Three years of loving him, three days to erase myself from his world novel Chapter 108

Dominic pinched his chubby cheek. "Keep talking and you're not going at all."

"No, no, no! I'm going to pack my stuff right now!"

Realizing his uncle was serious, Parker scrambled back into the house to grab his backpack.

Standing outside.

Dominic watched him run off, but his mind was completely elsewhere. His brows knitted together, then slowly relaxed...

Ultimately, he decided there were some things he just needed to confirm for himself.

Otherwise... he would never find peace.

A few minutes later, Parker ran out wearing his backpack. The sheer joy radiating from his face was a complete 180 from his tearful meltdown just moments ago...

Elementary schoolers.

Dominic gave a faint smirk, nodded a goodbye to the old woman, and led the boy away.

...

The school.

By the time Clara arrived, the event hadn't officially started yet, so she and Miles sat in their seats waiting.

Miles was chatting with a classmate. Clara nodded along to their conversation before her phone buzzed. She pulled it out to check.

Two new messages.

One was from Julian, asking what time she'd finish work so he could pick her up for dinner.

The other was from Leo.

She ignored Julian completely and tapped on Leo's message.

[Clara, there's a problem with the competition spot. I don't know what Julian offered the manager, but when I spoke to him just now, he was clearly wavering...]

[But don't panic. With our mentor here, that spot will definitely be yours in the end.]

Reading those words.

Clara's mind went completely blank for a second.

Something she had been utterly certain of was now being snatched away, and the person doing it was the man she had once loved and trusted most in the world...

Clara's lips trembled.

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