#Chapter 83: Allies Aligned Once More

Dominic POV His heart sank as he watched Aurora climb into Alek’s car from just outside the hotel’s lobby. She didn’t look back at him… not even once. The sight of her retreating figure as she’d been escorted out of the conference room, the deliberate way she refused his outstretched hand, played in his mind like a reel stuck on loop. Every slow step she took away from him carved another gash into his chest, each one deeper than the last. Dominic stood there, jaw locked and fists clenched, trying to school his features even though every part of him wanted to run after her, to grab her, to demand answers she clearly had no intention of giving. Why? Why the hell did she leave? Why had she stayed so deathly quiet during their meeting instead of running over to him and begging him to save her? None of it made sense. Just a week and a half ago, she had been curled against his side, laughing at some sarcastic comment he’d made about the wedding menu. They’d laid in b