NovelUpdateDrunk And Daring I Kissed A Tycoon! 40 Ax averran herself, Vesperacould sense the bitterness simmering beneath Nancy's Dicafe. She observed the unfolding serne, hirr eyes flicking between the three of them like a seasound gossip.
And then-Dominic's gare shifted town her Vesperation. There was no tto look away. He had caught her in the act, her nasy expression exposed.
Dominic's eyes narrowed slightly, as it he had already seen through her thoughts, "Mr. Nicholson, may I take a walk ahead?" Vespera asked, turning her head slightly to glance at Gerard, a flicker of unease in ber "Sure, go ahead. I'll keep an eye on things," Gerard replied without hesitation "Alright, just callif anything comes up" With that, she slipped away, the steady shythm of her high heels fading as she walked off At the front of the yacht, she found a quiet corner with two chairs and settled into one.
The wwes gently crashed against the yacht, and in the distance, the city sparkled with tiny golden lights, scattered like stars across the dark expanse of the night.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtFor the first tin a long while, she felt a sense of calm-not just in her body, but within berself Alter enjoying the seabreeze, she reached into the inner pocket of her bag and took out her phone.
since her last conversation with Rebecca, she had turned it off. Once she arrived at Seloria, shebucked herself in work, even going so far as to buy a new phone with a different number Turning on the old device, she was bombarded with over a hundred missed calls wn though the phone had been off.
There were calls from unknown numbers, her parents, Rebecca, other friends, former colleagues, and even business contacts she barely knew She opened Whatsapp.
Rebecca had sent several messages. The firstone read "Don't answer Don't get vahend. Don't believe a word. It's all Luke!!! An hour later, she sent another: "Vera, where are you?! Her parents had also message: "Where did you go? Chome!" Even Yasmine had reached out: "Where are you?" Message after message, Vespera read through them all, each word stretching tunbearably as she pushed toward the end. It felt like the whole world was searching for her, demanding to know where shehad gone. Luke, you lunatic.
She exhald, exhaustion sinking into her bones.
Exiting WhatsApp, she opened her texts-only to be met with a relentless flood of unread messages and voice memos.
What began as a simple question about her whereabouts soon gave way to to frustration and rage, with Luke's emotions spiraling out of control.
The most recent voice message had arrived just five minutes ago.
His voice was hoarse and trembling thick with stifled sobs.
"Baby, I was wrong, I swear, I know I was wrong I'mmabastard, I deserve to die- hurt you, and I'm so sorry. Please, just giveanother chance.
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"You can pushhowever you want, take my life if you have to just take stif you need it. I'lf wait for you at home. It was just one mistake, you can't... you can't givea life sentence for it- Vera swiftly shut off her phone.
I felt as though any further delay would pull her back into that suffocating abyss she was trying to escape.
In Italewick, Lake sat on the grass in front of the villa, looking completely & langpletely undone. His hair was a tangled 1. His mess, his face shadowed with stubble, and empty liquor bottles littered the ground around him. The villa stood behind him, dark and lifeless.
He couldn't bring himself to step inside, unable to face hthat felt so empty without Vespera. H@had ve spent the entire day searching, exhausting every possibility-yet she remained unreachable, as if she had vanished without a trace The fear of losing her gripped him, lightening around his throat like a suffocating vine.
With bloodshot eyes, he lifted his paze to the moon above.
the second deck. She stood up and made he
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