Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)
Chapter 207

Chapter 207 Stay by My Side and Repay Me Slowly

Leonard could tell that Lia was trying to cheer him up. He remembered how she had been terrified and crying when Bellagat slot,

shot, but now that the sinuation had prysed, she was acting as if nothing had happened. She was even comfurting him now.

That warmth be feit was unfamiliar but comforting. He played along with her, lightly mocking himself. "Yeah, I'm useless, I don't even have the guts to

She was surprised. "Redly? With your status, you can just throw some money around! You're not bad looking other. You just need to put in a little effort. You'd easily win her over with your looks and cash if she's a little shallow lile most women. Why are you to scared to even confess

yet. Anyway, enough

He firmly responded, "She's not shallow at all. She doesn't even see me that way. But when the time's right, I'll confess. Just not y about me. You should go rest. I've got some things to handle."

Lia patted his shexalder seriously. "Happy birthday. Get busy, then I'm off to take a shower."

Leonard glanced at his shoulder where she had patted him, his eyes briefly flickering with complicated emotions. When he looked back at her, she had already walked away,

The next afternoon, Bella linally woke up

Though she had only been unconscious for a day, it felt as if she had been brought back to life. Her body felt weightless, and she barely sensed her own presence.

It took her a while to regain awareness, but her eyelids were still to

still too linavy to open, and she couldn't move.

Suddenly, someone held her hand. The warmth from the palan seemned to accelerate her body's awakening. She instinctively squeezed the hand back an she knew it was Dorsinke,

His hand stiffened slightly, and his wore sald, "She's awake! lan, come check!"

Lan took Belle's other hand and asked, "Can you bear me? II you can, squeeze my hand will as much strength as possibile"

She did as instructed. After a quick check, held, "She's awake. Everything's fine. She's still too weak, though, I'll go get something for her to eat help her regain strength."

A while later, Bella finally opened her eyes, Her body ached from lying down so long, so she asked Dominie to help adjust her position. But as soon moved, a sharp pain shot through her wound she gasped, leaning into late and pasting from the pain. Dominic, who had never been this cations, frld her gently. He didn't dare inove a

uscle even when his armies prot

How Fred.

As a doctor, Bella knew the limits of movement that wouldn't regen the wound. It was just that the anesthesia had worn off. The pain she left was God. After catching her breath, the anked him to continge helping her adjust her position Cure settled into a inore comfortable position, she broke into a fight sweat and asked, "Are you okay?

de looked at her with a colleted expressio "You're the one who got shot. Why are you asking if 1'in okay?u

Hight, of course, he was lipe II he weren't, he wouldn't be standing there,

Chu,↑ Day by My hide and Repay Mc Slowly

She closed her eyes and smiled. "As long as you're fine."

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He reached out to brush her messy hair aside. "Why were you so foolish? You only have one life. How many times are you planning to take a bullet for

me?"

Bella chuckled softly. "You only have one life too. I owe you, so I have to repay it. If I had died, that would've settled my debt. But since I didn't die, I'll have to keep repaying."

A slight smile tugged at his lips, and it was barely noticeable. "Keep repaying, then. Stay by my side and repay me slowly."