Trapped in the Don's Vow novel Chapter 24

Chapter 14

The Whitmore Group’s deal collapsed.

The reason? Chase had picked a fight in public. The potential partner thought he was unstable and chose to

walk away.

“I’m sorry,” Nora apologized as she dabbed iodine on Dominic’s wound. “I only suggested provoking him because I was out of options. I didn’t think he’d lose control like that…”

Dominic looked at her steadily. His throat bobbed, but his voice remained calm. “It’s fine. What he did… really

was inexcusable.”

Nora was a little surprised.

Dominic added, “But your idea worked. Provoking Chase to make a scene was far more effective than our

original plan.”

A bright smile spread across Nora’s face, lighting her up from within. It landed squarely in Dominic’s heart.

He hesitated for a moment, then said, “Actually… I think we can keep using this strategy.”

“What do you mean?” Nora didn’t quite follow.

Dominic looked a bit awkward. “I mean you telling people you’re my fiancée.”

“Oh,” Nora nodded. “Faking a fiancée thing-sure, makes sense.”

“It’s not pretending,” Dominic cut in. “What I mean is… you can say it to others. But maybe you could… also

consider making it real.”

Nora looked up at him in shock.

Dominic quickly turned his head, his ears flushed red.

“I… you…”

Nora stumbled over her words, utterly flustered.

“Let’s talk later!” she blurted, practically fleeing the room.

She hadn’t expected Dominic to harbor feelings like this for her.

Their mutually beneficial partnership had suddenly taken a sharp turn.

She needed time to process.

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[Damn, look at her face-like she’s enjoying it. What a whore.]

[Wait… isn’t she that ex-wife from the Whitmore Group?]

[Oh yeah, I heard she’s hooking up with the Faulkner guy now. Talk about moving fast.]

The vulgarity was overwhelming.

She looked through the photos one by one.

The first time she’d been with Chase, he’d filmed it. Said it was proof of love.

The photo of her on the delivery table-exhausted, half-naked, just after giving birth-he’d snapped it while holding her hand and whispering “You did great.”

Now it was all laid bare for the world to see.

Her chest ached so badly she could barely breathe.

She had thought she no longer cared. But Chase had just delivered the killing blow.

The man who once held her most intimately now left her with the deepest scars.

He was truly cruel.

In the midst of her breakdown, she collapsed into a warm embrace.

Dominic held her close, eyes full of tenderness and fury. “Don’t worry-I’ll make this disappear.”

He pulled out his phone and called someone.

“Ten minutes. I want every last trace of those images off the internet.”

Nora blinked through her tears, dazed.

A strange warmth bloomed in her chest.

She had never-not once in her life-been protected like this.

She’d been married to Chase for almost ten years. All she ever got from him was indifference, coldness, and

disdain.

Never once had he defended her. He only ever humiliated her-again and again.

Now, as she looked at Dominic, something in her heart quietly began to shift.

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