Love the Second Time Around Novel

Chapter 103 Nearly Drank Himself To Death

You can’t get the cork back into the wine bottle once it cout, and the sconcept applies to certain things

in life.

In my case, the news of Dominic being hospitalized was the cork, and my mind was the bottle. | couldn't stop

myself from worrying about him, and my condition only worsened with each passing second.

After staring long and hard at my phone on the kitchen counter, | clenched my teeth and decided to give

Dominic a call anyway.

My logic at the twas simple. If Dominic answers my call, it means he’s perfectly fine, and that nothing has

happened to him!

| made the call, and it got through, but the person on the other line was not Dominic.

“Why are you calling him on his phone? | told you to cover to the hospital and see for yourself, didn’t 12”

| froze when | heard Benjamin's voice again and even though | had called the wrong number.

“Why would | want to go visit him? For all | know, you two could be in cahoots and are simply trying to trick me

into going there!”

Given what James had done in the past, it wasn’t exactly my fault for being a little paranoid.

“Us trying to trick you? | don’t have that much tand energy for such nonsense, Liliana! Anyway, I've said

everything | should, so it’s up to you whether you choose to cover. | just hope you won't make a decision

you'll cto regret later on!”

Benjamin hung up ononce again, and | placed my phone back down on the kitchen counter.

Damn it, Benjamin! Why do you keep hanging up onwithout tellingwhat happened?

| then turned the tap back on and wet the dishcloth before scrubbing hard on the bowl.

“Damn it! Damn it all to h*[I!” | cursed in frustration and threw the dishcloth into the sink. | then grabbed my

phone and ran out of the kitchen.

Nicholas and the others were having a conversation in the living room, but | couldn't care less about that and

interrupted them, “I need to head out for a bit, can you givea lift?”

“Where to?” Nicholas asked.

“City Hospital.”

“Oh, wow! You're going to the hospital just because you've scrubbed dishes? Nic made us all lunch! You don’t

see him going to the hospital because of that!” Jake said sarcastically.

| didn’t have tto argue with Jake, so | simply kept my gaze fixated on Nicholas as | asked, “Can you take me

to City Hospital?”

Nicholas got up from the couch and said, “Sure, con. I'll get you a hat and a pair of sunglasses.”

Naturally, | had no reason to refuse his offer as it was for my own good.

“What if the journalists see you guys, Nic? Things could get really problematic!” Scarlett objected.

“We'll just have to be careful. Wait here, Liliana,” Nicholas said as he ran up to the second floor.

| knew it was a bad tforto go outside, but | was so worried about Dominic that | couldn't help it.

Since Benjamin refused to explain the situation, | couldn’t rest until | confirmed it for myself.

“Ms. Zanetti, you should be more considerate about Nicholas’ situation.”

This was the second t| had met Scarlett in person since yesterday, and she had been very polite tothe

whole time.

However, | could tell that she was angry from the tone of her voice just now.

“I'll be extra careful...” That was all I could say.

Nicholas cback downstairs shortly after and handedthe hat and sunglasses. “Jake, Scarlett, you guys

can either wait here or head on home. Bye now!”

Nicholas then drove as quickly as he could toward the hospital.

While driving, he asked me, “Why are you going to the hospital in such a hurry now? Is it because of Dominic?”

“Yeah, I'm just going to check on him and see if he’s okay,” | replied with a nod.

Not knowing for sure if he was okay was exactly what madeso worried.

Nicholas parked his car in the hospital’s underground parking lot. “Make sure you call and find out which floor

he’s on. Don’t go running around searching every floor like a headless chicken.”

| then gave Benjamin a call and asked, “I'm at the hospital now. Where is he?”

“Level 16, V1606.”

Benjamin was surprisingly cooperative this time, and that madea lot more suspicious.

| had wanted Nicholas to wait in the car while | went upstairs by myself as it would reduce my chances of

drawing attention to myself.

However, Nicholas insisted on going with me, so | had no choice but to do as told.

The elevator leading to the VIP wards was isolated from the others and required a password for activation. |

entered the password that Benjamin had providedwith earlier, and the two of us took the elevator up to the

sixteenth floor.

It didn’t take long before we found Dominic's ward, and Nicholas offered to wait outside by himself before | even

said anything.

| pushed the door open and saw Benjamin standing in a corner, followed by Dominic who was lying on the

hospital bed.

“Hmph... | guess you do have sconscience in you, after all,” Benjamin said coldly.

| walked up to the hospital bed and saw that Dominic's face and lips were as pale as a sheet.

He was hooked up to an IV drip, and a clear liquid was slowly flowing into his body through the tube.

It tookevery ounce of willpower | had into keep myself from crying when | saw how lifeless he looked.

“What happened to him?”

“Nothing. He just nearly drank himself to death, that’s all.”

“Why did he go drinking?”

He called“used goods”, so why did he try to drink his sorrows away? Shouldn't he be happier without me?

Benjamin eyedfrom head to toe and said, “You wait here. | need to go make a phone call.”

He then walked out of the ward, leavingall alone with Dominic.

How much did he drink to nearly dying from it like this?

“Why did you go drinking, Dominic? Was it because we got into a fight yesterday? Or was it because you got

upset after hearing Nicholas callhis girlfriend?” | mumbled to myself as | sat by the hospital bed.

Nah, who am | kidding? He doesn’t loveanymore, so there’s no way he'd be upset about that!

| let out a wry chuckle at the thought of that and reached out to hold his cold hand in mine, hoping it would

warm him up a little.

“What are you doing?”

| looked up in surprise and saw that he had woken up.

“Nothing!” | quickly let go of his hand.

“Why are you here? Who told you to chere?”

Dominic was rude, but | couldn't be bothered to get mad at a patient.

“Benjamin toldyou were hospitalized and askedto cto see you.”

“There's nothing much to see, so hurry up and get lost!”

My goodness, talk about attitude!

| clenched my fists and forcefully suppressed my anger as | asked, “Tell me, why did you go drinking?”