Chapter 14

Vanessa

As Dominic extends his hand so 1 can bring my leg forward, I sit still and shake my head.

Just leave it.” I look outside the window as the limousine drives gif. “As long as I don’t move, I’ll be fine.”

I said let me see that”

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I hiss when he reaches for my leg and places it right on his thigh making me jerk my head in his direction with surprise.

“What are you doing?” I furrow my eyebrows.

“Just sit still.” He doesn’t even look at me. His eyes are focused on my leg.

When his large hands wrap around my calf and massage with precision, I’m at a lot for words as I watch him. Is he only doing this because he might be a little tipsy?

The moment he raises my leg a little higher, my breath hitches because I fear that my underwear might be exposed to him even if my dress is long. But because I don’t want that to happen 1 try to pull my leg back. That action only makes me hiss again as it causes me more pain.

“I told you to sit still.” He grunts

And I don’t want you touching me.”

He

scoffs and doesn’t even look at me. I’m not doing this for you. It’s for my parents and your father”

Unable to come up with anything to say back to him, I look on as he massages my calf. The sensation is so calming that I rest my head against the seat.

While he works on it, my eyes barely look at what he’s doing. I only stare at the side profile of his face. He’s so focused that he might not even have realized he’s clenched his jaw.

As much as I don’t want to admit it, seeing him from this angle is just as equally attractive as any other angle I’ve seen him from. Despite his arrogance, he’s extremely handsome and that’s something I just have to admit to myself.

head to look at me, I look away and

be better.”

races a little, “We can’t tell if it’s better

to

just did for you, a simple thank you‘ would

my arms,

He scoffs. “Whatever.”

silence that I find awkward and for me, that’s new. The two of us have traveled together in silence before but this is just different and I keep asking myself why – because of a simple gesture to massage my calf and

of my eye, I look over and he moves to the other side and takes a seat in the corner. Now he’s facing me.

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just look outside the window, or having him sit on the other side, where he’s

disbelief when I assume he’s about to pour himself some more whiskey. The side of the

looks up from his glass and says, “If this is the part where you tell

anything I cut him off as I shrug.

I’m only taking some orange juice this

I tilt

drink. Though there was so much to eat and drink on the private jet, I didn’t feel like it. But now might

a glass, I give him a nod and what

like some

leans back, crosses his legs and drinks from his

can’t believe he messed with me

window, the various buildings coming into view as we move

there’s one in particular about men’s cologne which is yet to be launched. He’s the face of the brand and as that

he’s in a gray suit with no shirt underneath, leaving his skin a little exposed since the top buttons are loose. With the billboard having a warm tone, it

that the cologne itself once launched, will have

make me immerse myself in the

my view, I look at the surrounding buildings that come into focus. It’s only then that

look over at him and he’s focused on his phone, giving me

if he saw me looking or not. I’m just glad he didn’t mention it. But no definitely mentioned it had he caught me

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