Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

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Chapter 83

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,

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what | 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 Her heart skipped da beat. Being alone with him late at night,

especially after what had happened, made her overthink things

Fearing that her feelings for him might resurface, she replied, "Let's talk about it tomorrow. I'm going to bed "

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

Suddenly, the door creaked open, and Dominic walked in. She quickly set her phone aside. "Um.... | was just

about to go to sleep. Is everything okay? He tossed alle onto her bed and said, "Read this"

Without another word, he turned and lett

A thought occurred to her. "Why were you at the hospital today’

She hadn't gotten around in asiding eller because she'd been an upset. But now, the incre she pondered it, the

stranger the situation seemed.

Dominic passed, glanced back at her, and replied, "Guess."

The door shut behind him, and his footsteps echoed softly down the hallway.

Judging by his attitude, Bell guessed he had probably gone to find tan. She picked up the documents he had

brought and examined them. As she read, it felt as though someone had squeezed her heart, making hard to

breathe. So Simon hadn't just been scheming against her. He had also staged the robbery in the alley!

The spot where the attacker was supposed to stab him had been carefully planned, and there had never been

any genuine threat. She had been so nahe

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And that wasn't all. The mentally disabled patient she'd encountered in the small town hospital, who had broken

into her hin the middle of the night, had also been paid by

Simon.

The man wasn't really disabled; he had been taking it. And the medical dispote? That was Simon's doing too. He

had deliberately instigated into force her to go to Holland join

him.

She didn't know how Dominic had learned all this, but the documents were detailed and included photos of the

people Simon had bribed. She had no choice but to trust Dominic, as there was no ten for him to lie. Reflecting

on it, she realized simon had a motive for his actions. Had she joined him back then, she would have been

entirely at his mercy. The more she thought about it, the more terrifying it becThere was one more detail

When she worked at the hospital in Holha, she had seen Simon pick up a report from the lab.

He had claimed he was visiting a friend and helped them get the report, but she now realized it was probably

because his daughter had been treated there. There had been so many clues, but she hadn't noticed any of

them.

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