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Chapter 6

After our talk that left me numb to my core, I was escorted back to the table by Domenico to get my purse. We had to leave in case any of those guys decided to come back to cause more trouble.

Once I stood Infront of our table, Tessa and Mia bombarded me with questions while Paige and Jessica's tongues were on the ground. They were openly gawking at Domenico, who stood beside me with a stern face and eyes focused only on me, not acknowledging them.

"Sorry for taking so long" I said, clearing my throat "let me introduce you, this is my friend Domenico" I said, pointing with my thumb toward him "Domenico, this is Tessa, Mia, Jessica and Paige, they are my friends from college" I introduced, as Domenico quickly glanced at them, giving a brief nod. He's seemed socially awkward or just not that interested, which made him come off as disrespectful.

Tessa and Mia both smiled while simultaneously greeting Domenico. Jessica tried to make eye signals towards Domenico and she looked like a whole fool and desperate whilst doing so.

Aren't men supposed to chase woman instead of women men? I know nothing about relationships, but know the basics from what I read in books. My view is that women should not chase, they're the ones that should be chased. Standards ladies! Or at least I feel women should have standards if they want to be respected by not just men, but society in general and the most important part of all is self-respect and self-worth.

I know Tessa and Mia must have a lot of questions plaguing their minds, but that will have to wait until Monday. I need to get out of here so I can get my thoughts together and process the conversation I was part of mere minutes ago.

"What happened with those guys?" Tessa asked.

"Well, they tried to force me to join them for drinks and they didn't want to take no for an answer, but luckily Domenico came to my rescue" I turned, facing Domenico and he smirked in my direction while giving me a quick glance.

He should smile more. He's cute when he does that, but still very, very scary.

"Mia, thank you so much for the lovely evening, but I unfortunately have to leave now" I said as I made a pouty face showing her how sad I am to leave. I made sure to keep my swollen wrist behind my back the whole time and placed my coat over it when I thanked Mia.

She gave me a nod and a smile of understanding. I know she clearly don't mind because she's not someone that take stuff personal.

"Also, before I forget, I settled the bill. You can still order whatever you want, and it will be covered" I told her as I grabbed my purse from the table.

"No way, you don't have to do that" Mia said. She's aware of how hard I work to earn money and probably think that I would be settling the bill. Hell nah. This place belonged to Domenico; I made him make the meal free when we had the talk at the back.

"Don't worry about that, see it as part of your gift from me." I said, giving her a wink.

We walked away from the table, leaving them to enjoy the rest of their night and with Domenico's hand on my lower back.

Dude! you're going overboard with this acting like best friends. Relax! I scold him internally, but I could actually get used to this treatment of being adored and treated like a mattered.

He opened the restaurant door for me and led me to an expensive looking matt black vehicle with tinted windows. Upon entering, I saw no-one else in the car, I gave my address and we headed in the direction of my apartment.

I didn't intend to be the first person to start talking, so I just kept quiet the whole way and it didn't seem though he was going to start any conversation as well. I just sat there looking at the scenery outside as we drove.