Second Chance-In the mist Book 1 novel Chapter 83

It was so weird pronouncing the name of her book, knowing what Dominic was. Emily probably still thought human wolves were a legend, too. 

"So... how long have you two been together?" Emily suddenly asked me, as if wanting to change the subject on purpose. And maybe that was for the best. What was the point of worrying about something that hadn't happened yet? Besides, Dominic would surely defend me. Right now, Emily won't know the entire story.

"It's almost a year since I met Dominic and the circumstances under which it happened have been pretty unfortunate and I'm afraid the man we ran away from had something to do with it." I let my gaze drop and my thoughts flew to the night when I had to admit things had really gotten out of hand and I was on the verge of losing my life. I didn't intend to scare her, but my reaction was a momentary one, to maybe even save my life. 

"Oh my God, I hope you're okay now..." Emily reacted to my words almost immediately. I looked up and smiled broadly. She was taking in the situation pretty well. 

"Yeah, thanks to him. I'm fine. It was just an unfortunate accident, but it passed. We didn't even get to talk much at the restaurant. You're from England, right? How was your flight? Are you staying somewhere? You can stay with us if you..."

"Don't worry about me, please. The flight was long, tiring but I'm okay now. And yes, I have a place to stay, so thank you for your hospitality." 

Just then Dominic came in with the coffees. 

"All right ladies, coffee is served. I suggest we stop talking about the bad stuff and focus a bit on the event to come." We all agreed, but realized that I no longer had the presentation chart of the salons. I had left it in the restaurant in my rush to get out of there unnoticed. 

"Oh my God, I wish I could do that, but I don't have the folders anymore. It would only take a few minutes to list others from my laptop if I had it," I excused myself and realized I still had my phone. "Dominic, can I hook my phone to your laptop? I have the files sent to my email address." 

"Exactly. To be honest, I'm leaning towards that one too, but I'll let you decide. It's your event and I want you to feel comfortable. I've chosen the best ones, but now it's your turn to make the last call. I'm sure you'll make an excellent choice."

"Rebecca?" I had a feeling this time it had nothing to do with my work.

"Yes?" 

"Let me tell you, I admire you. And that's knowing you in just a few hours. You handled the crisis we found ourselves in so well and although I didn't know who the man was, I felt safe with you. Not to mention your life seems to be beautiful. You have a man next to you who clearly loves you and the way you look at him, you love him too. Who knows, maybe in the future you'll be the subject of my next book" It was flattering to hear her talk like that, but Emily didn't know many details of my life. If she had, she would have been scared for sure. I barely accepted them as part of my existence.