Chapter 36

A week later, Dominik and I never saw each other. He looked even busier compared to last week, while I try to keep busy with the pile of tasks that are in front of me and did not seem to decrease every day I finished them. I also took the time to remember everything in the document about Dominik that Valencia had given me the other day as my preparation to replace Valencia's assignment, which I did not know when it would start.

I think I really miss Dominik. I wanted to ask him out on a date because he always took the initiative to find a place to date. But because we both are busy, so for the moment I could not ask him out. To treat my loneliness for not being able to meet him in person, as soon as I come home from the office, I will cook cup noodles with the same brand and taste as Dominik made for me at that time. Then I would turn on my smartphone and watch his favorite drama, Lost Romance, which has been my favorite drama ever since. Maybe it was because the background of the story is similar to mine?

I then watched the scene where Xiao'en, who still could not let go of her memories of Situ Aoran in her dream, bought several diffusers with Situ Aoran's favorite scent. Hoping that by doing what seemed like a waste she would not forget the person she had almost married in her dreams. I took a sip of my instant noodles, then stared at the instant noodles I was eating right now with a sad feeling.

"I really understand how you feel, Zheng Xiao'en." I said, leaning my head on the table. I stopped the drama I was watching earlier and looked straight at the instant noodles that were about to run out with a sad face.

"I really miss my dog. What is he doing now?" I asked, sighing softly. "Should I just call him? Maybe he is not busy now."

Keeping that assumption, I closed the application I used to watch the drama earlier and opened my WeChat page. Even the last message I sent the day after yesterday has not been replied to today. Even though I told him to reply to my message immediately, no matter how busy he is. Looks like he did it on purpose because he wanted to receive punishment from me.

"Wait. I will make sure that you will receive severe punishment." I growled before pressing the call button to call my beloved dog, thinking about what punishment I could give him.

"Hello?"

I heard the sound of my dog, which sounded like he was yawning wide when he picked up my phone. I jumped with joy as soon as I heard his voice this time, to the point that I forgot to reply to his words.

"Leah? Are you there?" he asked in a worried voice. I immediately stopped my jump and ran into the living room, looking for an appropriate place to sit.

"Yes, I am here."

"Oh, thank goodness. I was worried you are not there." he said in a relieved voice. "Why did you call me anyway? It is already 12 A.M here."

I clicked my tongue. "Because I miss my beloved dog. You did not reply to my messages, so I am curious about what you are doing recently."

From the direction of his call, he was silent for a few moments before starting to speak. "Eh? I did not reply to your message? Wait, let me check it first."

Then the atmosphere fell to silence for a few moments before he returned to talking on the phone. "Yeah, you are right. Looks like the message I sent to you failed to send and I did not have time to check it because I was in a rush."

I smiled in annoyance to hear the reason earlier. "You should check it first before sending a message! Do you ask to be punished, huh?" I snapped, moving my phone away from my ear.

"Sorry, Master. I did not intend not to reply to the Master's message. In fact, I thought it was Master who did not reply to my message."

"If you are sorry, do it seriously. Right now, take off your clothes. Continue to take a shower in cold water. Don't forget, record it on video so I can see if you really did it or not."

"But Master…" he protested. "It is the middle of the night. And the air is really cold."

I rolled my eyes. "Like I care. Hurry up and do it now."

"All right, Master. I will do it. Then, I will hang up."

"Yes." I said, hanging up the phone with a huffed face. I took my smartphone away from me and leaned back on the sofa chair, waiting for my dog to do what I ordered.

I heard a notification sound from my smartphone. I quickly grabbed and opened it. My face, which was initially excited, was suddenly disappointed when I saw my smartphone notification.

1 message from Harris.

It is tomorrow, right? I will pick you up at your house at 7 P.M.

This is bad! I forgot that tomorrow is Saturday. I quickly replied to the message, saying that I would wait for him at home. I put my smartphone on the table and lay back down on my couch. The guy, whose name was Harris, is such a pain in the ass. Even though I told him that I did not want to be picked up, he kept insisting until I could not reject him anymore. And now he was the one who even offered to pick me up. If I reject his offer, the problem is I have never been there myself. I only heard it from Shelly, who had wanted to eat at the restaurant many times but never had a chance so far. Maybe if we can do it now, considering that our boss is no longer that damn egg-headed old man.

After waiting for half an hour, finally, the notification sound came from my smartphone. This time not from Harris, but from my dog. I impatiently opened the message from my dog and saw a video he sent me.

My hand immediately opened the video and watched it. My dog was cold when he turned on the shower in the bathroom and set the cold water on. His body seemed to be shivering with cold as he did it, but he had no intention of stopping it. I bit my lip anxiously, worried about the current state of my dog. Even though I personally determined the punishment for him, I was a little worried about his health, considering that he had a fever at that time because of me. Should I order instant ginger tea online to warm his body up?

After he finished showering, he wrapped his body in a towel and pointed his phone at his face. After confirming the location of his phone several times, he finally looked straight at the camera with an apologetic face.

"I have done it, Master. Please forgive this stupid dog's carelessness."

The way he apologized made me want to laugh because his voice sounded so cute to my ears. I tried hard not to laugh and replied to the video with a voice message.

"Yes, I forgive you. By the way, where are you now?"

He replied to my message via voice message too. "In one of my hotels. Why?"

I replied with a voice message. "When are you coming back?"

"I will be back on Sunday."

"Tell me the address." I replied.