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.

dress and high

hard with her makeup, though. It turned

intimate in bed. It evoked a deep sense of

floor of a hospital. It seemed like the woman came

too long and went to her office to put on her

in the gynecology

slip dress just now had

a few seconds before answering. “Oh, her… I think her name is Mandy Lloyd. Yeah, she had an abortion

should be careful not to catch a cold. But I suppose it wouldn’t be a big deal since she’s young and strong. Do

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

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

the clinic with her lab results in hand. “Dr. Clarkson, my lab results are out. Help

as if they’d agreed on it beforehand.

used to prying into other people’s

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