Dominic was shocked to see Matthew was out with someone, holding hands. He didn't want to assume anything but it's clearly looked like what he was thinking. He wanted to approach them but he didn't want to surprise them especially Matthew.
A waiter came toward him, asking for his order. Dominic told him and the waiter went away. He looked for them but unfortunately, they were out from his sight. Dominic cursed under his breath. His brain was curious about everything. He took out his phone from his pocket and decided to send Matthew a message.
'We need to talk.'
He hit send and a few minutes later he received a message from Matt.
'Of course.'
Did Matthew know he was here?
Probably not.
Later that night, Dominic went to Matthew's house. He was about to knock on the door when someone beat him first. He was faced with a woman and Matthew was standing behind her with his hand on his back.
"Oh hi there..." Lydia suddenly greeted him. Dominic was surprised and Matthew's face said the same thing.
"Dom, you are here." The tension was thick. Lydia turned toward Matthew and kissed him on the cheek.
"Well, Matt... I see you tomorrow." Lydia walked past
Dominic and they looked at her until she got into her car.
Dominic grabbed Matthew's arm and dragged him inside his own house, locking the door.
"What the hell, Matt?" He asked him. Matthew had a guilty look on his face. Dominic was mad, he could feel his rage boiling in his body. Matthew couldn't say anything.
"You're cheating on Harry?" He asked the question that he didn't even want to know the answer.
"I... I could explain..." Matthew couldn't look at him in the eye.
"She was just someone I'm working with. She's a writer" Matthew told him half truth and half lie.
"Working with? Well, I should have known that is how someone was supposed to interact with a person they worked with." Dominic's word was obviously laced with sarcasm.
"I saw both of you earlier, holding hands and a few minutes ago, she was in your house, and God only knows what both of you are doing in here," said Dominic.
Matthew was surprised by his statement. "We didn't do anything. It was just..." He trailed off, he was not sure if he wanted to tell him the story about how he met her and how she had him around her fingers.
"Just what, Matt? I really need to know that you're not breaking Harry's heart while he's away in Japan, doing his job, trying so hard not to abandon his work just to be with you here. Tell me, Matt, that you're not playing around, giving that girl a hope when you know you have someone loving you with all his heart." Dominic just looked at the miserable man in front of him.
"I'm sorry, Dom. I'm so sorry. She just won't stop bothering me. She told me to give her a chance. If it's not working, she would leave me. If I didn't, she would tell him." Matthew tried to defend himself but it was no use. Dominic was right.
“Tell him what, Matt?”
“It happened before he went to Japan. It only happened once and I swore that was it but, she just won’t stop. She kept calling me, over and over again, day and night. She came to my office, threatened to destroy my career,”
A slap to his face stopped him mid-sentence. “You stupid son of a bitch! Is that what scares you? Is that what makes you wrapped around her finger? Is that what makes cheat on Harry? Just because she threatened to destroy your career? I thought I knew you better, Matt. You want to know something? You don’t deserve his love.”
That left him speechless. Dominic stormed out from the house and slammed the door hard.
‘I was stupid. Dom was right. I don’t deserve his love'
