Chapter 42
Dominic’s POV
I reached for the car door where Samantha sat with the twins, their small forms huddled together in the backseat. “Wait for me,” I said. “I’ll drive you home. Just give me a minute.”
She did not respond, did not even look at me. Her silence was louder than any words she could have spoken. It was a silence I was not used to, one that had a gravity of its own. I turned, heading back toward the house, but something in her quiet stillness tugged at me.
For the first time in what felt like forever, I believed we might be able to fix this, whatever this was between us. Finding the twins together, fighting side by side against Olivia, I showed her how much I cared for her and the twins, and I just hoped she could see that I was serious with her, and in fixing our marriage. I wanted her back, and she should know that. Maybe it was not too late yet. Maybe I could prove to her that I was not the man she had run from all those years ago.
I stepped back into Olivia’s house, and before I had even reached the living room, I heard the rumble of my car engine roaring to life, and my stomach dropped.
“No—” I bolted to the door just in time to see my car speeding away down the driveway, Samantha at the wheel. She must have found the key still in the ignition.
“Damn it!” I cursed under my breath, watching the taillights disappear into the night.
“Dominic.”
Olivia’s voice dragged my attention back inside. She was standing there, arms crossed. “You are just going to let her leave like that?”
“She needs space,” I muttered, though I could not shake the bitter taste of watching Samantha drive away. She was always running, from me, from us, but this time, I could not let it be the end.