#Chapter 96: Truth’s Dilemma

Dominic POV She was sitting there beside him with her arms folded protectively around her body, eyes fixed on some invisible point outside the window in front of them. The longer he stared at her, waiting for her to say something, the more he dwelled. All he could see was her face in the back of his mind—the look she gave him before he left for the warehouse. The tension in her shoulders, the way her voice trembled when she told him to be careful. He’d thought she was scared for him. Now he knew better. The pieces had fallen together one by one as Romero spat out his distaste for her on the drive to the hotel. Aurora had betrayed him. Sold him out in the worst way by handing him to an enemy who would have gutted him without blinking with nothing gained out of it in the end. She had no reason to trust Alek would’ve given her whatever it was she traded his life for. Gianna, most likely. Dominic knew he should feel anger. Rage, maybe. A sharp, cold sense of vindicati