Chapter 62 – The Missing Light

Mannie’s POV

Going to see Dominic's family, especially his mother, was another mental hurdle that I had to struggle with.

“You don’t want to come?” Dominic asked, sensing how reluctant I was.

I gave him a weak smile, not saying anything.

“You will be fine. My family doesn’t bite,” he said softly.

“Let’s go,” Dominic said and turned to enter the car.

“Is he driving or is there…” I didn’t need to think much as my question was soon answered by the presence of a driver in the driver’s seat.

The car roared to life, splattering some mud as it sped off.

Watching the passing scenery, my mind was filled with a lot of things.

I still hadn’t gotten my mother a birthday gift, and surely, I couldn’t keep delaying it either.

I prayed that after this meeting with his family, he’d pay me handsomely once again.

While I was still thinking about what the children would eat after I got back from this sudden visit, we soon arrived at the mansion.

This time around, I was more composed and didn’t look like someone who hadn’t seen the world before.

I even noticed that Dominic threw me a look of appreciation, though faint. It even felt like I had misread it.

Dominic gave me his hand, and I wrapped my hand around his with a smile adorning my face.

I didn’t know when a faint blush appeared on my cheeks, and even my innocent eyes seemed to water with a kind of indulgent love.

Dominic’s mother, who was standing outside waiting for her son, immediately scowled upon seeing the way we were.

I lowered my head a bit, giving off the demure vibe of a daughter-in-law.

“Why did you bring her with you again? I thought you wouldn’t want us to see her anymore since you feared we could do something,” she said, her voice like the calm before the storm.

Dominic guessed the hidden blades in his mother’s words and deftly sidestepped them.

“Muah.” He kissed his mother’s forehead, which made a smile blossom on her face, though she immediately schooled her features to hide her delight. Though she couldn’t hide it well enough.

“Mom, the weather is cold. You shouldn’t be out here waiting for us.”

She sighed, a tinge of melancholy in her voice as she spoke, “Isn’t it because I missed my son so much.”

Dominic didn’t want to talk much on that topic with his mother and changed it, “Mom, where are Granddad and Michael?”

I didn’t think much of the name. So, I didn’t react until I saw the cousin in person.

Who knew we would meet in such a manner, again?

We entered the living room to see Dominic’s granddad watching some teenage movie.

It was a bit surprising, but considering the fact that he spoke the way he spoke, the surprise lessened considerably.

“Amanda, please wait for Michael and have the maids get something for Dominic’s girlfriend,” he said.

I could sense the shift in the atmosphere at that moment. I turned to look at Dominic, who had looked away, not wanting to interfere.

I lowered my head, as if I hadn’t seen or heard anything.

Amanda, unable to vent her frustration, turned and left with a humph.

Watching as she sashayed her hips and moved forward while tugging on the fur coat draped on her shoulders, a thought popped into my head.

“Damn, is there a family drama here?”

Suddenly, I heard a familiar voice that made me shift uncomfortably in my seat.

My ears twitched as I tried to hear the person well enough, but it was too far.

I looked at Dominic and his grandfather, who bore a subtle smile upon hearing the voice.

The more the footsteps approached, the more my heart thumped.

I tried to assure myself that I didn’t know the person, but the boisterous voice that followed soon after almost made me collapse on my seat.

“Granddad, I’m home!” The familiar voice called out as he entered the living room.

When I saw the person was Michael — my ex-boyfriend — I would be lying to say I didn’t want to faint.

But he probably guessed what was on my mind and ended up doing it the moment he found out that I was his sister-in-law.

My fear of seeing Michael wasn’t that he was going to spill anything to Dominic, but rather to his parents. I and Dominic were already in a contract which was purely business, so I did not have to worry about him.

Seeing him faint, Dominic and his granddad were shocked for a moment.

“It seems his sister-in-law is too beautiful for him to behold.”

A shy smile appeared on my face at that sentence.

Dominic coldly retorted, “She isn’t so stunningly beautiful as to make someone faint.”

“Then it should be because of that and the fact that he is drunk.” The old man said, patting the fainted Michael on the floor. “It’s not like it’s his first time fainting anyway.” The old man mused loudly.

I breathed a sigh of relief that I had escaped that situation, only for my phone to buzz inside my purse.

Dominic opened his phone. “Let me call the family doctor.”

“Mmm.” His granddad hummed and then turned to call some servants to take Michael up to his room.

Seeing everyone busy, I asked for permission to take my own call and then moved to the side.

I brought out my phone from my bag, which had been incessantly ringing.

I picked up the moment I saw the caller’s name. What could have made my mom call me so much?

“Mom, did something happen?” I asked the moment my mom’s sobbing voice came through.

“Lilly is missing. She got abducted.”

Clatter!!!

The phone fell out of my hand, and I could no longer hear what was being said.

It was like a buzz in my mind.?