Love the Second Time Around

Chapter 11 Malicious Remarks

I couldn’t cry, especially in front of Dominic, so I sniffled and held my tears at bay. In a curt voice, I demanded, “Why are you here? Are you here to see me make a fool of myself?”

“So this is the man you chose? He didn’t seem to be anything special in the video, and I thought he’d look better in the flesh, but he’s still as unsightly. It looks like your tastes are rather… dismal, if I might say.”

What the hell? Things are tense now, yet he’s still in the mood to insult me?

Seething, I pressed my lips into a tight line. Before I could retort, Coraline’s shrill voice rang out.

“Who are you, you damn cripple? You’re just a handicapped man, yet you dare disparage my son? Hah! You’re at the wrong place if you want to show off! I, Coraline Zelinsky, have never been afraid of anyone! You’d better scram, or I’ll make it so that you’ll be wholly paralyzed!”

I was initially peeved at Dominic, but when I heard Coraline call him a cripple, anguish flooded me. Once, he was admired for his long legs back at university. Not only was he handsome, but he excelled in various sports. Now, however… he couldn’t even stand up, and he was even scorned by a shrew such as Coraline!

stalk forward and tear into her, but a

shoulder, Dominic seemingly wasn’t bothered by Coraline’s words at all. Instead,

only got his position as sales director by bedding some woman. I wonder if his manhood will be whittled

Pfft…

insulting my husband, but a giggle escaped me. Damn it! What’s up with me? Liliana, this isn’t

eye, he stalked toward Dominic menacingly.

his wheelchair. As I watched Julius swing his fist at him, my pounding heart lodged in my

eyes. On the heels of that, Julius’ cry echoed, and he was thrown away. He wailed with his hands clamped over his

the person waiting for Dominic outside the

as though it wasn’t him who hit Julius earlier. He merely stood