Crossroads

Chapter 19

Stephanie’s expression turned cold instantly as the faced the man before her.

“Kevin, what are you doing heie?” she demanded, her voice full of disgust.

Kevin didn’t answer, instead, he surveyed her with a strange intensity.

He didn’t know that Stephanie had been living in such a cramped and rundown apartment with her aunt, a place even worse than the servant quarters at Nelson Villa

During their three years of marriage, Stephanie had never asked him for money. Suddenly, Kevin realized he had never really looked at her properly.

Stephanie stood at five feet six, with a model’s figure and a face that outshone Claire’s with its delicate beauty

“Kevin, you’re not welcome herel

Feeling his eyes on her, Stephanie felt a wave of disgust, her voice cold as she commanded, “Give the key back!” She knew this key was given to him by her aunt.

“Steffi, your aunt told me to take good care of you when she gave me those keys.” Kevin’s gaze deepened with emotion as he looked at her.

“What kind of act are you putting on now?”

Stephanie didn’t want to see him and sharply rebuked him, “Get out, this shabby place isn’t fitting for you, Mr. Nelson.”

felt somewhat guilty as she

being submissive over the years, and hearing her

he remembered she had gotten married to Dominick, and the feeling in his heart became even

“Is it because you‘

can speak

his company. Right now, he’s locked in a power struggle with my mom and the rest of them. You’re nothing but a tool for him. Once the

hissed, “Are you done? If so, get the hell out of

anymore and stepped forward,

the

as Stephanie was about to push him out the door, Kevin suddenly

but this is for the best.

ook, I’ll give yo

dollars. You and your aunt can start a new life, somewhere

a vain attempt

then, hurried footsteps echoed from

“What’s going on here?”

the tension as she hurriedly latched onto Kevin’s arm,

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looking at Stephanie and

had prepared 600 thousand dollars for her to leave? Her

pre–written check from Kevin’s

at the 600 thousand dollar check on the table, then let