Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

Chapter 39

Chapter 39 Are You Coming With Me or Not?

"Where are you going?" Bella asked with a frown.

Leonard sighed. "My father called me. I've got to go on a business trip overseas. It's out of my hands. Heaven only knows when I'll be allowed to return."

Just then, Dominic emerged from his room. Bella clamped her mouth shut and hurried through her morning routine before rushing off to the hospital.

After Leonard left, Dominic became even busier. He was often away all day, usually returning home long after Bella had finished work. His assistant, Magdalena, and the team he brought with him were just as busy.

Since she got off work early, Bella would prepare dinner so that they could eat as soon as they returned, but she never joined them. After that night, she felt a strange tension between her and Dominic, so she avoided him whenever possible.

Dominic had mentioned that he would only be staying for half a month, and time had flown by. Bella could tell that their project was wrapping up soon. An inexplicable unease crept into her heart. Had he not come, would she have already found peace? While she was cooking, Magdalena joined her in the kitchen. "We're heading back to Joville tomorrow." Bella tensed up. "Oh, I see... Safe travels!"

Magdalena smiled. "Are you not coming back with us? Are you really going to stay here forever? The development project will take at least another year to complete, and it's quite large in scale. If Mr. Miller doesn't have the time to oversee things here, he probably won't be Bella remained impassive. "I don't plan on going back anytime soon. I'm aware that he'd only check on al project like this once, so he probably won't come again."

one place, can you

lips. "This is where I was

return to Joville. She couldn't tell if it was her own idea or if Dominic was behind

type to nudge

fell, and still, sleep eluded Bella. The bright moonlight, filtered through the tree branches, painted the room in silvery hues but offered no

of a sudden, her phone chimed, breaking the

it was a message from Lia and casually unlocked it, only to see Dominic's number. Surprised, she wondered if

without even a punctuation mark, yet it stirred up a storm of emotions within

coming back to

she responded, "No. There's

She had left to close the chapter on a

39 Are Your Coming With

she have to return?

as he was gone, she would leave too. This place wasn't where she wanted to be. In a world so big, there was bound to be a place for