Chapter 5 Jake knew there was no point arguing anymore , so he left . As soon as he was gone , Dominic rushed back to Lily's room to calm her down . He was all sweet and gentle with her , worried she might be scared . He had no clue that with this woman's tricks , fear was the last thing on her mind . Me and Dominic's sister Sophie used to be best friends . A few years back , we went shopping at the mall together . She went into this fancy boutique's dressing room and I waited outside . After ten minutes , she still hadn't come out , so I went to check on her . What I saw scared the hell out of me . Sophie was gone ! I called Dominic right away . Soon after , he got the ransom call . Sophie got kidnapped right under my nose ! Later , Dominic paid this huge ransom , but the kidnappers killed Sophie anyway . The day Dominic went to get her back , all he brought home was Sophie's cold , dead body . The kidnappers had slashed her throat . Dominic stitched up that wound himself . When parts of Sophie's body started rotting , Dominic cut away the dead flesh with his own hands . After that , he swore he'd never touch a scalpel again . When he carried Sophie out of that operating room , I tried to help . But Dominic kicked me to the ground . " You fucking jinx ! You got my sister killed ! " Lying there on the floor , it felt like he'd kicked my insides apart . I was crying , saying , " No ... I'm sorry ... I didn't mean for this to happen ... " Dominic was still pissed . He kicked me a few more times . " You think saying ' I didn't mean it ' will bring my sister back ?! " " You're the one who should've died ! Why the hell was it my sister and not you ? " I was sprawled on the floor , hurting so bad I couldn't even speak . Yeah . If only I'd been the one to die . Then I wouldn't have to carry this guilt . Sophie's death became this huge wall between me and Dominic that we could never get past . CALL for EVERYTHING Chapter 5 He wouldn't even let me go to Sophie's funeral . I couldn't look the Harrington family in the eye anymore . They all thought I was the one who got Sophie killed . That's when Lily showed up . She was just one of Dominic's secretaries back then . She handled Sophie's funeral arrangements , and did a damn good job at it . Step by step , she worked her way closer to Dominic , until she became the woman standing by his side . I couldn't handle it . I went crazy , screaming , even got down on my knees and begged him . I begged him not to trash what we had together , to remember all those promises we made when we were kids about being together forever . But no matter what I did , Dominic wouldn't even look at me . Over and over , he'd send Lily to deal with me . She'd twist her wrist around , showing off the jewelry and watches Dominic bought her , talking down to me like I was nothing , " Miss . Shirley , I'd save your energy if I were you . You could scream until the world ends and he still wouldn't look at you . " " He's got me now . Don't worry , I'll take real good care of him . " I was grinding my teeth , wanting to slap that smug look right off her face . Right then , Dominic showed up . He grabbed my wrist and pulled Lily behind him . He yelled at me , " Touch her and see what happens ! " Lily hid behind him , putting on this pitiful act . " Dominic , she wants to kill me ! " Dominic bought every word . He smiled coldly . " You think you're good enough to lay a hand on my woman ? " His woman ... If Lily was his woman , then what the hell was I ? When I left the Harrington house feeling like a ghost , I looked back and saw Lily watching me . She had this proud , satisfied smile , watching me slink away like a beaten dog . Sophie's death was sketchy as hell . Dominic had been investigating for years , but always hit dead ends right when he was getting close . Like someone was blocking him from finding the truth . Once I split from the Harringtons ' place , I figured I'd look into it myself . And look how that turned out - I got kidnapped just like Sophie . Lily's surgery was in progress when one of Dominic's guys suddenly appeared in front of him . The guy whispered something in Dominic's ear , and Dominic shot up from his chair . " What did you just say ? That's impossible ! How could it be her ?! " Discover our latest featured short drama reel. Watch now and enjoy the story!