Shattered Longings

Chapter 83 Need Someone to Warm the Bed

Bella’s heart pounded as she gazed intently at Dominic She had never looked at him with such boldness or seriousness.

So, she was family to him, and he would protect her.

Noticing her gaze, Dominic frowned slightly and said with a flippanttore, “What are you staring at? you don’t actually want to be my girlfriend, do you? If you were, you’d have to fulfill your duties.”

Bella nervously avertedber

gee “Anyway, thanks for today. How about I take you out for dinner?”

Dominic replied with annoyance, don’t need your dinner or your meager salary. If you really want to thank ine, what I need is someone to warm my Bella was speechless. Deciding to take his comment is a joke, she silently lowered her head and pretended to tiddle with her fingers.

my bed.

She was the reason his family had been torn apart when he was young, yet he still treated her this way. Despite his usually harsh attitude, shecouldn’t bring herself to resent him. Back at Miller Manor, Bella was drying her hair after a shower when her phone buzzed with a message from Dominic, asking her to come over

late at night, especially

feelings for him might resurface, she replied, “Let’s talk about it tomorrow. I’m going to

at her phone after sending the message. Her heart was still

aside. “Um…. I was just about to go to sleep. Is everything okay?

another word, he

her. “Why were you

eller because she’d been an upset. But now, the incre she

at

behind him, and his footsteps echoed softly

picked up the documents he had brought and examined

her. He had also staged the robbery

attacker was supposed to stab him had been carefully planned, and

in the small town hospital, who had broken into her home in the

Simon.