Vanessa

Holding my breath, I back away from the mirror, widening the distance between Carmella and me.

She takes off her shades with a sneer, mockingly shaking her head

"Took you long enough to figure out that it's me," she says.

The sight of her makes me so uneasy that my shoulders stiffen though I don't show it.

"Have you been following me this whole time?" I ask.

"Don't be ridiculous." She rolls her eyes, placing a hand on her chest. "Why would I want to follow you?"

"You know the answer to that."

"I definitely wasn't following you, bitch. Don't forget where we are. It's a women's conference."

I scoff. "Then why are you dressed like someone else?"

"I just felt like having a change of style."

"Like I'm actually going to believe that."

"Fine." She drops the act, shooting me a glare. "I've been waiting for this moment." Her expression turns sinister as she starts coming towards me. "You have no idea how thrilling it is having you here and there's no one to come between us."

I look over at the door, about to scream for security.

"Don't even dare call for those idiots outside. They did an extremely terrible job at keeping me away from you, but hey, how could they have possibly known that I was the one who was coming into the ladies' room? Anyway, how does it feel fucking the man I love?"

I furrow my eyebrows at the question.

"Don't act so surprised. I know he's been fucking you. And you've been enjoying it, haven't you?"

a little as I don't know what to expect. My

really going to do

are you talking

She crosses her arms,

the moment is unsettling as I don't know what

Dominic

I sit in my car, looking across the street as the actress counts the extra money she

believe she took those three slaps from your mom," Frank says

because I warned her and

not be okay with it when she knew she was going to receive

my parents and father-in-law would have simultaneous heart attacks while lashing out at her. I guess everyone's emotions were just running high. I'm just glad that everyone and everything

this is the part where you thank me again." He proudly

should I

me,

know what? I'm glad I finally put you to

already making it obvious that you just wanted to

else do you think you and

on the shoulder and as we both chuckle, I take

so we can return to the office? Don't forget we

won't take long. I just want

"Hmm...interesting."

him and I find him smiling with a suspicious

I ask, no

like that while

my

"The fact that you didn't realize it makes it even better. Go on, spit it out." He leans forward. "Does it now make you smile when you remember how she rejected you?" "Don't even go there." I glare at him, then smile a little. "We're past that now. In fact, I

sounds to me like you're okay with

course I am."

are getting closer?" He

being honest. I don't hate the way things

strange saying this, but I'm glad you're becoming friends with

in agreement with him. "You're right about

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