Love the Second Time Around

Chapter 27

 

Chapter 27 Screwed Up

“Hey, there isn’t anything in the fridge, so what am I supposed to do?” I turned towards the living room and yelled.

Without even looking up from the screen, his slender fingers never stopped typing as if they were dancing across the keyboard. However, the words that left his lips the next second were unpleasant.

“Are you the caregiver, or am I the caregiver? All I care about is the food. You should take care of the rest.”

I…

Hearing that, I admitted defeated and decided to leave to get groceries at the supermarket nearby. But I looked down and noticed that I was still wearing the dress from yesterday. I would just be digging my own grave if I went out like this.

 

“Um… Can we skip breakfast today? I want to go home and change.”

As soon as I said that, he slammed his laptop shut and looked up at me, his eyes full of contempt.

 

“What? Should I let you go home and put on makeup too? Let me tell you, I have to have breakfast or I’ll be having gastric pain. If that happens, you’ll be having an even harder time returning your debt.”

I ignored his sarcastic words as all I could focus on were the words “gastric pain” he mentioned. Why would he have gastric pain? For all the yearly checkups we had previously, I recalled that he was always healthier than me.

My mind then wandered back to the fridge; there was nothing except bottles of beer in it. Well, how did you not die from gastric pain then?

Right then, a loud knocking came from the door, and I glanced at Dominic in confusion. Who could it be so early in the morning? It… It can’t be Camille, right?

“What are you standing around for? Go open the door!”

hearing that. If it weren’t for his legs, I would have thought that he must be ordering me around on purpose.

sight of me before turning sideways to squeeze his

to

brought the things you

her. Or else she’s going to come up

and he quickly handed it over to me. I opened the bag to look and found a

his assistant early in the morning to prepare this for

twitched and curled into a

from your pay. Also, I want

Annoyed, I ran to the room on the second floor to get

wasn’t sure what Dominic was busy with, but I

single soul nearby. Besides the mansions and the luxury cars speeding along the road, I

rich. What was the point of living in such a high-class area? They were just making life difficult for themselves since there

seem right after I gave it another thought. Normally, people would drive when they go out, so why would they think that it wasn’t convenient? Only a working-class

thought of the half-an-hour time limit Dominic gave me, so I started to run. Ten minutes later, I finally saw a grocer. I was so happy that I almost ran up to the

into my basket as though I were a tornado. Earlier, I noticed

minutes had passed. There were only five minutes left, and there was no way I could get back in time. I wasn’t

I quickly ran back to the house. I was panting by the time I pushed the door open but was immediately met with Dominic wiping his mouth, with an empty plate and a cup of milk on

at me and shook his head in disdain. “Are you some kind

thinking to give

unwittingly and stared at me

what if you’re crippled? I was so worried that you would get gastric pain from not eating that I ran back here with those bags full of groceries. But look at you.

was about to say something but was interrupted when I

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