Chapter 536
Dominic’s gaze bore into Hannah. His amber eyes surged with emotion.
He had never once considered marrying Shirley because long ago, he had already decided who he wanted by his side as his wife.
That person was Hannah.
Dominic couldn’t even explain what made her so different from those high–society debutantes and what it was that kept pulling him toward her. But he knew one thing for sure. If there were to be a woman to walk through life with him, he wanted it to be Hannah.
Why else would he have gone to such lengths to get Grace to back down? She had started by insisting he get married, but in the end, she compromised, saying he could either marry or just have a child.
Dominic never even wanted kids before. Ever since his sister went missing when they were young, he had developed a subconscious aversion to children.
He didn’t even like kids, but he still wanted to have a child with Hannah. That way, he could bring her into the Lancaster family, make her his wife, and leave Grace with no room to object.
And he had also secretly joined forces with Gregory to keep the Watson family in check, delaying
Dominic had planned everything down to the last detail. Unfortunately, it still couldn’t compe overthink.
wedding again and again.
Hannah’s tendency to
She had actually convinced herself that he wanted her to have a baby and then hand it over to him and Shirley to raise?
Was she serious? Did she really think he was that much of a scumbag?
That was why he felt it was necessary to clear things up with her before her thoughts ran off in the wrong direction again.
But even after all that, Hannah still looked at him with suspicion in her eyes. “Y–You’re just making things up.”
“Hannah!” Dominic pressed his tongue against his molars. He was so close to laughing out of sheer frustration. “I really want to crack open that head of yours and see what’s inside. Probably just a big pile of mush.”
Hannah scowled. “Can’t you talk nicely? Why do you always have to be so mean? If anyone’s got mush for brains, it’s you! You–
“My brain’s full of you!” Dominic cut her off.
Hannah froze. A flicker of shock crossed her face, and the once–calm surface of her eyes began to ripple.
“Dominic, you-
Dominic couldn’t be bothered to argue with her any longer. He stepped forward, and his tall frame instantly engulfed her in
shadow.
She instinctively backed up, but her spine hit the cold, hard wall. There was nowhere left to go.
Before she could react, Dominic had already tilted her chin up. In the next second, his kiss came crashing down like a tidal wave.
Anathea’s wide eyes stared up into Gregory’s strikingly handsome face.
His kiss was intense and forceful, stealing her breath. She frowned in protest, but Gregory only deepened the kiss while cupping her jaw.
The air between them heated rapidly.
But then, Anathea snapped. Without hesitation, she raised her knee and drove it upward toward his lower half, holding nothing
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back.
Gregory had no choice but to let go of her to dodge the blow. His chest rose and fell with each breath, and his voice turned hoarse. “Annie, you really don’t hold back, do you?”
If he had been a second slower, he might’ve needed a trip to the hospital.
“You brought that on yourself.” Anathea’s own breath was shaky. She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and glared at him. “Mr. Sinclair, if you try anything like that again, don’t blame me for going all out.”
“Then you shouldn’t be dancing that close with other men.” Gregory’s eyes were red. His words were thick with jealousy and laced with the smell of alcohol.
Just now, at the party, Anathea had toasted with those eager–to–please men and dazzled them with her smiles. Gregory nearly crushed the glass in his hand.
He downed drink after drink, trying to numb the jealousy, but nothing worked.
Then Anathea even danced with them. It was those close–contact dances with hands on waists and shoulders, no less.
One man even tried to kiss the back of her hand.
With a crack, the wine glass shattered in Gregory’s hand. He couldn’t take it toward her.
anymore. He mar
Across the hall straight
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