Love the Second Time Around Novel

Chapter 46 Crazy

| looked at James in confusion, hoping for him to elaborate further on what he just said, but he simply returned to

his couch without another word.

Benjamin shifted his gaze between Dominic and | before breaking into a helpless, wry smile.

Mitch had a look of utter confusion on his face, so | knew his guess was probably as good as mine.

Dominic wheeled himself pastand headed for the door.

After taking a moment to think about it, I ran up to him and grabbed hold of the handle to his wheelchair.

“Where are you going?”

“Oh, now you're coming to me?”

| pouted in response to his snarky remark, but | was too soft-hearted to let him roam about in his wheelchair this

late at night.

“We're going home.”

“Huh? We're leaving already?” But we haven't even been here for long!

“What, you haven't had enough fun yet? | thought you had a great tearlier?”

He shutup completely with that comment. | was tempted to say | didn’t have enough fun yet, but | didn’t

dare anger him any further for fear of my own safety.

“I'll be on my way now, Shannon! You guys have fun, all right?” | reluctantly waved her goodbye before turning

toward James as | continued, “You'd better make sure to get Shannon hsafe, you hear? I'll cfor you if

anything happens to her!”

Being a lot more chivalrous than Dominic, James agreed to my request without any hesitation.

Upon leaving Royal Entertainment, | was about to hail us a cab when Dominic toldto head for the parking lot

instead.

We stopped in front of a black car which I instantly recognized as the one Calvin used to pick him up in.

“You know, you didn’t have to make Calvin call the way here like this. We could have just headed back in a

cab or something.”

It must really suck being his assistant! Poor Calvin, he’s probably on standby 24/7!

| tugged at the door handle, only to realize it was locked.

That's odd... Could it be that Calvin went looking for us?

Beep! Beep! The beeping noise of the car doors being unlocked snappedout of my thoughts.

| took a quick glance around, but there was no sign of Calvin anywhere.

“Helpinto the car.”

“Oh, okay.”

| wrapped Dominic's arm around my shoulder as | helped him get up.

Usually, it was either Calvin doing it by himself or with shelp from me.

That was the first t| had to support the weight of a two-hundred-pound man like this all by myself. | nearly

sprained my hip in the process.

There was still no sign of Calvin even after | helped Dominic into the car.

“Well? What are you standing around for? Get in!”

| was about to climb into the back seat like | usually did, but he stoppedbefore I could do so and said

something completely unexpected, “Get in the front. You're driving.”

Wait, what? Is he seriously askingto drive? | was dumbfounded when I heard that.

“Where's Calvin? Could he have gone to the bathroom or something? We should probably just wait for him to

cback!”

“Who said anything about him coming over? It's just the two of us here right now. Are you expectingto drive

instead?” Dominic said coldly.

Something about what he said felt odd for sreason, but | couldn’t quite put my finger on what it was and

shot him a strange look in confusion.

My primary concern was my lack of confidence in my own driving skills; | had never driven a car after getting my

driver's license.

As much as | hated the man, | didn’t have it into get us both killed in a car accident either.

“Um, Mr. Hartnell... I'm a very terrible driver, so | think we should hail a cab instead.”

Despite my attempt at explaining myself, Dominic seemed hell-bent on havingdrive that night.

“I believe I've made myself very clear when | asked you to drive earlier. Do you not understand Chanaean or

something?”

What the hell? | could say the exact sthing to him!

“I'm being serious here, Dominic! | can’t drive! You may have a death wish, but | don’t!”

I knew he was trying to spiteto get revenge for earlier, but risking both our lives like this wasn’t worth it at

all.

“Have you forgotten how much you owe me, Liliana? Having you die along withis a small price compared to

ie.”

Hearing him say that frustratedto no end. What the hell is wrong with him today? | know he hasn't been

drinking, but his rage has made him as reckless as a drunk! We're talking about life and death here, for crying

out loud! You don’t get a second chance if you screw up and end up dead!

“You're crazy! | don’t care if you're feeling suicidal, but I'm not about to risk my life like this!”

| lashed out at him and ignored his demand. He couldn't drive the car on his own anyway.

The cab | hailed arrived about ten minutes later, and we were finally able to return to the mansion.

“You should take a shower and get srest,” | stated after leaving Dominic in his bedroom. | then returned to

my room and showered before scrolling through Twitter in bed.

A notification from a friend request popped up all of a sudden, but | declined it. | never accepted friend requests

from strangers online.

However, this stranger was persistent and kept sendingfriend requests repeatedly even after | declined each

and every one of them.

Right when | was about to report his account for spam, | received a call from Nicholas. The caller ID made me

shoot excitedly out in bed.

I quickly cleared my throat as | answered the call, “Hi, Nicholas! | didn’t think you'd actually call!”

| didn’t expect the man to callso soon after getting my number earlier.

He let out a chuckle and said, “I believe the point of getting someone’s number is to contact them, wouldn't you

agree? | wasn't actually planning on calling you this late at night, but you kept declining my friend requests, so |

was afraid you'd report my account for spam.”

Oh... So it was Nicholas sendingthose friend requests earlier...

“Oh my god! That was you? | thought it was sweird creep! Sendanother one, and I'll accept it right

away!”

| can’t believe I just declined the friend request of every woman's dream man!

After connecting with him online, the two of us began chatting immediately.

It was then | realized how much Nicholas and | had in common. | also discovered just how much of a comedian

he was.

Sof his jokes were so funny that | found my stomach hurting from laughter.

The bedroom door was opened halfway as we conversed. Midway through the conversation, | saw a dark

silhouette in the doorway.

After a brief pause, | quickly switched on the chandelier in the room and saw that it was Dominic.

Jeez, that scared me! What does he want fromthis late at night?

| thought to myself as | patted my chest in an attempt to calm my nerves.