We were both startled and turned to look. Dominic was walking towards us, his face displeased. He came and hugged my waist with such force that my body wobbled and fell into his lap.
"Who is this? I've never met this person before. Your friend?" Dominic was talking to me but his eyes were fixed on Frederick.
"Um, I'm..."
"I didn't ask you. I asked her." Dominic interrupted Frederick, then he gently squeezed my waist to signal silently asking me to answer his question.
"He's a friend I just met." I replied, then observed his expression. Looks like he got angry.
"You? You have too many male friends, don't you? Last time it was Garrick Harvey, this time..."
Dominic raised an eyebrow at Frederick.
"Ah, Frederick. Frederick Vincent." Frederick's friendly smile was gone. Looking at him now, he looks a bit awkward. Perhaps he also sensed the tense atmosphere and my troubled expression. Still, he reached out his hand to say hello to Dominic.
Dominic took Frederick's hand and they immediately let go.
Dominic didn't look at Frederick anymore, he turned to me and asked.
"Let's go have fun now, see you buy a lot of things."
"Um, me and Frederick went for a walk. I bought a cake, too." I held up the beautiful cake for Dominic to see, hoping it would help relieve his anger.
"Oh really?" He took the cake from my hand. "This cheap cake? That's why I said you shouldn't go with those mediocre guys. It only makes you fall in love with vain and worthless things."
Dominic's words were like implicitly saying that Frederick was just a poor and insignificant guy. This is really rude and it will probably hurt Frederick's pride. Of course, when I turned to look at Frederick, I completely lost sight of his gentle and welcoming expression, and replaced it with a strange silence.
"Can you please stop saying things like that?" I felt embarrassed and embarrassed by this situation and wanted it to end immediately, so I pulled Dominic's hand in the hope that he would stop this.
However, his expression darkened even more after hearing me say that. He took the cake and emptied it straight into the trash, then roughly grabbed my arm and dragged me towards the elevator. The force he used was so strong that my wrists were red and painful. I couldn't resist and staggered after his hurried footsteps.
Suddenly, my other wrist was caught, so I almost fell.
"Hey, I don't know if you're Esther's boyfriend but don't be so rough with her. Don't you see her wrists are already red?" Frederick said seriously, his cold expression completely different from the sarcasm and laughter when walking with me.
Dominic stopped walking, slowly looking down at my hand being held by Frederick. I saw his face tense and hide his anger. Before I could stop him, Dominic stepped forward and swatted Frederick's hand away and pushed him back.
"She's my fiancé. And she doesn't need your attention, she needs me enough. You can go away now." Dominic even loosened the hem of his white shirt after he finished speaking.
"Fiancee?" Frederick looked surprised, he stood motionless for a moment without reacting.
At that time, Dominic also seemed to have lost his patience to talk to Frederick, plus a few people noticed us and stopped to look so Dominic quickly took me back to my room. Although I felt very sorry for Frederick, I knew I shouldn't have stayed to comfort him but had to do as Dominic said.
Dominic is angry and so am I, we need to work this out.
As I entered the room, I immediately snatched my hand away from Dominic's. I rub my aching wrist and look at him with puzzled eyes.
"What are you going crazy about after all? Frederick is a nice guy and we're just friends."
"You ask me what I'm crazy about? Can't you see the way he looks at you like a hungry wolf looking at a sheep?" Dominic took off his coat and threw it on the sofa.
"What's with a wolf and a sheep? You talk so hard to understand."
I forced myself and rubbed my forehead, the first time I spoke so harshly to him. I feel like he's belittling Frederick as much as he's belittling me. I like Frederick for his kindness, but Dominic doesn't. I can't fathom how great his nobility is to make him so upset over such a small matter.
Before officially loving him, I used to be self-deprecating and weak, always afraid that I wasn't worthy of him or that he didn't love me as I thought. I've always been cautious and careful in my thoughts and actions, and that makes me insanely tired.
To be able to love him, I stepped out of my comfort zone and tried to be braver every day.
But what hi is doing today makes me feel like my efforts were futile and I'm like an idiot.
"Ah, you don't understand. You're so permissive as to let any man approach you, and if he asked you to sleep with him you would do the same, wouldn't you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, I also swung a strong slap on his cheek. His voice stopped, his left cheek flushed and his face tilted to the side. I couldn't even imagine what a bold move I had just made.
I slapped Dominic. I pulled my hand back in panic and my whole body was shaking. But I have no intention of apologizing for what I just did. I felt offended and he said outrageous words that hurt me.
What do you consider me to be? A lustful whore?
Tears almost fell but I held back, tried to look calm, and spoke.
"Dominic, I'm human too. If you hurt me, I won't forgive you."
I assumed Dominic would get mad or do something to me. But he just stood still, looking at me quietly. To this day, I still don't understand your thinking.
I felt my body shaking and my mind reeling, until Dominic slowly approached me and grabbed my chin.
"I'm your man, your fiancé. I can give in to everything you do, except for one thing... that you're near another man." He spoke slowly and clearly, but every word made it hard for me to breathe.
Is Dominic jealous?
Only now did I realize that the source of that anger was Dominic being jealous of Frederick.