In The Hands of Dominic

19

A FEW HOURS LATER

Molly visited Andra in the apartment. They sat down in the living room, chatting.

"I feel like I'm visiting my sister in her marital home." She said. "It sure feels like it."

Andra rolled her eyes. "Whatever." She said, indifferent about Molly's feelings.

Her demeanor did little to douse Molly's curiosity about how everything was going.

"So how are you guys getting to know each other? I mean, how is it going?"

Andra could not hide her shock at Molly's question.

"What?" Molly asked, seeing the unbelieving look on Andra's face. "I want to know. You cannot blame me for that." She defended.

"Still, I am appalled at your question."

"And why is that?"

"Because we just moved in," Andra replied. "And frankly, I have no intention of getting to know that stranger."

"Fine." Molly gave up trying to persuade her to say something along her line of thought. She checked her phone as it buzzed with a message. Upon checking, she sighed. "Useless network messages." She said, disgruntled.

"I would have said sorry but seeing as you're bugging me, I say good for you," Andra said teasingly.

Molly smiled but her eyes stayed fixated on her phone. Andra's eyes stayed glued to molly's face because the smile suddenly disappeared, replaced by a look of shock.

"Oh, my God." She exclaimed, her eyes never leaving the phone which caused Andra to worry.

"What is it Molly?" she asked, curiosity merging with worry.

Both were distracted as Dominic entered the living room through the main door. He paused upon hearing Molly's exclamation and the look of shock on her face as she stared up at him. He saw Andra's eyes stare at Molly in confusion and then return to Dominic as Molly would not stop staring at him.

"What is it?" They both asked the shocked Molly. But she pointed at Dominic, her eyes on Andra.

"It's about him." She reported. "You are not going to believe this." She added, shoving her phone screen before Andra who expressed her shock with a gasp.

Dominic drew closer and got a glimpse of what they were looking out. What he saw caused him a rush of anger. Gosh. It finally dawned on him why many people disliked the paparazzi.

A headline from a blog announced that the notorious daughter of Duke Anderson was engaged to the son of renowned Prime Minister Morgan George.

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At the same time in the living room of Dominic's parent's home, George was staring at his phone in shock. He put on his reading glasses and rechecked what was having him worked up.

He confirmed that the person in the pictures under the headline announcing an engagement was Dominic. It was Dominic right there proposing and hanging out with the shameless daughter of Duke Anderson.

"This must be a joke." He spewed. "I refuse to believe what my eyes are seeing. Dominic cannot have gone mad."

His wife walked in and joined him, concerned about his sudden outburst.

"What is the matter?" she asked. "What about Dominic?"

"Thank God you're here." He said, shoving the phone before her, so she could see the source of his current trouble. "Is that not Dominic?"