Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

Chapter 126

Chapter 126 Are You Avoiding Me?

Bellapeeled open the branded packaging to inspect the new handbag. It was authentic.

moming? So, he bought her a replacement?

Was it because she had torn her old, worn-out bag to shreds right in front of Dominic this momi

She liked it, but there was no way she could accept it. Taking the bag would feel like crossing a line, like admitting to a connection between them she wasn't ready to face. No way was she going to give him the satisfaction of revenge.

While Domitue was still out, Bella sneaked into his room to retum the bag. The moment she stepped inside, his signature clean, crisp scent surrounded her, making herpause for a second

Shaking off the strange feeling, she placed the bag where he would be sure to see it. If this was her way of fighting back, so be it. Ever since he returned to her life, she had been resisting the old patterns between thens, and she wasn't about to stop now. After that, she quietly slipped out of his room. Just as she closed the door behind her, her phone buzzed with a WhatsApp notification. She glanced at the message Irem Dominic, and her heart nearly stopped.

in my room, and I'll tear

cameras and no obvious signs of surveillance. How did he know, then? While Bella was trying to figure it out,

of Sylvia passing by the stairs from the comers of her

She should've thought of that earlier. Sylvia was hired

she

that she was only accepting it because he had forced her to. She didn't want it,

bag a meant

after, Dominic

his schedule. She knocked gently on Bella's door. "Ms.

everything in her power to avoid facing

hall. Soon after, a different

lock the door, but just as her bare feet touched the floor, the door swing open. Dominic stood in the doorway while

eye. "Are you avoiding me? You probably hoped I wouldn't come back, right? You

made her lean further back, and she had to brace herself with her hands. "I-I'm not! I'm just not hungry, olay? Do you seriously need to control whether I eat