Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

Chapter 29

Chapter 29 Taking Orders from a Woman for the First Time

Dominic, on the other end of the call, sounded a bit irritated. "Get lost. If you can't speak properly, don't speak at all. If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up."

Leonard quickly changed his tone as he complained, "I've been stuck in this backwater place for a month now, barely scraping by for the sake of this project. Where's your humanity? Finish up what you're doing and come over soon, and don't forget to bring the planning do Before he could finish, the call was cut off. It was unclear whether Dominic had even listened.

Just then, Bella came out with a plate of food. "Food's ready. Help me bring out the rest of the dishes."

There were tables and chairs set up in the yard, and the weather was just right-not too hot, not too cold. Eating outside in the gentle night breeze felt rare and peaceful.

Leonard, with his usual lazy stride, walked into the kitchen to help carry the dishes. It was the first time in his life that anyone had dared to order him around, and it was a woman, no less.

While they ate, Leonard offered a suggestion. "You should avoid going to the hospital for now. Take a

break from work."

Bella looked puzzled. "Why? Didn't we already take care of it?"

she wouldn't get paid on time,

Dominic?

her a strange look. "Do you really think it's over? Do you even know what the word scoundrel' means? If you try to go back to work like nothing happened, they'll

made sense. Those two "toy guns" might have only scared them off temporarily, but there was no way those thugs would

stuffed a big spoonful of rice into her mouth. "Let them do whatever they want. I don't have any money for them. All I have is

twitched in disbelief. "You really are all about the money, huh? Besides, how much do they even pay

stay home and rest for a

how he had handled those thugs,

the table. "Say it

happened to Bella

right for you. Why don't you come to Holha with me? Even if you don't want to be around me, at least don't punish yourself by staying there. Life could be so much better. Bella was still half-asleep,

was taken aback.

29 Taking Orders from a Woman for the

If she had been fully awake and seen the caller ID, she wouldn't have answered

she finally woke up around

to the yard to check on the plants and flowers and found that Leonard wasn't home. She didn't think much of