CHAPTER 13

“It wasn’t that simple.”

“Why not? Were they looking for something else?” she asked. “Did you find out what they wanted so you could meet their requirements?”

“God, Samaire! Breathe, will you?!” he said holding up his hand for her to stop. “Where are all these questions coming from?”

“I’m just curious, that’s all… What did you do when you were rejected?” Samaire asked again.

“Well, there was nothing I could do. Sometimes you have no control over these decisions. I simply moved on.”

She narrowed her eyes as if she was trying to understand.

“You were told ‘no’ and you ‘moved on’? To me, it seems this was very important to you…”

“It was.”

Dominic gritted his teeth as he turned the car into her apartment complex. It had been so important that he had battled hard with his family to even apply to the culinary school.

He had gone to the university they’d chosen, but after that, he wanted to try something else. In the end, they’d reluctantly supported him but off