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The Untouchable Vow

Chapter 5 Crossroads

Word Count: 1129    |    Released on: 27/11/2024

city an echo of the storm raging inside her. Her phone buzzed incessantly in her

dn't breathe under the weight of

real, had been playing a role all along. Even now, with his explanations about family ob

the window. Her reflection stared back at her in the glass,

Dominic's, not Lila's, and certain

phone buzzed again. This time, curiosity got th

known Number "We need to talk. Meet me

mber, but she didn't need to. But there was only one person w

stared at the words, something shifted. If he wanted to explain, to finally

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whiskey. The amber liquid burned his throat, but it did little to dull the ache in his

not saying the one thing that mattered most was tha

lackwood name wasn't just a legacy-it was a leash. And Lila, with her

would come, he couldn't shake the feeling that he was standing at t

ade as he curiosity took the best of her. Upon getting

or answers or to let Dominic manipulate her

ngly slow. Her heart pounded with every ding, her mind raci

she hesitated. Her hand hovered over the handle,

d turn away, th

His tie was loosened, his hair disheveled, and his eyes-those dark,

said, his v

she said firmly, stepping ins

udden breath followed, cl

seated comfortably as she stared

f place as his pupil kep

m as he began his words, his voice turn

e uttered. "Fo

to me, Dominic. You let me believe there was something between

The engagement with Lila is a sham-a deal our families made to secure

ice trembling. "You're okay with giving up your l

ic admitted. "Not

e her chest tighten, but she wou

for me," she said. "You let her hu

ing. "If I brought you into this world, you'd become a tar

ieve him, to let herself fall into the vulnerability she saw in his e

phone buzzed on the table. He glance

it?" Oliv

r the screen. Then he discover

tomorrow morning. Be ready to make a

ch dropped. "W

hand. If I don't publicly commit to the engagemen

You're just going to let her win? You're goi

" he said firmly. "I'm done playing her games.

caught. "What

. "I'll end the engagement, walk away from the merge

p knock at the door prompting Dominic standin

was a man in a dark su

Your father has requested an urg

pale. The room suddenly felt smal

n out," he murmured, his hear

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