Crossroads

Chapter 20

Stephanie slammed the door hard, driving out the couple

Tears welled up in her eyes, but she held them back. She had to admit that the deep sorrow that weighed heavily in her heart was unbearable.

She had loved this man with everything she had, and she didn’t regret that. She just thought she was blind back then.

Her gaze wandered over the old and small apartment, and she closed her eyes, trying to calm herself down.

As she stepped toward the wooden chair to her left, a sharp pain shot through her ankle.

Shel

se limped o

over and sat down at the chair with her brows furrowed.

Stephanie had just thrown Kevin over her shoulder with too much force than intended during their confrontation, and it seemed like she had twisted her ankle.

Bending down, she was about to roll up her pant leg to check the injury when she suddenly heard footsteps outside the door..

Her first thought was that Kevin had the nerve to come back and mess with her again, but that seemed unlikely. With her exceptional karate skills, that move could send him straight to the hospital.

her. With this in mind, she relaxed a bit and forced a smile as she

soon as she

widened at the sight of the man

to be back from a business trip tomorrow, but

in this cramped, old apartment, his gaze sweeping

toward her, his expression

approach with a menacing air as if he had

for me? One could tell she

Dominick didn’t answer

what he was talking about. She sat on the bench while his six–foot–one fragme

nervous.

want to be looked down upon like this and instinctively stood up, trying to explain, “Grandpa

let her finish. He suddenly took a

stumbled backward, falling

“Take off your coat!”

to her level, commanding

panicked and quickly covered her chest

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Chapter 20

to run out of his patience. He

you can’t push mel” she protested, clutching her white blouse tightly as

her blouse, and the buttons scattered across the

Dominick fiercely stripped off her blouse