Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

Chapter 296

Chapter 296 How Are You Different From Your Mother

Curious, Bella walked closer to inspect the roses. They were still fresh, their red petals vibrant and dewy as if they had just been discarded there. The cold air around hadn't yet affected their color. Almost as if on impulse, she crouched down to search for a card that usually accompanied such bouquets, but there was none. It seemed someone had deliberately removed it. Felix approached and asked, "What's wrong?"

Bella stood up, shaking her head. "Nothing. There's a bouquet of flowers here. I'm not sure who left it."

Puzzled, Felix glanced around. "Weird. Why would they throw the flowers at my doorstep? Forget about it. Let's have breakfast first."

After breakfast, Bella drove back to Miller Manor. She needed to shower and change before heading to the hospital.

When she arrived at the gate, she noticed Dominic's car parked there. It wasn't in the garage, suggesting he had just returned

expected him to come back from his overseas trip so soon. Overwhelmed with joy, she walked to his car and

enter, her eyes caught sight of a card on the driver's seat. She had

read, "Merry Christmas", and

border

the bouquet at Felix's door, and

entered

seemed to chill with his Bella couldn't contain

is all overseas. When I visited him last night, he wasn't

Dominic cut her off. "No need to explain. He's a doctor himself. He should know going to the hospital would be more useful than having you there. You've got some nerve, Bella. You really fucking do!" With that, he slammed his coffee cup onto the floor. The carpet was stained, and Pudding jumped

commotion, Sylvia rushed out to clean up, but Dominic gritted his teeth

at Bella with concem before reluctantly

you not get so worked up? I wouldn't