NovelEnglishChapter 122
Chapter 122 The Third Wheel
Dominic's voice shot through the line like a whip. "You didn't want to cwith me, but you had no problem
tagging along with Lia and Oscar to be their third wheel?
Bella trove indisbelled. "How did you find out?"
La posted a photo on her social media," Dominic said.
Bella wanted to strangle Lia. She hadn't expected her friend to have Dominic as her friend on social media.
Taking a deep breath, she scrambled for an excuse. "It was a last-minute thing, and Lia draggedalong. Next
time, okay? | really need ssleep now. I'm exhausted."
Dominic didn't respond and just ended the call. He then sent her a friend request on Facebook moments later.
The moment she accepted it. Dominic called her again. She reluctantly answered."
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"Now what?"
Dominic's voice sounded distant like he was busy. His phone must have been held away from his ear. "Leave the
line open. You can sleep. But if you hang up, you're dead
was terrifying, so she left the call running. She quietly switched off the mic,
Bella wanted to refuse badly. However, the thought of him showing up unannounced was terrify figuring at least
he wouldn't hear anything on her end.
Curiosity got the better of her. She opened his profile and checked his posts. Surprisingly, he hadn't blocked her
from viewing them.
His feed was sparse with just a few random photos posted at long intervals. There wasn't much to see.
Bella easily scrolled back to a post from three years ago that caught her attention. It was a photo of a broken-
winged butterfly, captioned with, "No one ever askedwhat | wanted. They just threw their burdens at me. I'm
tired."
The timestamp was from the night Richard passed away. Was the "burden" the weight of taking over the Miller
family business? Or was it her, the person who should have never entered his life?
Huh. Wait, are you calling someone?"
She was deep in the thought when Lia sneaked up beside her. "What are you looking at? Huh... Wait Bellaquickly
forlod her phone and squeezed her eyes shut. "I'm going to sleep
Lia flopped onto the bed beside her and threw a leg over Bella's waist "I saw Domine's profile picture just now.
You're on a call with him, aren't you? What's this? Sleeping with each other on the phone now? You guys need to
hear each other's breathing to fall asleep?" Bella dug her fingers into Lia's leg and tickled her "Your leg is heavy,
get it off me. And no, I didn't call him. He madestay on the line. He's weird like that. What can | do? I'm small
helpless, and pitiful. I've been living at his merry since | was a kid. It's not like | can fight back. Now, shut up. I'm
trying to sleep."
Lislet herbe, and the room fell into silence. Fatigue from the day's travel hit Bella all at once, and she drifted off
to sleep.
La's excitement y
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yanked Bella out of bed at the crack of dawn.
Bella sat up, her hair a tangled mess with her eyes barely opened "Why are we up this early? Can't | sleep a bit
more?"
Lia tugged her toward the bathroom. The weather is hot lately. You'll melt halfway through the day if we don't get
going soon. Then, we can forget about enjoying the trip. Oscar's already up and heading out to rent a car for our
convenience. Let's not slow him down After washing up, Bella lelt more awake. She grabbed her phone and
checked it, only to find that the call with Dominic was still connected.
Since Bella was heading out soon, she didn't want to drain her battery by keeping it uning. She reached to hang
up the call when Dominic's voice cthrough the speaker. "You can hang up now if you're heading out.
Listening to your stoting all night was punishing enough."
Bella's heart shopped a brat. "What? | don't "
As the spoke, she noticed the mic she thought she had turned off was somehow back on. Her cheeks flushed
with heat while embarrassment wave. She mustered a hasty goodbye and ended the call. It washed over her like
a
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