Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

Chapter 122

Chapter 122 The Third Wheel

Dominic's voice shot through the line like a whip. "You didn't want to come with me, but you had no problem tagging along with Lia and Oscar to be their third wheel?

Bella trove indisbelled. "How did you find out?"

La posted a photo on her social media," Dominic said.

Bella wanted to strangle Lia. She hadn't expected her friend to have Dominic as her friend on social media. Taking a deep breath, she scrambled for an excuse. "It was a last-minute thing, and Lia dragged me along. Next time, okay? I really need some sleep now. I'm exhausted."

Dominic didn't respond and just ended the call. He then sent her a friend request on Facebook moments later.

The moment she accepted it. Dominic called her again. She reluctantly answered."

"Now what?"

busy. His phone must have been held away from his

she left the call running. She quietly

wanted to refuse badly. However, the thought of him showing up unannounced was

better of her. She opened his profile and checked his posts. Surprisingly, he hadn't blocked her from viewing

random photos posted at long

was a photo of a broken-winged butterfly, captioned with, "No one ever asked me what I wanted. They just threw their

Richard passed away. Was the "burden" the weight of taking over the Miller family business? Or was it

Wait, are you calling

in the thought when Lia sneaked up beside her. "What are you looking at? Huh... Wait Bellaquickly forlod her phone and squeezed

a call with him, aren't you? What's this? Sleeping with each other on the phone now? You guys need to hear each other's breathing to fall asleep?" Bella dug her fingers into Lia's leg and tickled her "Your leg is heavy, get it off me. And no, I didn't call him. He made me stay on the line. He's weird like that. What can I do? I'm small helpless, and pitiful. I've been living at his merry since I was a kid. It's not like I can fight back. Now,

fell into silence. Fatigue from the day's travel hit Bella all at once,

La's excitement y

out of bed