Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

Chapter 83

Chapter 83 Need Someone to Warm the Bed

Bella's heart pounded as she gazed intently at Dominic She had never looked at him with such boldness or seriousness.

So, she was family to him, and he would protect her.

Noticing her gaze, Dominic frowned slightly and said with a flippanttore, "What are you staring at? you don't actually want to be my girlfriend, do you? If you were, you'd have to fulfill your duties." Bella nervously avertedber

gee "Anyway, thanks for today. How about I take you out for dinner?"

Dominic replied with annoyance, don't need your dinner or your meager salary. If you really want to thank ine, what I need is someone to warm my Bella was speechless. Deciding to take his comment is a joke, she silently lowered her head and pretended to tiddle with her fingers.

my bed.

young, yet he still treated her this way. Despite his usually harsh attitude, shecouldn't bring herself to resent him. Back at Miller Manor, Bella was drying her hair after a shower when her phone buzzed with a Her heart skipped da

might resurface, she replied, "Let's talk about it

stared at her phone after sending the

door creaked open, and Dominic walked in. She quickly set her phone aside. "Um.... I was just about to

word, he turned

her. "Why were you at the

upset. But now, the incre she

passed, glanced back at her,

him, and his footsteps echoed softly down

picked up the documents he had brought and examined them. As she read, it felt as though someone had squeezed her heart, making hard to breathe. So Simon hadn't just been scheming against her. He had also staged the robbery in the

had been carefully planned, and there had never been any genuine threat. She had been

mentally disabled patient she'd encountered in the small town hospital, who had broken into her home in the middle of the night, had also been paid

Simon.