Shattered Longings

Chapter 7 Took Her Breath Away

The excruciating pain made the color drain from Bella’s face. She had no idea how Dominic found out about her part–time job, nor did she know how she’d pissed him off.

She bit her lip and said nothing. Bella didn’t want to explain, nor was there the need to do so. After all, he believed that Dorothy had brought her to Miller Manor because they were wealthy, which resulted in his parents‘ divorce: She didn’t know where to start correcting him.

Her silence drove Dominic mad. He pushed her into the couch and mocked, “If you want money, I can give it to you. Wouldn’t it be easier to sleep with me rather than flirt with multiple men at a time?”

He was behaving like a beast who had lost its inhibitions. Bella curled up and begged, “Don’t say that… Please, don’t be like that. Things aren’t what you think they are-”

Dominic sealed her lips with his before she could say more. He’d always kissed fiercely. Bit by bit, he took her breath away.

Bella panted. Tears clung to her eyelashes. She didn’t want to go down this rabbit hole of longing for his affection. It would only make it harder for her to leave.

Suddenly, she bit his tongue. The metallic taste of blood filled their mouths.

Dominic hissed painfully. His bony fingers locked around her throat. However, he didn’t put much pressure on it.

through parted pink lips. Glaring at him stubbornly, she insisted, “Stop treating me

threw her journal and paintings onto the floor. He turned and left,

It was as though the sky had collapsed on her. Dominic had discovered her secret.

she heard him return home.

only knocked on the door after much hesitation. However, he dragged her onto his bed. The hangover soup she’d prepared for

that, he

gone to his room, they wouldn’t have slept

head to her room. As

they did it. She was only humiliating herself, Bella would never become the woman

He asked, “You’ve never refused it. In fact, you even seemed to

Dominic said nothing else. He

at the most

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it. Bella scrambled away from him. As he looked at her figure. disappearing into the