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.

and looked at her toes, fooling

offered a word of consolation. “Mr. Wellington has always been

He doesn’t really like dealing with women. He’s only had one girlfriend

girlfriend? Who was that

a bit surprised to hear this, wondering why he wouldn’t marry the woman

the kind Sandra, Stephanie was about to speak, curious to

say too much, quickly turned and

now that you’re pregnant. Besides, there is a family tradition. We need to have breakfast with Mr. George Wellington

the door shut

the room. Stephanie lay back in bed, her gaze lost on the luxurious

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

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

restless all

the pitch–black sky as

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maid knocked and entered the

circles under

thoughts had

the night. She was put

at the clock on the wall it

Did that old man really expect me

folks are really hard to please, the

under someone else’s root meant