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.

bag in my room,

cameras. She tiptoed back into his room and scanned every comer. There were no cameras and no obvious signs of surveillance. How did he

the stairs from the comers of her

Sylvia was the "surveillance camera". She should've thought of that earlier. Sylvia was hired by Dominic and

she

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

the bag a meant

after, Dominic came

syme with his schedule. She knocked gently on Bella's

in her power to

the hall. Soon after, a different set of footsteps

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

were nearly eye to eye. "Are you avoiding me? You probably hoped I wouldn't come back, right? You looked downright disappointed when I showed up early from my

herself with her hands. "I-I'm not! I'm just not hungry, olay? Do you seriously need to control whether