“dominic, what do you mean? You’re free and unrestrained here, but I feel like I’m on a battlefield every day. Are you a real man? Let me tell you, if we continue to stay here, you will have to visit your family in the ICU.” Aria said these things out of anger. She had a talent for making people angry, and that was something she taught herself when she was young. One day, she might not be able to help but anger the old man until he was admitted into the hospital.
“I’d like to see how you’ll make them so angry that they’ll end up in the hospital,” dominic said with interest.
Old Master Cross had arrived late at the restaurant last night. His daughter-in-law, Sarah, had an argument with his second daughter-in-law, Aria. Today, he had woken up early on purpose. In order to maintain the peace of the family, he did not dare to be late.
Seeing Old Master Cross arrive, dominic turned to leave. Aria and Old Master Cross exchanged awkward glances. Not long after, she hurriedly withdrew her gaze, pointing in the direction Cross had gone. She said, “Dad, I’m going to look for dominic.” With that, Aria quickly ran to catch up with Dominic.
“Am I being ignored again?” Old Master Cross turned to ask the butler when he saw the two of them disappearing in the distance.
The butler did not answer this fatal question. Instead, he said something that Old Master Cross was more interested in. “Master, the second young master, dominic, slept in the new room last night.”
“What? Dominic stayed in the same room with Aria last night?” Old Master Cross was a little surprised. Others might not know, but he knew dominic’s personality the best. Ordinary people would not be able to hold his attention.
The butler nodded. Dominic had indeed stayed in the same room as Aria last night. As for what was going on in the room, only the two of them knew.
Old Master Cross looked very pleased. As for the dissatisfaction over being ignored earlier, it had already disappeared. He gazed in the direction of their departure, and the corners of his mouth curled up into a smile.
When it was time to eat, Old Master Cross sat at the head of the table. His gaze had been constantly shifting between dominic and Aria. At this moment, Aria was talking to dominic about wanting to move out.
After all, Dominic had promised Aria, thus, she seized this opportunity and started lecturing him. “It’s not good to go back on your words. Moreover, I can save you some trouble if you move out. You promised me that we’d move out. You can’t break your promise just because it’s a verbal agreement...”
Aria kept complaining in a low voice, so no one could hear their conversation. She said a lot of things to dominic that could not be heard. She only stopped to drink when her mouth was dry.
“I promised you that we’d move out, but I didn’t promise you when we’d move out.” dominic took the opportunity to interject. He did not know how a little girl could have so much to say.
......
Aria was so angry that she did not know what to say after that. Deep down, she did realize the truth of that statement. Her curved willow-leaf eyebrows furrowed slightly, and her cherry-like little mouth was puffed up in anger.
Dominic saw that Aria was angry at him, and a rare smile appeared on his face. At this time, Old Master Cross, who had been staring at the two people, was very shocked. He looked back and forth between them, thinking to himself, ‘The young ones’ relationship is indeed progressing fast... These two only slept together once...’
Aria slowly began to understand. Dominic would not let her move out of the Cross family’s old mansion so easily. She pretended to be fierce and said, “Hmph, just you wait. You’ll definitely regret it!”
Sarah and Edward arrived a little late. The harmonious and warm atmosphere immediately disappeared. Sarah had been humiliated last night, and with mary john provocation, her opinion of Aria had been solidified.
And when Aria saw Sarah, she immediately became cautious, because she knew that Sarah would not pass up any opportunity to humiliate her.
Dominic’s eyes held a smile. He looked with interest at the girl beside him, who was preparing for battle. She was not afraid at all, and she looked directly at Sarah, who was sitting opposite her.
Edward also noticed the strangeness between the two of them. In hopes of maintaining peace, he patted his wife’s shoulder, indicating that she should not cause any trouble.
But for some people, telling them to stop would only spur them on. “Aria, dominic’s true love is soft-spoken, unlike you.”
Dominic was watching the show with relish, but he did not expect that it would involve him. His eagle-like sharp eyes immediately darted to Sarah. Sarah not only ignored dominic’s death stare, she also ignored Old Master Cross, whose expression was deeply unsatisfied.
“If she is his true love, then why didn’t my husband marry her? Mary john is just a book that my husband has flipped through. That is dominic’s past. Why point out the past? I don’t care as long as he loves me now,” Aria said very indifferently.