99 Bloody Lashes And A Bullet To His Hear novel Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Dominic drifted through a dream.

In this dream, he returned to the charity gala’s garden, bathed in perfect sunlight.

This time, he didn’t answer that fateful phone call. Instead, he stood beneath the tree, watching as the girl in white carefully returned the bird’s nest to its perch.

She gracefully jumped down, brushing dust from her skirt before looking up and meeting his gaze.

He approached her, his voice deep and gentle: “Hello, I’m Dominic Reed. I’d like to know you.”

The girl blinked, tilting her chin with elegant pride: “Oh? Why’s that?”

“Because you’re beautiful,” he smiled.

She made a dismissive sound, though the tips of her ears turned pink: “Since you’re so taken with me, I suppose I’ll do you the favor of letting you get to know me.”

He suppressed a laugh, finding her utterly adorable.

The dream unfolded naturally from there.

He pursued her, she “reluctantly” accepted his advances. During their courtship, he spoiled her endlessly while she curled in his arms, playfully demanding attention. Eventually, they stood at the altar, exchanging rings amid universal blessings.

He bent to kiss her, and she whispered with flushed cheeks: “Dominic Reed, you’d better be good to me forever.”

“I will,” he promised with a smile. “Forever.”

“Mr. Reed? Mr. Reed!”

The doctor’s urgent voice yanked him from his dream.

Dominic’s eyes snapped open to a stark white ceiling, the pain in his back and chest reminding him of the harsh reality-

No wedding, no love, only wounds and regret.

“Where’s Miss Reeves?” he asked hoarsely.

“In the garden,” the doctor replied.

Dominic ignored all protests, forcing himself out of bed and staggering toward the garden.

Sunlight bathed the flower beds, illuminating Ariana as she stood there, fingertips gently stroking a rose petal. Her profile in the light was breathtakingly beautiful.

12:50

He moved to approach her, but froze when he heard her laugh softly into her phone-

“Yes, I miss you too.”

Dominic’s blood instantly turned to ice.

Her tone carried a hint of shyness and affection, a softness he had never heard from her before,

“Darling,” she said tenderly.

Those one word stabbed into Dominic’s heart like daggers!

He rushed forward, seizing her wrist: “What are you doing?!”

Ariana startled, but quickly regained her composure, raising an eyebrow: “Talking to my husband. Is there a problem?”

“Don’t call him that!” His voice was raw, eyes burning red.

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Chapter 20

Dominic faced it bare handed, immediately being knocked to the ground!

“Dominic!” Ariana cried out involuntarily.

The mastiff’s fangs tore into his arm, blood spurting forth, but Dominic merely grunted, delivering a powerful blow to the animal’s eye!

Gasps of horror erupted from the audience!

The combat was brutally intense, each attack from the mastiff potentially lethal, yet Dominic never retreated despite being covered in blood.

Finally, he managed to get his hands around the mastiff’s throat and, to everyone’s terror, choked the beast until it went limp!

The arena fell silent.

Dominic staggered to his feet, his body a bloody mess, yet somehow made his way to Ariana. There, he knelt before her in a gesture of complete submission.

“I counted ten chunks of flesh it took from me,” he looked up at her, voice ragged. “Ten times repayment.”

“Ari, can you forgive me now?”

Ariana’s fingers trembled: “You’ve truly lost your mind…”

But Dominic smiled.

He took her hand and pressed it against his bloodied face, his gaze both obsessive and tender: “Yes, I have. I lost it long ago.”

“Ari, only you… can heal me now.”