. "Did you ask Vespera to deal with your date?" Dominic smiled without a word.