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.

looked at her toes, fooling a bit restrained. She felt like

downcast expression and offered a word of consolation. “Mr. Wellington has always been distant and cold. He probably went to rest in the

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

that

wondering

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

say too much, quickly turned

pregnant. Besides, there is a family tradition. We need to have

door shut again

lay back in bed, her gaze lost on the luxurious ceiling above

was still too strange to her, and Dominick’s

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

restless all

the dawn slowly lightened the pitch–black sky as the time ticked

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and entered the

circles under her eyes,

had kept

night.

at the clock on the wall it was only

old man really expect me to show

really hard to please, the

Stephanie kept her complaints to herself. Living under someone