Chapter 221

VANESSA

I stood there frozen, staring at the stairs Dominic had just walked up like I had seen a ghost. My feet wouldn’t move, my mind wouldn’t think straight, and my whole body felt like it was being weighed down by something too heavy to carry. There was a ringing in my ears, and my chest felt tight, like something inside me had just cracked and shattered.

He was willing to lose everything. Just