She Chose Him Now She Wants Me Back novel Chapter 447

Yara gave a soft hum and said, “T–Thank you.”

Dominic smiled. “Why are you thanking me? I’ll take you to your room.”

He stepped forward to carry Yara inside, but Isabella quickly said, “Let me do it.”

Without waiting for his reply, she lifted Yara herself and continued, “Honey, Yara’s a grown girl now. It isn’t really appropriate for you to carry her around like that…”

Dominic had no desire to engage with Isabella, but her point was valid, so he let it pass.

Yara stole a glance at him and looked away only after Isabella carried her into the room.

Half an hour later…

Inside the bedroom, Dominic said coldly, “What are you doing in here?”

Isabella answered as if it were obvious, “Sleeping. What else would I be doing?”

By then, she had changed into a silk nightgown. She wore nothing beneath it, and the sheer fabric revealed a faint, alluring outline.

Dominic pointed to the door. “Get out.”

Isabella bit her lip. “Yesterday we…”

Back in his hometown, nothing had happened between them, but they had at least shared a bed. In her eyes, that counted as a good start.

She had no way to know that earlier that day, her home had already been stripped bare.

When Dominic thought of Katherine, he had no intention of giving Isabella any opening.

“I’m giving you two choices,” he said. “Sleep in Lily’s room, or leave this house.”

His expression made it clear he was not joking.

[sabella’s chest tightened. ‘Everything was fine just yesterday…‘

In the end, she turned and left in silence, her disappointment plain.

Dominic shut the door, locked it, and let out a slow breath.

Isabella’s persistence left him at a loss. ‘If she were to find another man, would things be…‘

The image of her with someone else rose in his mind, and his heart trembled. After a long moment, a bitter smile touched his lips.

“I’m unbelievable…” he murmured.

Elsewhere, Lydia lay in her room, scrolling through reels, her face drawn and haggard.

Her law firm had closed, and she now stayed home with nothing to do.

As she kept scrolling, her phone rang.

She answered wearily. “Mom.”

The voice on the other end brimmed with worry. “Lydia, why don’t you come home? I saw online that… people are saying awful

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things.”

That was putting it mildly. Lydia’s reputation online was in ruins, and insults filled every corner.

She hesitated for a few seconds. “I’ll think about it.”

Her mother sighed. “Come back. I’ll contact a matchmaker and find you a good, honest man to marry.”

A surge of resistance flashed in Lydia’s eyes. ‘Even if I can’t have a man like Dominic, the least I deserve is someone at Zachary’s level. An honest man? Why should I settle?‘

She said nothing.

Her mother continued to coax her. “I know you’ve always been proud, but things have come to this. As long as you’re safe, that’s already…”

As Lydia listened, the corner of her eye caught the doorknob trembling.

She froze.

Her mother kept talking. Lydia’s voice shook. “Mom, stop for a second.”

She fixed her gaze on the door.

In the quiet night, her room held the only light in the apartment.

The dark living room should have been empty.

The door began to open. In the silence, the sound was sharp and unmistakable.

Goosebumps prickled across Lydia’s skin, and her eyes widened in terror.

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