Leila arrived at the hospital with Renee. When they got to the ward, as expected, Dominick was awake and a nurse was busy examining him. Dominick was sitting with his back resting on the plastic bed frame with his both hands straightened on both sides. A bandaid was wrapped around his head, Leila was surprised because there was no bandaid in his head before they left. Seeing him in one made her extremely worried. Dominick looked so stressed and the band aid made his face look pale. Dark circles appeared around his eyes, he had been unconscious and seriously sick for a whole day so she wouldn't blame him for looking that way. "Dominick" she called out his name calmly as she went to meet him. He didn't speak but stared at her as she approached him. Leila leaned and gave him a hug. She was so excited to see that he had . Leila was also tempted to kiss him but she didn't. "Leila" he called, calmly. She almost teared up when he called her name. Leila didn't realize how much she missed him.
LEILALeila was thrown into the dimly lit study room of Dante Castillo, she stood up instantly and dusted herself. Leila looked towards the direction he was in, and she went towards there. Without hesitating, she took her seat on the chair facing him."You didn't have to send your men to bring me. I could come on my own" she stated.Dante was busy reading some documents and he didn't pay attention to her. "Do you really not care about your son? He's still at the hospital. He even had surgery due to what you did to him. Do you not even care to ask?" She spoke, Leila was frustrated by his ignorance. She knew that he was severely heartless. She couldn't help but to address the issue. "You should learn not to raise your voice at me, miss Gonzales" Dante cautioned her. He spoke in an extremely low and composed tone. One would think that he could never hurt a fly. Leila hated his pretense. She wanted to be as far away as she could from him. "Why did you send it to me? What do you want?" She
The disco lights in the clubhouse blinked and reflected at all angles and people who were busy carrying out different activities. As Dominick entered the club, his presence was instantly noticed by Dante's men and they came to attend to him."Is Mr. Castillo expecting your presence?" One if the guards asked him. Dominick grinned briefly as he took a drink from one of the waiters and sipped. "He isn't. Kindly go and inform my father that I'm here to see him" he demanded. The guards exchanged glances between themselves before one of them went to pass the information to Dante. The casino was in a more secluded part of the club, most of the clubbers weren't aware of it. It was only opened to special guests like governors and ministers who ran illegal businesses with Dante. "Mr. Castillo is this way, sir" the guard who returned pointed. He escorted Dominick to the underground casino. When they got there, Dominick approached the table where Dante and his friends were on— playing games. Smo
"Who did this?" His loud voice resonated in her ears as he yelled out those words. His grip on her arms tightened, that was the length of his anger at the moment. Leila knew that if she said anything, Dominick would act reckless, so she tried her best to stay calm and not respond. "Answer me!" He demanded, pulling her closer to himself with a swift move. Leila only shook her head as she couldn't speak, she was unable to face his anger. She couldn't bring herself to lie to him or tell him the truth. Dominick noticed the frightened looks on her face so he decided to keep it calm and not to overreact. He breathed deeply before he finally asked."Did Dante do this to you?" He asked her all of a sudden. He watched her reactions when he mentioned Dante's name, he could already guess that it was him who touched her. His eyes surveyed her face— down to her neck and he realized that there were bruises on her back. Dominick instantly pulled down the arm of her dress, revealing a huge long sca
~ The next day at noon ~Leila never thought that Dante would let them return back to Mexico city, even though she didn't like the place, she wasn't at any time comfortable when she was at Dantes'. It was during evening when they arrived, Leila retired to her room and Dominick went out to Renee for work. Leila had tried to persuade him before not to go out and to take his rest because he hadn't fully recovered but he wouldn't listen. Dominick felt like he was lagging behind because of the business deals he had missed when he was under Dante's custody. He had to go catch up on them. Thereby, leaving Leila alone in the mansion. She stayed In her room for so many hours, awaiting his return back to the mansion. Leila did so many chores, arranged her room, despite the fact that the maids already did that. Leila redid it just to while away time, but he still hadn't come back. She laid down on the huge bed and tried to catch some sleep but it was highly impossible for her. "Argh!" Leila excl
In the VIP room of the city clubhouse, Dominick Castillo sat on the green couch smoking his cigarette. The atmosphere of the VIP room didn't seem like that of a clubhouse, it was quieter than a usual club room would be. Dominick made it so. It was his clubhouse and his private meeting room. During the past, he used to have sluts come here to meet him, he brought in different women in this place. Not until he met Shantelle and he made the room their private room. Being there at the moment, he reminisced of those times that he was with her. He couldn't deny the fact that he still has some soft spot for her despite her betrayal. But his heart can never be for Shantelle again— as Leila already took over. Within a short while, the door opened and Shantelle walked inside to meet him. She used her hands to fan her face, dusting the smoke that covered her view. She knew Dominick to be a heavy smoker, but he smoked too much already. The room was barely ventilated, due to the strong security h
Renee entered inside the bedroom after receiving Dominick's permission. He met him drinking whiskey while he stood faced the window gazing outside. The night was cool and Dominick enjoyed the views outside his mansion. Sometimes, he loved watching the staffs from his window and inspecting all of their activities. "How long were you planning on keeping it away from me?" He questioned Renee as soon as he walked in. Renee instantly understood what he said. He swallowed deeply on his dried throat before proceeding the speak."I was planning on informing you that doctor Liam refused to leave. I wanted to force him out but he begged me so I thought that…." He paused halfway through his sentence. Renee realized that the more he explained, the more Dominick got angry. He never should've disobeyed him and allowed Liam to stay in their mansion. He regretted his actions and he fell on his knees immediately and he begged. "You thought what?" He asked Renee. Dominick moved from the window and wen
A pair of eyes sprang open all of a sudden, Liam's vision was still blurry as he looked around the room that he was in. Liam never thought that he would make it alive when Dominick shot at him. He instantly checked himself to see if he sustained any injury but he realized that he didn't. He had passed out from just a gunshot sound. Liam was so scared that Dominick would shoot him earlier. Now that he survived, he had to flee. Liam stood up from the bed quickly and he went towards the door. He wanted to leave so that Dominick wouldn't return to kill him. Maybe, he will succeed this time. As soon as he opened the door, his eyes met a pair of emerald eyes gazing at the door. Leila was just about to open up and enter when he rushed outside the room. "Doctor Liam. You're awake" Leila said. "Thank goodness" she exclaimed. Earlier, when she saw him unconscious on the floor, Leila assumed that he was dead. She didn't realize that he passed out from shock. Liam still wasn't sure that he wante