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.

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 and charming features, she

a little too hard with her makeup, though. It turned out that Dominic was into

picture Dominic and her getting intimate in bed. It evoked a deep sense of discomfort in her, but it subsided

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

to put on her white coat. Yet, the thought of

in the gynecology department

just now had

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

she should be careful not to catch a cold. But I suppose it

“No, I don’t. She’s… She’s my friend’s girlfriend, but we’ve

seem to put a finger on her relationship with Dominic. It was somewhat. absurd and humiliating: she found

hand. “Dr. Clarkson, my lab results are out. Help

if they’d agreed on it beforehand. Feeling awkward,

She wasn’t used to prying into other people’s

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