Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

Chapter 394 No Way to Get an Answer

Since he felt guilty, Dominic behaved himself the entire night.

The next morning, Cara was about to head out to get groceries when she let out a startled scream. Then, she hurriedly shut the door again.

Upon hearing the commotion, Dominic put a shirt on and headed outside. "What's wrong?"

She pointed at the door and said, "Someone is sleeping at the doorstep with a bunch of bags. Could it be Ms. Jones' father?"

Dominic frowned as he opened the door to take a look. It was indeed Simon. He was sleeping in front of the door with all of his belongings like a homeless person.

Dominic was starting to question his decision. Had he been too harsh with Simon? If Simon were still basking in his former glory, he wouldn't have shown up at their doorstep like this.

Despite being fast asleep, Dominic was still woken up by the commotion. On the other hand, Simon didn't even move an inch.

"Hey. Wake up," Dominic walked forward and called out.

Simon was still.

dead?" Cara asked

way Dominic was letting something like that happen at Bella's doorstep. He immediately reached forward to check if Simon was breathing. The man was

bedroom. "What's going on? Why are you two standing

paused before saying, "Your father is at the door. He doesn't look

Bella frowned, Despite Cara's

malnourished. The injury on his leg is inflamed too. That's

he'll live. Let's

the ambulance to

nonchalantly walked off to wash up and have breakfast. No one knew about the raging emotions

had Cara tag along

breakfast like it was routine and chugged a huge glass of milk. To her dismay, she felt incredibly nauseous. She ended up throwing up in the end. Dominic handed her water and some tissue. "What are you planning to do?

silent. After a long period of time, she said, "Why did my mother get involved with a scumbag

answer to that question. She wasn't

a while later, they received news from the hospital. Simon needed to undergo another surgery for his leg Since she couldn't be

with it, Bella

to settle the matter