Chapter 15 - Dominic Stands Side By Side With Resilient Mia
Mia looked up from the garden path as Dominic walked toward them across the emerald lawn, his expression softening visibly.
She wore a simple cotton dress, her wrists bandaged neatly, but her posture was upright and filled with quiet, fierce dignity.
“How are you holding up, Mia?” Dominic asked gently, stopping a few feet away so as not to overwhelm her.
“I’m recovering, Mr. Vale. Every day gets a little easier now that the nightmare is behind us,” Mia replied with a genuine, soft smile.
“You don't have to call me Mr. Vale anymore, Mia. Not after everything we’ve been through together,” Dominic noted quietly.
Harper skipped over, grabbing Dominic’s hand and looking up with bright, adoring eyes that mirrored her mother’s resilience.
“You saved my mommy from the bad man in the basement,” Harper declared proudly, swinging their joined hands.
Dominic knelt down to her eye level once more, smiling warmly at the little girl who had changed his entire destiny with five simple words.
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“I told you, Harper. In this house, nobody hurts the people we care about,” Dominic promised, tapping her small nose playfully.
Mia watched the interaction, feeling her heart flutter with a warmth she hadn't experienced since she first started working at the estate.
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