Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

Chapter 369 Who Do You Take Me For

Bella knew Dominic could hear them. Only a bedroom door separated them, and the soundproofing here wasn't great.

To avoid further complications, she replied, "Yeah. Don't mind him, he's got a bit of a temper."

Wesley gave a faint smile. "No worries. I'm full, so I'll head out."

Once she had seen Wesley off, Bella let out a long breath. Of all the times Dominic could've shown up, he had to pick now. She hadn't done anything wrong, but she still felt a pang of guilt...

She walked into the bedroom and found Dominic sitting on the edge of the bed, clearly annoyed.

She just wanted to move past this without a fight. "If you haven't eaten yet, want to go grab something together?"

Dominic muttered, "You didn't just let some other guy use your shower-you let him wear my slippers too."

braced herself and replied, "Those slippers cost, what, ten bucks at the convenience store? I'll buy you a new pair. I get you obsessing over Felix and Ethan, but come on-you're jealous over a kid who's

pointed look. "And how do you know

expression. Do you think I actually checked? Alright, alright. It's late. What did you come over for anyway? You've been so busy lately. If you didn't have

her with a deep, unreadable expression. "The only reason I came

aren't I? Go focus on your career, like before. You don't need

that he didn't need to worry about her. There was nothing in

another way entirely. His expression darkened, and his tone grew cold and biting.

of what she had done to annoy him this time. For some reason, her emotions suddenly surged

day, only to find herself tiptoeing around his mood. She didn't want to go out of her way

way he still tried to control everything-even after they had

moment of silence, she said in a low voice, "I'll go clean up the

occupied just to keep her emotions at bay But eventually, there was

she returned to the bedroom, she was hit by the strong smell

to her, a cigarette in hand. She had no