Chapter 21

He nodded his head at the explanation I gave earlier. Then he showed me the ring he was wearing right now. “You’re right. But there’s one more reason you seem to have missed, Leah Mitchell.”

I raised my eyebrows in confusion. “What is that?”

He stroked my cheeks gently and looked back at me sadly. “I want you to keep remembering me every time you see the ring. And I also add your initials on the back of the ring I’m wearing today.”

“Keep remembering you, but don’t want other people to know, huh?” I said, looking closely at my dog’s magnetic eyes. “Sounds like a hell of a duty ring you gave me, Dominik Lawrence.”

He just laughed at my words earlier. “I know it’s tough. And I’ll keep this ring even if you decide to leave me one day, Leah.”

His face, which had laughed earlier, now shows his sad face again. I couldn’t understand what he was thinking at the moment, but one thing was certain.

“Looks like you have now succeeded in getting me to like you, Domini