Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

Chapter 195

Chapter 195 A Side She Has Never Seen Before

Over the weekend, Bella stayed at home. Lia kept her company through voice calls.

Abruptly, she started talking about a recent story on the news. "Did you know that the police reinoved a dead body from one of the houses in your neighborhoo The house isn't too far from yours too, Lia described.

"The dead man wasn't the owner of the house, though. The owners didn't know ha

know him either. He broke in and died by accident. They even found guns that belongs to the dead man on the scene. Could he be an assassin?

"The people who live in your neighborhood are pretty rich, and rich men bring trouble. You need to be careful."

Bella hadn't heard about this at all, so she was surprised. "Is that so? I didn't know about that. I'm typically at the hospital during the day. I didn't hear anyone talking about this...

Out of curiosity, she went up to the rooftop and looked at the house that Lia had mentioned. The house was on slightly elevated ground, so it was positioned high than Miller Manor. If someone were to stand on the rooftop of that house, they would be able to see the entire Miller Manor and look right inside.

to her bedroom, not wanting to

and placed it before him while they were having dinner. "Do you think this man was sent by

father, so I don't think he's going to let you off

like he already knew what it

deflated. They were at an awkward phase in their relationship right now, so getting along was pretty n impossible. She was just worried about him being assassinated; they

much

while,

impassive as if he was just asking a normal question and not about how

losown from the start that an assassin was after him, then that man's death was probably not an accident. What kind of

she could gather her courage and ask him, Dominic put down his cutlery and went out

took her some time to

as the victim. He lilled only in self-defense. He nearly died, so it Now, though, it was different. She had known lum for 20 years, but it seemed like he had another side

the party with him

few days later was Leorged's birthday, Dominic had told Bella this in advance

even though she didn't want to go, she had to