Shattered Longings

Chapter 2 A Timeless Crush

Dominic froze at that instant. His expression appeared extremely cold under the dim lights.

“Bella, you’re asking for trouble!”

Indeed, Bella knew she was asking for trouble. Back then, when her mother, Dorothy Jones, brought her to the Miller family, she called out his name for the first time.

Yet, he rejected her brutally. “You disgust me, just like your mom,” he said.

The still air once filled with intimacy was replaced by hostility. Dominic was squeezing Bella’s wrist so hard that she felt it might snap at any minute. Finally, he got up and left after slamming the door behind him.

The world went quiet instantly. Bella lay on the bed like a soulless puppet, where the physical pain was nothing compared to the emotional pain she was going through.

Some people were buried in obscurity from the very start. It felt as if they were trapped in an endless dark tunnel, and each step was a struggle for them.

Bella took some time to get up. She walked toward the bathroom and washed all the exhaustion away.

In the year that Dorothy was terminally ill, the both of them had no choice but to turn to the Miller family for help. Dorothy could only think of her childhood friend, Richard Miller, as Bella’s father had abandoned

them.

to the

Margaret Reed, left him when he was eight

away. Shortly after, they received the shocking news that Margaret had also died of

time.

was compelled to take Bella in as she was left

the blink of an eye, 19 years had passed. Three years ago, Richard passed away, and Dominic left the country. Yet, everything

the ledger before curling up in bed to examine it closely. Ever since Dominic went abroad three years ago, she had been cutting back on her

recorded all the money saved in

to repay

She could only try her very best to

Bella and Dominic. He

alarm. After gathering herself, she

Manor had resigned when Dominic left. All this while, Bella was the only one taking care of the

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ready in the dining room. However, Dominic didn’t show up for

just returned from abroad. The food was getting cold, so Bella gathered her courage and

said, but

knock