Love the Second Time Around Novel

Chapter 90 | Hate Being Belittled

The three of us were startled and | clearly saw Nicholas frowning.

Oh, no. Nicholas is frowning. Does it mean... the reporters are outside? My heart skipped a beat once the thought

flashed through my mind.

“Should | open the door?” Shannon turned around and asked Nicholas and me.

“Don’t go!”

“Wait!” Nicholas and | stopped her simultaneously.

We're doomed. Even Nicholas doesn’t agree with opening the door. The people outside must be terrifying!

“Liliana, open the door! Liliana!”

That familiar voice madestay rooted to the floor. Is that... Dominic?

| hesitantly moved toward the door.

After listening to the voice for a while, | confirmed that it was Dominic's.

Before | opened the door, | instinctively turned around to gaze at Nicholas. Deep down, | couldn't help but feel

that we would be in trouble soon.

As soon as the door opened, Dominic pushedaside expressionlessly and entered.

“Mr. Hartnell, what a coincidence! We meet again,” Nicholas greeted Dominic with a grin.

However, Dominic acted like a statue and made no response.

Meanwhile, Shannon cup toand winked, gesturing that it was tto watch a good show.

“Hey,” Then, she pokedand whispered, “what's going on? | mean, both of your rumored boyfriends have

gathered here. Liliana, | think you must have done something great in your past life to deserve this now.”

“Shut up!” | couldn't believe she was in the mood to imagine such things.

Doesn't she feel that the situation is about to go out of hand?

As Dominic ccloser toward Nicholas, | immediately rushed toward Dominic and blocked his way. | warded off

Dominic from Nicholas, thinking that I had to protect my friend.

Besides, if the two fought, | believed Nicholas was no match for Dominic.

Ever since | knew Nicholas, he had always been helpingand even said he would not let Dominic bully me.

“Dominic, don’t be impulsive.”

“Are you protecting him? Make way!” Dominic sounded terrifyingly cold.

Although | was frightened, | was still reluctant to go away. Besides, | was betting with myself that Dominic would

not dare hit a woman.

“No way. You... Don’t you ever hurt Nicholas.” | mustered up my courage to yell at Dominic.

As Dominic walked closer to us menacingly, | subconsciously stepped back and bumped into Nicholas. At that

moment, | knew that there was no way for us to escape.

“Don’t makerepeat myself for the third time. Make way!”

“I don’t...”

| refused to back down even though Dominic seemed threatening. The next moment, Nicholas grabbed my wrist

and draggedbehind him.

I was nervous. “Nicholas, be careful!”

“It's fine. I'm not that weak anyway. Besides, since Mr. Hartnell is a gentleman, | don’t think he'll do anything to

me.” Nicholas was as composed as usual.

However, | could not help but grip my shirt anxiously. Is Dominic considered a gentleman? He's a wolf in sheep's

clothing!

None of the things that he did towas gentlemanly.

A few seconds later, Nicholas continued to ask Dominic, “Mr. Hartnell, why are you here so early? Is there

something wrong?”

Dominic answered crossly, “It has nothing to do with you.”

“In that case, Liliana and | will get going. Please excuse us, Mr. Hartnell.” With that, Nicholas grabbed my hand

and pulledinto his arms to protectas we walked toward the door.

Dominic dashed to the front to block our way. Fortunately, Nicholas intercepted Dominic when the latter wanted

to grab my hand.

“Mr. Hartnell, this is too much.” | could sense Nicholas’ voice becoming more hostile.

The next moment, Dominic pushed Nicholas’ hand away and grabbed my arm with great precision, pulling me

toward him. However, Nicholas also reacted quickly and grabbed Dominic's arm in return.

Hence, the two six-foot-tall men glared at each other in a standoff. The situation was tense.

As | thought they would begin fighting, Dominic suddenly burst into laughter.

Then, as if to show off and humiliate Nicholas, Dominic said, “Nicholas, ask her how many times she’s slept with

me. Besides, I'm sure a prominent figure like you can have as many women as you want. So, there's no need for

us to get ugly with each other.”

Although Nicholas had not responded to Dominic's remark, | felt Dominic’s words just now were more hurtful

than what he said toyesterday.

Nevertheless, | told myself that | could not cry.

“Dominic, are you out of your mind? So what if | slept with you? Get with the times. Isn't it normal to have one-

night stands nowadays? And are you suggesting that | must stick with you just because | slept with you a few

times?”

As | becemotional, | hugged Nicholas’ waist and sneered, “Nicholas and I did it with mutual consent

yesterday. As far | could tell, you're a lot worse than he!”

Although | seemed to be speaking freely, the truth was that my hand on Nicholas’ waist sweated profusely. | was

also gripping his shirt tightly as | was very nervous.

Meanwhile, Dominic suddenly grabbed my wrist and applied greater pressure to his grip onupon hearing

what | said. It was painful but | remained composed and did not exhibit my emotions.

| would rather endure the pain than listen to Dominic's belittling remarks.

“Mr. Hartnell, didn’t she make it clear? Why don’t you let go of your hand?” Nicholas said.

Dominic shota disdainful glance and slowly let go of me.

| would have lost my balance and fallen to the floor if | wasn’t hugging Nicholas’ waist.

“Liliana, remember what you said totoday,” Dominic warned while letting out a wry smile.

I bit my lips and did not reply; nevertheless, | felt bitter and heartbroken deep down.

“Mr. Hartnell, since you said so, | have something to tell you,” Nicholas suddenly added, “Regardless of your past

relationship with Liliana, it's all over now. If you're a man, please act like one. Don’t hold onto things that don’t

belong to you anymore.”

“Also,” Nicholas paused for a while and hugged my waist before he continued with a smile, “who hasn't

encountered scumbags before?”

| felt a lot better; | even almost giggled at Nicholas’ remark.

Dominic stared atfor a while without saying a word. A moment later, he slammed the door shut and left.

At that point, | finally could not hold back. | broke out into tears, which were hot and scorched my face.