Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

Chapter 1 He's Back

"Get an abortion!"

Bella Jones heard a familiar voice as she passed by the stairs at the hospital.

Dominic Miller?

Was he finally back after three years?

Bella held her breath as she stopped. She felt a little guilty for eavesdropping.

She heard the sound of a woman sobbing as she pleaded, "I don't want to abort my baby... Please..."

"You can always have another one in the future." The man spoke coldly, showing no intention of comforting her. The decision was final.

Dominic had returned. He even brought a pregnant woman with him.

Feeling uneasy, Bella couldn't stand eavesdropping any further and fled the scene.

...

retrieving that familiar phone number from her phone. However, she couldn't bring herself to

return this time

off work?" asked a

can go first. I still have

knew that Dominic would move back to Miller Manor once he returned. Therefore, she specifically stayed in the

been living under the same roof for 19 years. In their case, "strangers" meant they had no blood relations. They were neither

old when Dominic discovered the portrait she had secretly drawn of him and all the diary entries she had written about him. The extreme look of disgust and hatred

had zero regard for her feelings and threw the diaries and drawings onto the floor before

years old, Dominic had hated her. His love was something she never dared long for, which made

lights off. Having stayed there for 19 years,

as she grabbed on the door handle of her bedroom, she sensed a warm

by the familiar scent alongside a strong smell of alcohol. Icy

her, especially since they hadn't seen each other for three years. She was on the verge of giving in when the thought of the episode from earlier that day came up. He had a woman with him, and she was pregnant. Bella

mustered up her courage and pushed Dominic away from her. She quickly

Bella's chin. "I wouldn't want to sleep