Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

Chapter 16 The Child Isn't His

Lia was referring to Dominic when she mentioned Bella's nemesis. Bella shook her head, feeling dejected, and confided everything she had discovered to Lia.

Lia was like a startled squirrel, suddenly handed a juicy, unexpected piece of gossip. Her eyes widened in disbelief.

Lia did her best to show her support to her best friend. "I think... the one who deserves all the blame here is your father. And even if Dominic's dad had feelings for your mom, it has nothing to do with you. Don't get too caught up in it." Bella felt a deep frustration welling up inside her. She took a big gulp of beer, but it did nothing to wash away the suffocating feeling.

After going through Dorothy's belongings, Bella knew there was something else she needed to do. She had to find her father and deliver the letters Dorothy never had the chance to send. That man needed to know he was a heartless bastard who had ruined a woman's life.

Suddenly, a familiar woman's voice cut through the air.

"Dr. Jones, what a surprise. I never would've thought that someone so serious in a white coat would end up in a place like this after hours."

woman dressed in revealing and gaudy clothes. She

to run into your patients everywhere, huh? And who says doctors can't come to places like this? Everyone needs to unwind." Mandy sat next to Bella. "Dr. Jones, are

roll her eyes. "What does that have to do with

other day at the hospital was... I happened to

taken aback.

her on

up her mysterious air, her smile tinged with something

seen Bella's picture on Dominic's phone, shouldn't she consider

about the photo, but she tried to probe gently, "You just had surgery not too long ago, and you're

me? You don't actually think the baby I

stunned again.