Love the Second Time Around

Chapter 25

 

Chapter 25 Caught In The Act

“I’ve only thought to ask after five years have passed, but why did you leave?” Dominic sneered at me.

Maybe because I was rather thick-skinned or maybe because I was feeling nostalgic that night, but I just leaned back in my seat and sighed softly.

“It doesn’t matter where I go. Your memory follows me everywhere.”

I was lost for a long time after the break-up. Thus, I could not think of anything else besides him.

It had happened around graduation season. At that time, everyone in the dorm was busy with their final thesis or job applications. I was the only one who had been wallowing in grief over a heartbreak, so it had been painful trying to get through each day.

 

Tears pricked my eyes as I recalled that time from five years ago. I lowered my head and let my hair hang over my face to hide my sorrow from Dominic.

Dominic looked away and said nothing. I could not tell if he was mad at me or if he, like me, was just lost in his memories.

 

Finally, the car pulled to a stop in front of the mansion, and Calvin was the first to get out. He immediately readied a wheelchair for Dominic. Calvin was a true gentleman, and like a comic book superhero, he was always there whenever he was needed.

I reluctantly got out of the car after Dominic and limped after him. Pain shot through my legs the moment I put my weight on it. I instinctively hopped a few steps, and my legs nearly gave out again.

Fortunately, Calvin was close enough for me to grab onto. Otherwise, I would have toppled to the ground.

Dominic seemed upset by this and said with a sour expression, “Are you an idiot? Why are you prancing around in high heels? Are you doing that on purpose just so you could fall into Calvin’s arms?”

Before I had the chance to retort, Calvin had jumped ten feet away from me as if I had the plague.

Ugh! I wish I could hit Dominic with the pointy end of my heels! I thought to myself angrily.

When we were all safely inside the house, Calvin politely bade Dominic farewell. I looked up at him, wanting to thank him for his help, but he merely threw me a quick glance and turned tail.

scare

Calvin is still a

at Dominic and slammed my hand on the coffee table. “Yes, I’m not a virgin, and because of that, I

so, Dominic refused to be provoked. “Yes, I’m happy

nothing has happened to you! Why must I be punished for this?” I blurted out angrily. My temper flared, and

and hoisted himself over. Then, he reached

can be punished for it too. Would you want

he can be punished too? He’s about to

it was as if his chest muscles were made of iron.

go, or I’ll report you

believe it if I were the one reporting

I can’t beat him with words. I turned my head away from

felt warm on my cheek. It made my skin tingle, and my face flushed red. Luckily, all he did was give me a quick squeeze. Then, he hopped back onto his wheelchair and wheeled himself into

water could be heard coming from inside. A memory from long ago suddenly surfaced, and I recalled that he had been a clean

I thought that his habits were ridiculous. He was an art major, for crying out loud!

I had forced him to join a Wilderness Survival Club with me. The club had required us to run around a jungle every day. Although it was not as intense as the Bear Grylls television

forest, and when night fell, the two of us

uncomfortable going all day without a shower, and he tossed and turned each night, trying hard to fall asleep. Meanwhile, I would cuddle up to him and gently coaxed him

week in the Wilderness Survival Club, Dominic had learned to fall asleep even with the smell of sweat

so innocent and sweet. The head of our dorm used to call him my “devoted puppy.”

five years would change Dominic so much. Now, he no longer went a day without poking fun at

to take a

“Ah!”

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