NovelOnlineChapter 376 "You saw that, didn't you? He doesn't have feelings for Nancy. Just stop pushing it," Samuel whispered, trying to calm the fuming Fawn.
"You blockhead, you idiot!" Fawn nearly burst into tears as she twisted his arm. "Nancy's not the problem! The problem is Vespera! Your son's dead set on going to war with us over her!" "Honey, it's not us," Samuel said, summoning a bit of courage. "Maybe... We should just try accepting her?" Fawn fell silent, then shot him a glare.
Samuel swore she nearly burned a hole through him with that look. That night, he earned himself a one-way ticket to the guest room.
Fawn got up and went looking for Nancy. She found her out in the garden.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Mrs. Reid, what now?" "I don't know..." Fawn muttered.
"If I lose just like this, Dominic's going to double down. He'll push even harder to make you accept Vespera. Mr. Reid Senior is already wavering, we can't let him win." Nancy clenched her fists.
Love, once twisted by obsession and rejection, no longer resembled love at all.
Eyes red, Nancy paced across the lawn, her whole posture tight with frustration. Fawn couldn't help but worry. "Nancy..." "I've got it," Nancy said suddenly, walking back over. "I'll go to the banquet with you tomorrow night, and then I'll leave Halewick. And after that..." She leaned in and whispered something into Fawn's ear.
"What? That-" Fawn hesitated. "That's not a good idea. If you do that, Dominic will never forgive you." Meanwhile, out on the highway, Dominic sat in the backseat, staring out at the night through the window. After a while, his phone rang. He glanced at the screen, frowned, and picked up. "Hello, this is Dominic-what?" At Rebecca's apartment, Vespera had made dinner, watered the two sun- scorched rose bushes on the balcony, and tidied up the messy living room.
"Whoa, where'd this elf cfrom?" Rebecca said as she walked through the door, looking exhausted. Seeing dinner on the table and the chaos around the coffee table cleaned up brought her instant joy. Vespera smiled and waved her toward the sink. "Go wash up. Tto eat." Rebecca had spent the whole day running around like she'd been through a war, and now she was starving. Her appetite was strong, but she quickly noticed Vespera seemed distracted.
"What's wrong? Did you and Dominic fight?" "What is there to fight about?" Vespera replied, then paused and sighed. "There's nothing wrong with him. That's the problem." "So..." Rebecca seemed to catch on to her train of thought.
"You're stressed because there's nothing wrong with him? He's great, but you're not sure you can go the distance? You want to run, but there's nowhere to go?" Vespera was quiet for a long time. Then, softly, she said, "His parents don't approve either." Rebecca went silent.
That one word-either-was enough to kill her appetite.
There was no need to say more.
She scooted over and hugged Vespera. Hey, it's okay. If the road works out, you walk it together. If it doesn't, we grab a cab and reroute. But for now, let's not panic. Just wait and see. Maybe he'll-" "Becca, I don't want him to do anything."
"But he will, Vera! You can't control a man like that. If you don't move at his pace, he'll drag you forward whether you like it or not, even lie to do it!". Vespera said nothing. She looked completely deflated.
Yeah, she'd never been in control of this game. She was s just the idiom who'd wandered into the danger zone without realizing it. Rebecca opened her mouth to say more, but the doorbell rang. Two sharp chimes.
She glanced toward the entryway. "I bet you a thousand bucks that's Dominic." Vespera swatted her. "Greedy." She got up and jogged to the door. Maybe it was Rebecca's words still echoing in her head, but she didn't even check the peephole, just opened it.
The moment she saw who was standing outside, her polite smile froze into something that looked a lot more like horror.
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