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?"

work, she wouldn't get paid on

Dominic?

"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 be waiting for you again. You can test that theory if you don't

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

mouth. "Let them do whatever they want. I don't have any money for them. All I

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

Just stay home and

didn't want to burden him, but then she remembered how he had handled those thugs, and for some reason, she felt he could

slapped the table. "Say it with

morning, Simon somehow heard about what had happened to Bella in

"I heard someone gave you trouble... Honestly, that place isn't 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.

taken aback. "Yes, it's

Orders from a Woman for

he could say anything else, Bella hung up on him. If she had been fully awake and seen the caller ID, she wouldn't have answered in the

bit more sleep, she

plants and flowers and found that Leonard wasn't