Crossroads

Chapter 14

A loud crash echoed through the room.

When struggling. Stephanie accidentally knocked over the crystal lamp on the bedside table, crashing it to the ground and sending shards skittering

across the floor.

“Mrs. Wellington, is everything alright?”

Sandra, who was guarding the door, rushed in nervously upon hearing the noise.

She was shocked to see Dominick pinning Stephanie to the bed, leaving her torn between staying and leaving

Stephanie was truly embarrassed. “Get off me!” she cried out as she pushed against the man on top of her.

Dominick shot her a cold glance. Then, he stood up straight, seemingly losing his interest.

He left the room without a word, and Stephanie finally exhaled a sigh of relief.

The way that Dominick looked at her was strange. It seemed to mix with a bit of conflict, resentment, and somewhat…longing

Stephanie furrowed her brows and couldn’t understand why Dominick was acting weird.

It was two in the morning, and the place was silent.

toes, fooling a bit

fragments on the floor. She caught Stephanie’s downcast expression and offered a word of

He doesn’t really like dealing with

Who was that unlucky

wondering why he wouldn’t marry the woman

Sandra, Stephanie was

if afraid to say too much, quickly

get some rest, especially now that you’re pregnant. Besides, there is a family tradition. We need

the door shut again

room. Stephanie lay back in bed, her gaze lost on the luxurious ceiling above her, unable to

Villa was still too strange to her, and Dominick’s unpredictable moods made

the wall ticked softly. She pulled the blanket over her head. “I need to have breakfast with

restless all

slowly lightened the pitch–black sky as the

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entered

under her

had

most of the night. She was put

at the clock on the wall it was

old man really expect me to

to please, the grumbled softly

under someone else’s