Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

Chapter 2 A Timeless Crush

Dominic froze at that instant. His expression appeared extremely cold under the dim lights.

"Bella, you're asking for trouble!"

Indeed, Bella knew she was asking for trouble. Back then, when her mother, Dorothy Jones, brought her to the Miller family, she called out his name for the first time.

Yet, he rejected her brutally. "You disgust me, just like your mom," he said.

The still air once filled with intimacy was replaced by hostility. Dominic was squeezing Bella's wrist so hard that she felt it might snap at any minute. Finally, he got up and left after slamming the door behind him. The world went quiet instantly. Bella lay on the bed like a soulless puppet, where the physical pain was nothing compared to the emotional pain she was going through.

Some people were buried in obscurity from the very start. It felt as if they were trapped in an endless dark tunnel, and each step was a struggle for them.

Bella took some time to get up. She walked toward the bathroom and washed all the exhaustion away.

In the year that Dorothy was terminally ill, the both of them had no choice but to turn to the Miller family for help. Dorothy could only think of her childhood friend, Richard Miller, as Bella's father had abandoned them. However, this situation eventually led to the divorce of Dominic's parents.

he was eight and disappeared

illness in a foreign place. Dominic and Margaret didn't get to see each other one

the blink of an eye, 19 years had passed. Three years ago, Richard passed away, and Dominic left the

three years ago, she had been cutting back on her expenses and seizing every opportunity to make

just another 100 thousand dollars, she'd be able to repay the money that the

in any other way. She could only try her very best to

be a relief to both Bella and Dominic. He could regain his peace once she

day, Bella was jolted awake by the alarm. After gathering herself, she quickly got out of

Bella was the only one taking care of the huge manor. Since Dominic

some time in the kitchen and got the table ready in the dining room.

only occurred to her that he might be dealing with jet lag since he had just returned from abroad. The food was getting cold, so Bella gathered her courage and went upstairs to knock

to knock again, and

used to his bad attitude. She shrugged it off and returned to the dining table. While eating, she considered the possible part-time jobs she

the stairs. When she looked up, she saw Dominic with an irritable look on