His Domineering Lover
Chapter 1006

In order to pay for Dominic's tuition last year, Rose didn't even come back for Christmas, because the part-time job at that time paid more than usual. It took her a lot of hardships to pay for Dominic's tuition before school started. She never minded all the effort she had to put in but it all changed when she saw Dominic, who should be at the school at the moment, lying lazily on the sofa.

Rose really wanted to know what had happened in the family over the past year and why everything had changed so much.

"I took a day off 'cause I ain't feeling too well. Wow, sister, why do I feel that you are more beautiful? You are d*mn sure to make a hell lotta cash if you go on and be some celebrity." Dominic had been proud of his sister ever since he was a child. He was average-looking and had poor grades, but she was excellent in every aspect.

In the past, many people wanted to get close to her, so they would give Dominic some benefits and let him help to send a love letter.

Dominic even secretly took a lot of pictures of Rose and sold them to those people.

"Really? You are not feeling well? Do you want to go to the hospital?" Rose saw that Dominic's face was thin and pale, and it was obvious that he was ill.

"Got a stomachache. And something hurts here. Why don't you float me some dough and I'll go check by meself?"

"No, I will not. Because I'll go with you. You can't possibly go to the hospital by yourself since you are not feeling good."

"Nah, it ain't nothin', sis. Just a few loose screws, is all. By the way, ma's probably on her way back. She missed you, oh, that she did."

Rose looked at him suspiciously. "You really don't want me to go with you."

"I ain't born yesterday, sis. I think I can manage to go to the hospital on me own."

"Alright then. How much do you want?"

"Say, five grand?" Dominic said.

Rose was shocked. "That much? A regular checkup doesn't cost that much, does it?"

"That much? When was the last time you went to the hospital? Back in the 1980s? Do you know how much them doctors fleece ya now?" "Well, I'll give it to you. But do not spend it on some stupid things. This is money earned by my

hard work."

Rose gave all her money to Dominic and said, "I only have 3,000 here."

"Three thousand it is then. Thank you, sis." Dominic took the money and left.

Rose put things she was carrying aside and began to clean up the room. After a while, she heard the sound of opening the door.

Her mother was standing at the door with a strange man. "Rose, you're here so soon. I was thinking about going to the station to pick you up."

"Mom, who is he?" Rose looked at the man with a mean face. Sure enough, the neighbor was right. From his appearance, he didn't look like a decent person.

"Oh, Rose, let me introduce you. We have been together for almost a year. I was too embarrassed to tell you before."

Rose did not oppose her getting a stepfather for her, except that this person clearly did not qualify.

"Joshua, this is Rose."

"That's a fine daughter you got there. Could've told me sooner and I could totally hook 'er up with some fat job."

His tone made her feel very uncomfortable, and Rose didn't like him by instinct.

But on second thought, he couldn't be all too bad, otherwise, why would her mother take a fancy to him in the first place?

"Joshua."

"Aye, good girl. Right, since it's our first time gettin' together, we don't we go out to grab somethin' good and nice. It's my treat, just got a fat hunky-chunky coming in from today's game." Game? Rose frowned. The neighbor did say that he gambled a lot.

"Mom, have you got the operation?"

"Right, my appointment is in next week. You must be famished. Let's go out and eat."

Rose felt as if her mother had become a completely different person. In the past, she had been very frugal and rarely went out to eat.

For a moment, Rose couldn't say too much and had to roll along with them.

Joshua took them to a nice restaurant in the county. Although it was a little worse than the place where Caesar often took Rose, this kind of place was a little luxurious for their family. "Mom, it's very expensive here. There's no need to be so extravagant."

"It's Joshua's treat anyway. He won money today."

Rose felt that her mother seemed to have been brainwashed and followed Joshua's every word.

Joshua sat next to her while they were eating. Rose finally opened her mouth to talk to Joshua when her mother went to the bathroom.

"What do you do, Joshua?"

"Been doin' business."

"Care to be a little more specific, if you please?" Rose asked, trying to sound him out.

"You wouldn't understand. Man, you do look like that chick on Instagram, don't ya?" The man sized her up with lewdness in his eyes.

That was definitely not the gaze of an elder looking at a junior. Rose felt uncomfortable under his gaze.

All of a sudden, the man put his hand on her thigh, and Rose jumped up as if she had been bitten by a mouse. "What are you doing?"

"Whoa, that was YOUR leg? I'll be d*mned, thought it was my own. Chill out, huh? But then again, you do have a boyfriend, don't you? If not, quite sure there's something I can show you, if you know what I'm sayin'?"

His words clearly stepped over a line. Rose stared at him angrily. "Joshua, mind your language. You're my mother's boyfriend now." "You are quite the jumper, aren't ya? I ain't done nothing to ya, have I?" "Rose, what's wrong?" Her mother came back and looked at them puzzledly. Rose could only shoot a stare at him without saying anything. What should she say about such a thing?

"Ain't nothing goin' on, mama bear. Get to order, time for some reinforcement for your Rosy Rose."

"I'm certainly relieved to see you two getting along."

Rose bit her lip and said nothing. This man was definitely not a good person. She must find a chance to make things clear to her mother.

She barely ate, without the slightest shred of appetite. Then, the three of them returned to that wreck of an apartment.

"By the way, Rose, my friend's asking us out for dinner. Dress up and go with us."

"Which friend?"

According to Rose's memory, her mother's friends were all housewives. How could they go out to eat?

"Some new friends. You'll know when you see them. Go take a nap, and I'll wake you up later."

It just so happened that Rose didn't wanna be around that man, who kept on looking her up and down, making her feel disgusted.

Her room was still empty, but there were some sundries. After changing a set of bed sheets, she closed the door and lay on the bed to rest.

Her head was filled with the images of Caesar so she dialed his number yet what she heard was, "Sorry, the subscriber you dialed cannot be reached at the moment."

"Is the casino's signal so bad?" Rose could only send him a Twitter message. "What are you doing? I'm home now. I miss you so much."

Rose lay waiting for his reply and fell asleep.

She was woken up by an itchy feeling as if someone was touching her thigh.

"Stop fooling around." She thought that it was Caesar.

The hand kept coming up, and Rose suddenly woke up. She had already gone home. Who was touching her?

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