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!”

must be ordering me around on purpose. Huffing in frustration, I opened

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

was perplexed to see him

I’ve brought the things

going to come up with another excuse

Calvin’s hand, and he quickly handed it over to me. I opened the bag to

his assistant early in the morning

into a smile. At

will be deducted from your pay. Also, I want to have my breakfast

back. Annoyed, I ran to

to be seen. I wasn’t sure what Dominic was busy with, but I couldn’t care less about him. I left the house after notifying him that I was going

that there wasn’t a single soul nearby. Besides

I absolutely despised the rich. What was the point of living in such a high-class area? They were just making life difficult for themselves since there wasn’t even a place nearby

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 person like me would walk to

run. Ten minutes later, I finally saw a grocer. I was so happy that I almost ran up to the shopkeeper to

as though I were a tornado. Earlier, I

could get back in time. I wasn’t afraid of his harsh words but was worried that he

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 the coffee table before

in disdain. “Are you some kind of

and rushed toward him, thinking to give him a piece

and stared at me in

pain from not eating that I ran back here with those bags full of groceries. But look at you. You’re

something but was

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