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..."

tense atesphere Dominic, with a hint of annoyance, released

and

face turned pale. "Ms. Jones, I'm so sorry. I

drank. You should

bella noticed the

as she reached out for the doorkeeh, adeafening dap of thunder shock the house. Her heart

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 the sound of thunder fill-dber

longer to trail to cower in the corner of turbed, but

intermittently for over an hour before the rain began to fall in a steady drizzle. Despite this, thender continued

from Insomnia, She found her earplugs and managed to

she was awakened by a chons of birds only to find

their nest. Now, their young had hatched, and the alr was filled with their cheerful chips. She hadn't sonnything like this since

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 up in

The scent of us body wash lingered on him, though he had forgotten to get dressed and was