Love the Second Time Around

Chapter 126 Is He Your New Boyfriend

Puzzled as to the sight that was making Shannon so worked up, I curiously looked in the direction she was pointing.

Hmm? Isn’t that Dominic and Camille?

They were chatting while watching the group of people dancing around the bonfire. It seemed that they hadn’t spotted Shannon and me yet.

I wasn’t in the mood to deal with Camille’s pretentiousness or fight with her, much less watch her being all lovey-dovey with Dominic.

Thus, I reached out to pull Shannon away, but she had already rolled up her sleeves in preparation of charging forward to brawl with them.

I swiftly grabbed her and demanded, “What are you trying to do? Are you planning to beat them up?”

“Yes, I’m planning to beat them up, alright! I’m even going to find a rod and wallop them until they beg me for mercy!”

Torn between amusement and exasperation, I chided, “Stop messing around. Look at your petite stature. Considering your puny strength, Dominic can crush you with just one finger.”

Shannon thumped me on the back in chagrin and huffily retorted, “Why are you disparaging yourself and lauding others? I’m trying to stand up for you!”

“I’m just worried that you’ll be hurt,” I hastily mollified her with a smile. “Alright, let’s just ignore them and leave. They’re no one important anyway.”

As I said that, I tugged at Shannon, eager to leave so that we could look for Royce and Quinn.

Another reason for my urgency in leaving was my worry that Dominic would see Royce when the latter returned.

Alas, Murphy’s law always applied when it came to the very thing one dreaded.

with me, we got to our feet. But before we could even take a step away, Camille was already heading our way with

tender smile

him for being so unflappable while his fiancée and… well, lover… bumped into each other. He’s probably the only man who can maintain

caught sight of you. Unexpectedly, it’s really you!

I closed my eyes for a moment. A coincidence, my foot! She’s

put on an act every single time I met her, so I had long since grown tired of it. This time, I ignored

I saw that

once, I stiffened as a sense of impending doom assailed

shook off my hand and trotted over to them.

at Dominic. “Don’t think that you can still bully Liliana like before! She now has someone to back her up and protect

nonsense, Royce abruptly reached out and pulled me closer to him. In the next moment, I realized that he was using his body to block me

insignificant move, but I suddenly

into a cold sweat at his cold stare though

hand from his arm out of the blue and

my hand and exclaimed exuberantly, “Is he your new boyfriend, Liliana? He seems a perfect

of a

over his lips, he languidly questioned, “Boyfriend?

me, and I almost bit my tongue. The look in Dominic’s eyes as he regarded me then was truly

out a hand and pushed Camille away. She shielded me behind her back as though she was a mother hen protecting her chick. Then, she thrust a finger into Camille’s face and started berating

once? I’ve seen too many women like you, but none as shameless

red, and I knew from the way she kept twisting her fingers that she was on the verge of blowing her

do so if she wanted to maintain her kind and innocent

I looked on, utter

continued chewing them out. “Are you blind? Never mind if you don’t like Liliana, but you should find

completely agreed with Shannon’s reproach. But at the sight of Dominic’s dark and