#Chapter 111: Outside The Bounds

Dominic POV Dominic had been watching her for days. Even after they’d returned from Mexico, Aurora seemed to still be carrying a weight in her eyes she didn’t bother to hide. She was quiet in the mornings when they woke up with their limbs tangled together, absent in the afternoons when he’d wander out of his study to spend lunch with her, and distracted at night as she lay next to him, blankly staring up at the ceiling. He never had to ask her why she was feeling this way, he already knew: it was Gianna. It was always Gianna. Dominic knew she still blamed herself for their friendship crumbling, for leaving her behind as she stepped forward into a new direction in life. No matter how many times he reminded her that there was a chance Aurora would get her friend back, that it was only a matter of time, it wasn’t enough. In Aurora’s mind, their friendship was over. Never to be rekindled again. So he decided to try something else. “Pack a bag,” he told her on Friday