Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

Chapter 67

Chapter 67 He Has Been Good to Her

Tella found herself reminiscing about her childhood. She used to be terrified of thunder.

One night, when Alchand was away, a violent thunderstorm struck, and she had huddled at the foot of her bed with tears streaming down her face.

Suddenly, Dominic burst into her room and said coldly, "Come sleep with me tonight"

That was why, despite his hatred for her, she always clung to him. She remembered the few times he had been kind.

He had been kind, but now she wanted to move on, both from him and from her pain.

""Mr. Miller, you're back..."

atesphere Dominic, with a

and

pale. "Ms. Jones, I'm

okay. He's just drank. You should go get some rest. It's

she passed Dominic's room on her way upstairs bella noticed the doce

out for the doorkeeh, adeafening dap of thunder shock the house. Her

know there would be a thundersroom. He had no other intentions. She was certain he was genuinely drunk, even though he didn't appear overly intoxicated. How she She gently closed the door behind him and returned to her room, where

cower in the

began to fall in a steady drizzle. Despite

from Insomnia, She found her earplugs and managed to drift off to

a chons of birds

and the alr was filled with their cheerful chips. She hadn't sonnything like this since she was a child living with her mother in the small town. It wa sararesight in

sat up and sweiched. As the blanket slipped off her, she caught a glimpse of something pale in her peripheral vision. Her yown was cut short as his eyes widened an astonishest, she stared at Dominic, who had somehow ended

wash lingered on him, though he had