Vespera lunged forward, pressing both hands against Dominic''s chest. With fear in her eyes, she shouted, "Don''t you dare do anything stupid!"

Just then, the bedroom door burst open. Reba called out, "Vera, wake..."

She strolled in with carefree steps. The moment her eyesnded on the scene inside, her eyes widened, and she stopped dead in her tracks.

What Reba saw could only be described as explosive. Vespera, who was usually cool andposed, was now straddling Dominic with both hands nted on his chest.

Vespera had barely recovered from the earlier chaos when Reba''s surprise entrance shocked her. Both Vespera and Dominic looked toward the door in unison. All three of their gazes met, and silence fell.

"Ba." Someone else called out from outside.

Reba reacted quickly and stepped back before shutting the door with a bang. Outside, Wanda, who was already halfway there, was startled.fn7b87 Chapters first released on find?novel/fn7b87

Reba lied without a change of expression, "Vera has already left for work."

Wanda raised an eyebrow and asked, "Did she? Why''s her car still in the garage then?"

Reba nervously chuckled and said, "Maybe she didn''t feel like driving today and took a cab."

Wanda nced at the bedroom door, which had just been shut with suspicious urgency. A flicker of doubt crossed her face, but she didn''t push it. Instead, she said, "That''s possible. Let''s have breakfast then."

As Wanda turned to leave, she let out a soft sigh. Back at the door, Reba ran a hand through her hair. She pulled out her phone and sent Vespera a message, saying, "I did my best, but I think your mom has guessed it."

Inside the bedroom, Vespera saw the message and let her hands fall to her side like all the strength had drained out of her. What should she do?

Dominic saw that Vespera was frowning and said, "Don''t worry. I''ll go out and talk to her. When she has calmed down, you cane out."

Upon hearing that, Vespera panicked even more. She said, "No! You absolutely can''t go out there!"

If Dominic walked out right now, things would go from bad to catastrophic. It would be irreversible.

Dominic''s eyes darkened. And in that moment, he got it. It wasn''t that Vespera couldn''te clean about them. She just didn''t want to. To her, he was just a fling. It wasn''t a serious rtionship.

"What if your parents find out ande to talk to me?" Dominic asked.

Vespera replied, "They won''t find you."

Dominic repeated, "What if they do?"

Annoyed, Vespera snapped as her voice rose, "Why are you obsessing over hypotheticals? I told you they Won''t My mom is leaving soon. II head home tonight ande up with some excuse. I''ll handle it. You don''t have to get involved.  s

Right now, Vespera didn''t sound like a girlfriend. She sounded like a heartless

yer trying to ditch a naive man.

Vespera was trying to determine if

Wanda haddeft when Dominic suddenly cupped her face and

turned it toward him. His expression was dark as he said, Vera, when are you going to make our rtionship official?"  s

Vespera was bewildered. She asked, "Didn''t you say I didn''t have to take responsibility?"

Dominic questioned, "So, your n was just to use me and toss me aside?"

Vespera responded, "That isn''t what I meant. Why are we even having this conversation now? And please keep your voice down!"

In a panic, Vespera covered Dominic''s mouth. What was wrong with him today?

Outside, Wanda sat at the dining table and took a few bites of food. Meanwhite, Reba kept her head down and ate without saying a word. Because it was silent, they could hear themotion from the bedroom.  s

Snowball, which had been circling below the table upon smelling food, suddenly ran toward the bedroom and scratched the door. Then, it sat down and let out a soft meow.

Reba forced augh and muttered, "This cat sure is yful, huh?"

Wanda didn''t smile at all. At this time, Raymond knocked on the door with breakfast.