Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

Chapter 70

hapter 70 Mlusion

ella thought she must have misheard when she looked up, he had already named and walked away

he couldn't shake the feeling that his tone was strange. It didn't seem like he was just playing along with her joke. It had sounded unusually serious. Gaither imagination

few days later, Bella returned to her old job at Horizon Hospital

orizon Hospital was where she'd been since ber internship. The work environment was farlar, and despite the unpleasant rumors about the hospital's finances earlier, she ad no reason to hesitate to go back, especially since the hospital director was happy to have her. he was a sentimental person, and it was her sentimentality that had kept her holding on to Dominic for so many years.

s soon as she stepped into the office, her colleague made an uncomfortable joke, "Didn't you funda rich boyfriend? why bother with a hospital job? Did you break up?i

wasn't familiar with. She gave a faint smile and said, "Spend less time gossiping and

finished work, it was already 9:00 pm. She had performed extra surgery that afternoon and was exhausted. All she wanted

She didn't have the habit of carrying an umbrella, so she stood pirhilly under the eaves, watching

and the occasional carsplashed through the paddles

someone to lean

behind her. With a strong tur her purse was snatched, nearly pulling her off her feet.

for her to realize she had just been robbed. Her phone, 115, and everything else

and shocked, "Give me back my be

with poor visibility

by the fact that she was a woman and there was no one else around? Fighting the urge to tem and nun, she

in a black T-shirt, matching black pants,

slowly turned to face her. "Are you trying to negotiate with me? Don't be ridiculous. I'm not just taking your purse. I'm taking you too. I've been