Chapter 14

The elevator dinged as Renata and Domingo got into it. She held the brown envelope underneath her arm and her handbag in the other hand. Through the corner of her eyes, she could see Domingo scrolling through his phone and smiling. What was he smiling at? He had asked a question which had taken her unaware, and she wondered if she had made it look obvious that she was jealous of him being under the same roof as his ex-wife. He slid the phone into his pockets eventually. She felt a tingling sensation rush through her, the type she felt whenever he touched her, but he was touching her right now. Why was she feeling that way? And then it came again and again. She looked down at her hand, and that was when she saw that he was indeed touching her. His pinky finger was locked into hers. Fuck! The way her heart leaped out of her chest.  She swallowed, holding her breath in, she gently tried slipping her pinky finger out of his, but he held it firmer, not willing to let go. What’s thi