Dominic had a headache. He rubbed his temples. No matter how hard he thought about it, he could not figure out why he had kissed her. It was fine if he had just kissed her, but he had even left her lips swollen. Could this be the so-called promiscuity of a drunk man?
Downstairs, Aria sat alone on the steps. She took a deep breath to calm her heart rate. Then, she walked to the hall to entertain her husband’s good friends.
Old Master Cross asked, “Is he asleep?”
Sria replied, “Yes, he went to sleep.” Aria sat beside Old Master Cross. To be honest, she did not know how to entertain her husband’s friends. To put it bluntly, they were all strangers to her.
Elliott was the first to notice Atia’s mouth. It looked different from before. He gestured for Lewis to follow his gaze. Lewis looked at her lips, then nodded at Aria.
Elliott was confused. ‘Why are you nodding at me?’
Mathias thought to himself, no wonder this little girl was in the room for so long before she came out. It turned out that she had gone to touch up her makeup. This deep lipstick shade was not suitable for her. It was too obvious.
Elliott then shook Mathew’s arm and gestured for him to look at Aria. Matthew nudged him right back and stared at Elliott. ‘I’m not blind!’
The two of them kept fidgeting, and their eye contact was becoming even more obvious. Even Andrew felt awkward, he stood up and said goodbye. “Uncle Cross, since Dominic is home safe, we’ll leave first. We’ll visit again another day.”
Mathias and lewis quickly stood up and echoed, “Uncle Cross, we’ll head back first. We’ll visit you another day.”
Elliott had sustained the most injuries from being beaten by dominic, so he got up slowly. Mathew was there to help him, so Elliott finally got up. The cross family members also got up to see him off.
It was late, and dominic had fallen asleep. Old Master Cross did not ask any of them to stay longer. “Mm, thank you for sending Dominic back. If you’re free, just come and visit me more often. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you guys.”
Everyone nodded. Aria shadowed Old Master Cross and watched them leave.
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As Elliott was getting into the car, Aria kept watching his strange movements. Only when the car was far away did Aria heave a sigh of relief. She asked Old Master Cross curiously, “Dad, can I ask you a question?”
Old Master Cross nodded. “Sure.”
“That guy called Elliott, is his tail bone broken?” Aria asked like an i***t.
Old Master? Cross said, “You can ask Dominic yourself when he wakes up!”
Aria stood rooted to the ground in a daze. Why would she ask dominic about this? She was puzzled. Old Master Cross smiled and looked at Aria’s mouth. An observant person could tell what had happened with just one look. He turned around and left awkwardly.
Sarah followed closely behind Old Master Cross. Aria called out to her, “Sister-in-law, thank you.” One thing led to another. Just now, she had reminded herself in the dining hall that she needed to thank her. However, this did not mean that she could let bygones be bygones.
Sarah did not say anything. She turned around and returned to the bedroom. Her impression of this young lady had changed slightly.
In the bedroom, Aria looked at Dominic who was still in bed. She thought carefully. ‘I definitely did not take off his shoes just now.’ However, she looked at the neatly arranged pair of leather shoes and socks by the bed and fell into deep thought again. ‘But he was clearly asleep when I left just now!’
Aria poked dominic’s face with her index finger. “Hey, are you awake?”
Dominic usually had light sleep. Right now, even if he was not awake, Aria would be waking him up. However, he still pretended to be asleep and ignored her with his eyes closed.
“He’s really asleep?” Aria’s tone actually carried traces of joy. She looked at Dominic who was sleeping soundly and clicked her tongue. “My mother said that when a man gets drunk, he’s like a ‘dead pig’. He won’t wake up no matter what.”
“Ugh! I really didn’t expect to get this lucky. You, this ‘dead pig’, have fallen into my hands now.” Aria sat by the bed and reached out to pinch dominic’s face. The more she played with him, the happier she became. “I let you bully me. It’s never too late for me to take revenge! No, no, no.”
After making sure that dominic would not wake up, Aria became even more daring. She pinched dominic’s nose, not letting him breathe. After a few seconds, she let go.
At this moment, the man who was pretending to be asleep was secretly clenching his hands into fists. If not for the awkwardness from the kiss just now, he would have crushed Aria right now!
Aria was very excited. “Aren’t you amazing? Get up and hit me!”