Chapter 32

Vanessa

Of all the things my father–in–law could’ve said at this dinner table, I didn’t expect it to be his grandchildren, and now Dominic has just choked on his drink while next to me.

Quickly, I take the glass from him as he coughs and I rub his chest. I don’t know if this will help or not, but I’m genuinely concerned.

“I’m fine,” he says to me, gently placing his hand on top of mine.

“Are you sure?” My voice is laced with concern.

He smiles at me as he coughs again. “Don’t worry. I was just caught off guard.”

It’s only for a second, but the two of us stare into each other’s eyes. My heart even races a little. I wonder if he knows that I’m not acting by trying to ease his cough. I’m not able to tell.

“Well, you had us all worried there for a second, son.”

My father–in–law’s words break my eye contact with Dominic. Leven drop my hands and clear my throat as I compose myself.

It’s only now that I look around the table at everyone else and it turns out they were all worried about him.

“Did you really have to talk about your grandchildren right now?” Dominic says to his father, leaning back in his seat with a sigh of relief.

“Why not? I admit that I didn’t intend to make you choke on your drink, but I guess I was just too excited.”

“I can’t wait to have them running around the housel” My mother–in–law chimes in with enthusiasm. “it’s only a matter of time before they arrive. We only need to wait since you’re already working on it”

Everyone chuckles, except me, but I still fake my amusement at my mother–in–law’s comment and look over at Dominic, who seems to fake his reaction, too,

even share a knowing

all waiting for nothing

mind at all. The closest I had ever gotten to feeling aroused was

with that, there were never plans to

intimate with him since he’s currently sleeping

the conversation and talking about the

I’m with Sophie. The two of us have

about what happened at the dining table, and I catch Dominic stealing glances at me a few times as he walks with his father. I wonder

children?

heavy thunder from outside makes me flinch, just like everyone else and

made my heart jump like that!” Jake

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tonight, but I have to go now. There

looks at him with disapproval. “Didn’t you just hear how hard it thundered outside? You’re

“Mom-”

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She looks around at all of us who don’t live here. “No one is

I look at each other, we already know what this means for us.

really seems to get worse out there, I’m still holding onto the hope that there’ll be no thunderstorms and we’ll

leave.

in the same bedroom with him the whole night. Well, it doesn’t matter. I’ll sleep on the couch

to me a

mother–in–law later comes to

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