Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

Chapter 364 An Intimate Connection

Bella's mood remained heavy all day, her emotions weighed down by everything that had happened.

When she got home after work, Dominic was already gone.

She glanced at the neatly made bed and, on impulse, leaned down to inhale. A faint trace of his scent still lingered in the sheets.

It was a strange sensation as if there was some kind of intimate connection binding them.

Dominic might not have been the greatest misfortune of her life, but she couldn't deny that meeting him had been her greatest stroke of luck. From the very beginning, he'd been a bundle of contradictions.

...

The night seemed calm, but for the Sawyer family, it was anything but ordinary.

Daniel had summoned his three sons back to Sawyer Manor, insisting he had an important announcement and urging them to clear their schedules.

be pulled aside by Diane for a private conversation. "Leonard, your dad's planning to discuss the division of inheritance between you three. When he starts talking, try

is he suddenly bringing this up? Is there something wrong

that made Leonard shift uncomfortably. "Mom, I'm an adult now. This kind of thing

you're probably the only one genuinely concerned about his health. The other two

"Got it. I won't say anything I shouldn't. Honestly, the inheritance isn't that important to me. I just want

not even

I don't expect the

Dad doesn't need

way to keep things 'balanced'-it'll only

your brothers don't see it the same way. No matter how close you were as kids, not that you're all grown, you're a thorn in their side. To your dad, treating you unfairly would feel like he's being prejudiced against you, so he has always tried to

lounge, Pierre was already there,

of line. Calling him

on the way.

came to the inheritance, he viewed both Xavier and Leonard as rivals. After about 30