Love the Second Time Around

Chapter 22 No Choice

Evidently, what Dominic meant was if I didn’t value my life, then I should go ahead and reject him.

I could only blame myself for being a fool. Being married was one of the worst decisions that I had ever made. It not only restricted my freedom but also blinded me. For the past few months, I felt like a bird locked up in a cage. If only I loved myself more back then, maybe I wouldn’t have ended up with a b*stard like Julius.

After imagining one hundred and one scenarios of Julius’ death, I suddenly felt a smack at the back of my hand.

Huh? Did Dominic just smack me?

I innocently rubbed the back of my hand while staring at him, scolding, “Are you crazy? Why did you hit me?”

Dominic raised his eyebrows slightly at that, looking all smug but deadly attractive at the same time.

“Hello, earth to Liliana. Clearly, your heart is somewhere else. Do I even matter to you?”

“Of course you do. But you said so yourself that my heart is somewhere else!” I lashed back at him. After I blurted it out, I realized I shouldn’t have said that. I glanced back at him, who was beside me, and I could feel the pressure from his gaze.

“My heart is suffocated by money, so how could I be thinking of anything else?”

I carefully added another sentence to save my previous statement. After seeing disdain on his face, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then, I quickly picked a black dress and went to the fitting room.

After putting on the dress, I came out of the fitting room, feeling flustered.

Since I wasn’t paying attention while picking clothes, I chose a dress that had a huge side split up to my thighs. What was worse was that it also had a deep V neck. Great, that’s just great—everything is out in public. You know what? I might as well don’t wear any clothes!

However, the lady assistant next to me seemed a little worried that I might not buy the dress. Thus, she continuously threw praises at my figure and complimented how elegant I looked while wearing the dress.

I did not say anything, it was quite apparent that I liked what I was hearing. After all, I could see that stupid grin on my face from the mirrors. After a while, I told her my

voice came in

better not to wear anything than to wear this. Why don’t I just grab a black robe for you so you

my fingers tightly clutching the dress, my face flushed red at his remarks. If you don’t want to buy it, then don’t. Why do you have to yell

in anger. “I change my mind; I won’t be getting this anymore. This is obviously just a long lingerie robe! What’s

realized that I might have seemed a bit too out of place. Flustered, I raised

heck? Dominic’s actually laughing

Doesn’t he hate me?

and looked at his face again, and

For a moment, I

lavender halterneck dress, which screamed elegance with the right amount of skin

dress hid my insecurities, which was my flat-chestedness, and

to the said hotel with Dominic. Calvin didn’t follow, though; probably

arrived, the dinner party had not started yet, but the hall was already full of celebrities. While we were waiting, I saw several familiar faces that often

for a person like me, as I usually would not pay much attention to the

words, there were many good-looking men at the dinner

types of beauty. And because of that,

appearance stood out

beings had always stayed the same. It stubbornly stuck with me

much, maybe I will hammer your eyeballs on the wall so that you can

Hence, that sentence alone woke me up from my

someone walked over, and I happened to know this person as well. He was a good-looking young man, and I even binge-watched his television

said gently, “You’re here, Dom. Is this your girlfriend? She’s very

like other people complimenting