Shattered Longings

Chapter 50 There is Hardly Anything There

Ather she heard Dominic wolk mery, Bella opened her eyes and looked at the sit packet, puzzled. She was sure that Dominar wasn’t hipolar why would he be so kind to be after haringher so badly?

Teing a light sleeper, she needed avery specific environment to rest. The courtyard was out of the question, and the rocking chair was nowhere near as comfortable as her bed. Soon, she started to feel unconderable all over.

she rose from her seal and went inside, casually tossing Dominic’s suit jacket entothe rocking chair

Didn’the dislike being treated so casually she deliberately wanted to make him uncomfortable, preferably so uncomfortable that he couldn’t bear to see her for even a

When the ked into the thing room, she kicked off her slippers, leaving them on the four as she padded around barefoot

Sylvia called her for lunch, and she walked into the dining room and sat access from Dominic. He studied her with acts look, probably thinking she was being too caveal that dry.

Put your shoes an “he ardered

“I don’t want to. They hurt my feet,” she responded with a spoon in her mouth. Then, she suddenly felt something touch her feet.

she noticed that he had pushed

out of

now. I’I have some buy you a new pair. Don’t

had painstakingly built inside her crumbling, so she from and asked, “Are you out of your mind, Dominic?

with you to get

he set his cleryd and went upstairs, kening the merits of the

If he kept this

frike she could fall deepstanding up. She powned and went

ajar. He was standing by the window with his back to her, talking on the phone. The white shirt and ash–gay tromess accentuated

gaze and

time she went to

and their eyes st. She wowardly When wrth did she pick mom when Richard her choose? she had to walk past Dominic’s In the past, she thought it would be great to see him every day. Now, she just wanted to depot there Not longer, she received anissage from Dominic. “Your ce coming to a party weak me

and they

she did her make–up and put on a dress. It was the same

looked performer

gom she had wom