The Luna Queen's Rebirth (Ellie and Dominic) novel Chapter 221

Chapter 221

Ellie’s POV

Dominic popped the octopus into his mouth. For a’moment, he didn’t chew, just closed his lips around it and winced, and I thought for certain that he would spit it out.

Or vomit. Whichever came first.

But to my complete and utter surprise, he didn’t do either of those things. He began to chew, shutting his eyes as his fingers gripped his utensils, then swallowed.

He opened his eyes. They were red and watery from trying not to gag.

I thought for sure that he would be done.

And yet, somehow, he reached for another piece of the octopus.

“How are you eating that?” I blurted out. “You hate octopus! You’ve said before that anything with tentacles is disgusting!”

Dominic finished swallowing the second piece with great effort, then picked up his wine glass and chugged half of it. Setting the glass back down on the table, he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and said, ”

It’s not so bad.”

I blinked. “You’re visibly trying not to gag right now.”

“I don’t want to waste it,” he said. “Besides, Vivian went to all that trouble to prepare this. It would be rude of me not to at least try it.”

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Before I could stop myself, I blurted out, “But she only did this to impress you and make me look bad! I saw her take the list because I was the one who wrote it!”

The second those words came out of my mouth, I felt my cheeks go aflame. Dominic froze. Vivian sputtered

on her wine. Both looked at me in shock.

“You were the one who wrote on my list?” she asked. Her voice was high and sweet, like a child who just found out someone stole their Halloween candy.

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I didn’t answer, not that it mattered. It was too late. Instead, I stared down at my plate, suddenly feeling ashamed.

“You tried to trick her,” Dominic said. It wasn’t a question.

“Only because I knew she’s only helping with the festival for her own gain.”

“So what?” Dominic asked. “She’s helping regardless. And she’s doing the job that you’re supposed to be doing.”

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