Shattered Longings

Chapter 20 Going to Find Him

Bella couldn’t keep Dominic from leaving, just as she had never been able to hold him back before.

He sped off into the darkness, leaving no trace behind

When she received the call from the hospital, she remained calm as she could already guess outcome. Due to the media frenzy, she had been temporarily suspended from her position.

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These blows had become almost numb to her. Things were already bad enough. What more could go wrong?

For three days, there was no sign of Dominic or news from him.

When Bella mustered the courage to call him, she discovered that she had been blocked. The mechanical voice on the other end repeated that the call couldn’t be connected.

Such coldness was truly characteristic of him.

At first, she hoped that once his anger subsided, he would return. At least, he should give her a chance to explain, to show him that things weren’t as he thought, even if he were angry with her.

closed her eyes, she was haunted by the image of him seeing her

and she learned that Dominic was on a business trip

she had never dared to seek him out before, at any time or place, because

time, she wanted to take

this hour, there were no flights to Jargue, so she had to take the fastest high–speed train available. On the train, she repeatedly checked the detailed address Jan had sent her for Dominic’s

She arrived at midnight.

she saw his familiar figure across the street as soon as she got out of the car. Dressed in a black dress shirt and trousers, he stood like a cold, statuesque figure, the darkness unable to obscure

were several other people with him,

prepared to enter the hotel, Bella instinctively moved closer. Perhaps sensing her presence, Dominic glanced her way, but after a second,

put his arm around a slender woman beside

before.

was new to

and the scene before her

glanced at Bella with a challenging look and

seem ridiculous. She wanted To escape, but her legs

any explanation. The truth was irrelevant. He simply loathed her and didn’t want to

Going to

Dominic and the woman he was embracing, their smiles filled with suggestive undertones.