Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)
Chapter 67

Chapter 67 He Has Been Good to Her

Tella found herself reminiscing about her childhood. She used to be terrified of thunder.

One night, when Alchand was away, a violent thunderstorm struck, and she had huddled at the foot of her bed with tears streaming down her face.

Suddenly, Dominic burst into her room and said coldly, "Come sleep with me tonight"

That was why, despite his hatred for her, she always clung to him. She remembered the few times he had been kind.

He had been kind, but now she wanted to move on, both from him and from her pain.

""Mr. Miller, you're back..."

Sylvia's voice cut through the tense atesphere Dominic, with a hint of annoyance, released Bella,

adjusted his shoes and went straight upstairs.

Syria's face turned pale. "Ms. Jones, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean in

Bella smiled gently. "It's okay. He's just drank. You should go get some rest. It's late."

As she passed Dominic's room on her way upstairs bella noticed the doce was and decided to close it for him

Just as she reached out for the doorkeeh, adeafening dap of thunder shock the house. Her heart sank to her stomach.

Beyond her natural fear of thunder, she cralized that Domine had asked her to sleep with him because he know there would be a thundersroom. He had no other intentions. She was certain he was genuinely drunk, even though he didn't appear overly intoxicated. How she She gently closed the door behind him and returned to her room, where the sound of thunder fill-dber mind with countless thoughts

she was no longer child, no longer to trail to cower in the corner of turbed, but she still couldn't sleep.

The thunder continued intermittently for over an hour before the rain began to fall in a steady drizzle. Despite this, thender continued to rumble occasionally

Bella was sulting from Insomnia, She found her earplugs and managed to drift off to sleep

The nest momng, she was awakened by a chons of birds only to replace that her explues were nowhere to be found.

A few swallows flitted about under the eaves outside her window. She must have been away during the spring when they bust their nest. Now, their young had hatched, and the alr was filled with their cheerful chips. She hadn't sonnything like this since she was a child living with her mother in the small town. It wa sararesight in the city

Alteranight of rain, the air was exceptionally trosh, and the day was bright and sunny, she sat up and sweiched. As the blanket slipped off her, she caught a glimpse of something pale in her peripheral vision. Her yown was cut short as his eyes widened an astonishest, she stared at Dominic, who had somehow ended up in her bed.

Despite being drunk, he hadn't forgotten to shower. The scent of us body wash lingered on him, though he had forgotten to get dressed and was only wearing a pair of

Seeing that he was still asleep, she gently pulled the blanket owe him and carefully got out of bed

Unfortunately, she tripped over the nightstand, canning a thud and a muffled grow of pain.

Domenic was startled awake. He opened his eyes, his expression a mix of imitation and confusion he

looked at her. "Why are you in my room?

She named the photo frame on the nightstand toward him and said, "This is any room. You need to consider how you ended up here. You really scared me.

Dominic was momentarily stunned. He got out of bed, but when he realized he was only in his underwear, his back down and said coldly, I must have gone to the wrong bathroom. Is there a problem with that? Bella raised an elow and exposed his lie without mercy. "You've got your own bathroom in your room. Why would you need to use mine?