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!”

that he must be ordering me around on

at the sight of me before turning sideways to squeeze his way through the doorframe, keeping as much distance between us

perplexed to see him do

Hartnell, I’ve brought the

her. Or else she’s going to

quickly handed it over to me.

this mean Dominic had called his assistant early in the morning

and curled into a smile. At least he’s got

The money used to buy the suit will be deducted from your pay. Also, I want to have my breakfast in

smile instantly vanished, and I couldn’t even fight back. Annoyed, I ran to the room on

Calvin was nowhere to be seen. I wasn’t sure what Dominic was busy with, but

did I realize that there wasn’t a single soul nearby. Besides the mansions and the luxury cars speeding

area? They were just making

gave it another thought. Normally, people would drive when they go out, so why would they think that it wasn’t convenient? Only

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

tornado. Earlier, I noticed that Dominic’s kitchen was

was no way I could get back in time. I wasn’t afraid of his harsh

of groceries in hand, 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

at me and shook his head in disdain. “Are you some kind of refugee? Why do you look like

the bags I was holding and rushed toward him, thinking to give him a piece of my mind. Once I reached where he was, I

and stared at me in

from not eating that I ran

I—” Dominic was about to say something but was interrupted

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