"8 PM. Vexx." A smile played on Dominic Thorne’s lips as he stared at his phone. ’Who sets a blind date at a bar?’ he mused. ’Looks like she has ulterior motives.’
When Sumr Lancaster and lody Donovan arrived at Vexx, they saw a man sitting at the designated table. His back was to them as he elegantly sipped his wine. Sumr felt he looked a little familiar but couldn’t quite place him. lody pulled her into the seat across from him, and then her jaw dropped in surprise.
"It’s... it’s... it’s you!" lody Donovan could barely contain her joy. It clicked for Sumr then. He was Dominic Thorne. She had seen him at a banquet once, but Kenneth Yates had said he wasn’t a suitable partner, so she’d never ntioned him to lody. To think they’d run into him at a blind date, of all places.
lody’s grip on Sumr Lancaster’s hand tightened, and she was so excited she was practically bouncing in her seat.
"Hey, Sister-in-law. What brings you to a blind date?" Dominic Thorne set down his glass, ignoring the excited girl beside her. His eyes landed on Sumr Lancaster. ’What kind of woman does it take to conquer Kenneth Yates?’ Dominic was incredibly curious.
"I’m here with my friend." Sumr Lancaster looked at him. ’He must already know about my relationship with Kenneth,’ she thought, ’but hearing him call ’Sister-in-law’ is so weird.’
Dominic Thorne turned to the girl beside Sumr Lancaster and politely extended his right hand. "Hello, I’m Dominic Thorne."
lody Donovan let go of Sumr and shook his hand. "I’m lody Donovan." ’I can’t believe I’m really seeing Dominic Thorne again.’
"lody, co here for a second." Sumr Lancaster pulled lody to her feet and led her aside.
"Lancaster, what’s wrong?"
"lody, listen to . Dominic Thorne isn’t the sa college senior you used to know. You can’t keep living in the past. He’s a total playboy; he’s not right for you." Sumr was deeply concerned, afraid lody was flying straight into a fla, destined to get burned.
"Lancaster, I know."
Sumr Lancaster looked at the grinning lody. ’Does this girl really get it?’
Back at their table, Dominic Thorne had already ordered drinks for them. The thought of Kenneth Yates made Sumr Lancaster grab her glass and start drinking.
An hour later, Sumr Lancaster was drunk and clinging to Dominic Thorne’s arm. "You... you’re so much more of a gentleman than Kenneth Yates. He’s a bastard." Dominic froze. ’She’s probably the only person on earth who dares to talk about Kenneth like that.’
"Sister-in-law, let take you ho." ’She drank this much today... she must have fought with Kenneth,’ he figured.
"Ho? What ho? I don’t have a ho. Where’s lody? I’ll go to her place." lody was already passed out drunk, leaning against Dominic and fast asleep. Sumr tried to stand, but her legs gave out and she tumbled back onto the sofa. Looking at the two won, Dominic felt a headache coming on. He pulled out his phone and dialed Kenneth Yates’s number.
"Boss, you’ve got to co get Sister-in-law. I can’t handle this."
"What? Sumr Lancaster is with you?"
"We’re at Vexx. She’s drunk! Get here quick!"
"Who are you calling? Are you telling that bastard Kenneth Yates?" Sumr Lancaster snatched his phone and ended the call.
"Hello? Hello?" Kenneth Yates hurled his phone. He had heard Sumr’s voice. ’I can’t believe she’s at a bar, completely wasted!’
Ten minutes later, Kenneth Yates arrived at Vexx.
However, when he saw Sumr Lancaster still clinging to Dominic Thorne’s arm, his eyes blazed with fury. Terrified, Dominic tried to pull his arm away, but Sumr’s grip was too tight.
"Boss, this isn’t my fault! I was here for a blind date and just happened to run into Sister-in-law! Don’t be mad, please..." ’It’s just been one disaster after another lately.’
Kenneth Yates yanked Sumr Lancaster off him. She imdiately latched onto Kenneth’s arm, her entire body hanging off him.
"Boss, if there’s nothing else, I’ll just be... going now." ’This is not a place to linger,’ Dominic thought. ’Best to make a run for it.’
"Take the other girl ho." Kenneth Yates glanced over at lody. ’She must be the one who’s liked Dominic all these years. And she’s Sumr’s good friend. I can’t just leave her at the bar.’
"Yes, Boss." Dominic Thorne scooped up lody Donovan and left the bar.
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