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.

her toes, fooling a bit

away the fragments on the floor. She caught Stephanie’s downcast expression and offered a word of consolation. “Mr. Wellington has always been distant and cold. He

doesn’t really like dealing

that unlucky woman?”

surprised to hear this, wondering why he wouldn’t

at the kind Sandra, Stephanie was about to speak,

Sandra, as if afraid to say too much, quickly turned and

said, “Mrs. Wellington, you should get some rest, especially now that you’re pregnant. Besides, there is a family tradition.

door shut again

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

and

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

restless all

the dawn slowly lightened the pitch–black sky as the

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entered the

dark circles under her eyes, Stephanie

thoughts had kept

most of the night. She

the clock on the wall it was

really expect me to show up at this four for

really hard to please, the grumbled softly

Stephanie kept her complaints to herself. Living under