Shattered Longings

Chapter 93 A Silent Showdown

After wrestling with her thoughts for 20 minutes, Bella finally caved.

She took a cup of coffee and went to Ian’s office. When she got there, he was busy with paperwork, so she waited at the door for him to finish.

When Ian looked up and saw her, he didn’t seem surprised. He put his papers aside and said, “Come in.”

Bella placed the coffee on his desk. “When did it start?”

Ian smirked a little. “You’re curious, but pretending you don’t care. You probably already figured it out–it started while he was abroad. About six months after he left, they broke up right before he came back.”

Bella did the math. Dominic was gone for three years, which meant he and Amber were together for two and a half.

Two and a half years wasn’t as long as the nearly 20 years she’d spent with him, but Amber had been his girlfriend- already won.

She wondered why she had come to dig up this pain. She didn’t even have the right to feel jealous.

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lip. “I want to know if he loved Amber, but you probably can’t answer that for him.”

not the type to fall in love easily. Sometimes there are other

really understand, but she agreed with him. Dominic wasn’t someone who fell in love just like that. She had spent years trying

alone, and now she’s even followed him to Joville. I heard you’re staying with a friend–keep it that way for now. Don’t go back. Amber… You should avoid her. Just some friendly

to tell her that. She already knew. She

she walked out of Ian’s office with her head down, she was hit by a strong perfume and the sharp sound of high heels clicking

coat pocket, and

The perfume was unmistakable–Amber’s.

her with a confident and smug expression. They locked eyes, and it felt like a silent