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.

fooling a bit restrained. She felt like an outsider at Wellington

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

“Mr. Wellington… He doesn’t really like dealing with women. He’s only had one girlfriend that

Who was that

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

Stephanie was about to speak, curious to

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. We need to have

the door shut again with

lay back in bed, her gaze lost on the

strange to her, and Dominick’s unpredictable

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

restless

pitch–black

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entered the room “Mr.

under her eyes,

had

night. She was

glanced at the clock on the wall it

o’clock; Seriously? Did that old man really expect me to show up at this

are really hard to please,

to herself. Living under