Shattered Longings

Chart 21 Are You Done Making a Scone

Chapter 21 Are You Done Making a Scene?

Dominic looked down at Bella with his eyes devoid of any emotion. In the morning mist, his figure seemed somewhat ethereal, like a divine apparition

“Are you done making a scene? His voice was icy.

Bella’s body tensed slightly. Did he really think she was just causing trouble?

She fought to suppress the pain in her heart and stood up, trying to explain, “I’m not…”

Before she could finish, Dominic interrupted her impatiently, “I don’t want to hear it. I don’t want to see you here any longer. Leave!”

Bella clutched the edge of her clothes nervously as her eyes turned red. “Please just give me two minutes. I just want to explain…”

She didn’t realize how pitiful she appeared at that moment, perhaps accustomed to such humiliation over

time.

discuss between us. I have

acted as though staying a second longer would cause him

after sitting all night, her legs were numb. She fell to the ground and scraped her palms on the hard surface. The

Dominic’s steps faltered slightly, but

to explain, but it turned out he saw it as nothing more than persistent

another woman? The image of him embracing someone else last night weighed heavily on Bella, leaving her heart utterly desolate, with no spark

breaking through the darkness, piercing the mist, and suddenly, the

in the morning light, disappearing around a

room, the woman who had spent the night with

However, his gaze was fixed outside through the floor–to–ceiling

bowed. “I’ll take my leave then. I’ve left

respond, only waving

tentatively said, “Mr. Miller, if

cut her off coldly, “She’s not a child

Are You Done Making a