Shattered Longings

Chapter 3 A Love So Crazy

Bella looked into his callous eyes, feeling a little embarrassed. Standing so close to Dominic made her heart race uncontrollably. “–”

“You should know your place.” Dominic said derisively, cutting her off. “To me, you’re just like any other woman I’ve met in the club. The only difference is that I’ve allowed you to stay here.”

Her face turned pale as she watched him leave. She tried to suppress the heart–wrenching feeling that was taking over. It wasn’t the first time; she should’ve known better than to get upset.

Dominic was referring to the breakfast Bella had prepared. To him, It was merely an attempt to win his favor.

She picked herself up and left for the hospital. Once she arrived, she took the elevator to the cardiac department located on the third floor as usual.

“When can I get my lab results? A crisp woman’s voice caught Bella’s attention as she passed by the laboratory department.

Bella remembered hearing this voice from yesterday. The memory of this woman crying to Dominic about

the abortion was still fresh in her mind.

stopped and looked in the direction of the voice. The woman was dressed in a black, tight–fitting slip dress and high heels, revealing her slender and fair legs. With her tall figure

with her makeup, though. It turned out

help but picture Dominic and her getting intimate in bed. It evoked a

were usually located on the third floor of a hospital. It seemed like the woman came back for a check–up after the

her white coat. Yet, the thought of

up in

in the black slip dress just

thought it over for a few seconds before answering. “Oh, her… I think her name is Mandy Lloyd.

in early spring, she should be careful not to catch a cold. But I suppose it wouldn’t be a big

shook her head awkwardly. “No, I don’t. She’s… She’s

with Dominic. It was somewhat. absurd and humiliating: she found

in hand. “Dr. Clarkson, my

they’d agreed on it beforehand. Feeling awkward,

She wasn’t used to prying into other people’s business, so she

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