Chapter 184: Wish for her to break
Dominic clenched his teeth. Even if Tao didn’t say her name, he knew who he was talking about. "You don’t know what you are talking about."
"Oh, but I am," Tao gritted out, his expression calm yet cold. "I know that you still desire her despite all the things that she has done, and you feel ashamed of it. You are angry at yourself because you still love her, Dom. You know you shouldn’t, but you do. And it’s getting really tiresome. Do you even know how hard it was for me and Blake to suppress the rumour that you tried to snatch Alpha Sokolov’s fuck toy—just because you wanted Inez’s substitute?"
"People are questioning you, Dom. Do you even hear them? They are asking why are you hung up on the woman who killed your sister?!" Tao roared, his voice almost piercing through the thick walls of his office.
His question was like a whip, which made Dominic flinch. He clenched his fists and wanted to say that he was wrong, but he couldn’t bring those words to his lips because he knew that Tao was right. He missed Inez and still desired her to the point that he was willing to bring a substitute.
Silence stretched within the room as the sound of Tao’s heavy breathing echoed.
"And what about you?" Dominic softly questioned. He raised his head and looked at Tao, whose eyes slowly started to fill with confusion. "Do you think I don’t know that you and Luca feel the same for her? Don’t try to deny it. I have seen how you two looked at her when we were kids."
Tao stiffened upon hearing his question. He opened his mouth to deny it, but couldn’t; in the end, he stiffly said to Dominic, "So, what? Even if we did feel something for her, at least we are not ruining our lives now that she has left. I still take on my responsibilities as well as yours. I am not going around looking for a fucking substitute!"
Once he finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the office, leaving Dominic to brood over what he had said to him. He knew that Tao was right. He knew that his mother was right.
Everyone except him was right.