His Wicked Obsession (Archer and Virginia) novel Chapter 498

It was Felicity Rhodes.

"Dominic, I'm so sorry for dropping by this late," Felicity said softly, her voice carrying a fragile vulnerability.

"What is it?"

Dominic's tone was ice-cold, and he didn't even bother turning around.

Felicity bit her lower lip and took a step forward. "I heard you took her to the exhibition at The Victoria Arts Center tonight?"

Dominic remained silent.

Felicity's eyes reddened, and a desperate edge crept into her voice. "Dominic, how much longer are you going to keep her around? She's just a substitute! Have you really lost your mind over this?"

Felicity's words echoed clearly in the vast living room, slamming heavily into "Gemma's" eardrums.

At the corner of the stairs, "Gemma" stopped breathing, her fingers digging fiercely into the wooden handrail.

"You make her wear Gemma's favorite red dresses. You make her wear Gemma's favorite rose perfume. You even try to brainwash her with Gemma's memories..."

"Dominic, please, wake up! Gemma is dead! She died over a year ago!"

"Keeping that woman by your side changes nothing. You're just lying to yourself!"

"You need to move on and start living again, not drown in this delusion..."

By the window, Dominic stood with one hand tucked into the pocket of his robe. The gaze behind his gold-rimmed glasses radiated an icy, unapproachable chill.

"When did my business become any of yours?" he asked smoothly, his voice devoid of emotion yet utterly suffocating in its dominance.

Felicity paled. The white cashmere coat made her look even more pitiful.

With tears in her eyes, she took another step forward, her voice breaking. "Dominic, I'm just looking out for you. Do you think it's easy for everyone to watch you guard a fake imposter every single day?"

The room was dead silent, save for the sound of her own breathing.

She walked over to the vanity and picked up the burner phone she had placed face-down on the table.

The screen lit up, and Cindy's smiling face filled her vision once more.

Staring at the photo, she thought back to every detail of her life with Dominic over the past year and a half.

Dominic was incredible to her, granting her every wish, yet they had never shared any genuine physical intimacy.

Every time he held her, it felt like he was completing a ritual. And whenever he looked at her, she couldn't shake the illusion that he was staring at someone else entirely.

She used to think it was just his personality, but now, all the clues were glaringly obvious...

"Gemma" sat on the edge of the bed. She thought about how, for the past year and a half, Dominic had bought her flashy, vibrant clothes, personally spritzed her with rose perfume, and even taken her to eat premium seafood dishes...