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.

on her. With this in mind, she relaxed a bit and

as she looked up, her smile

at the sight of the

supposed to be back from a business trip tomorrow, but now

cramped, old apartment, his gaze sweeping

straight toward her, his expression dark and

a menacing air as if he had come for vengeance, but she hadn’t done anything to offend

for me? One could tell she was

exactly is going on?” Dominick didn’t answer but instead asked in a cold,

didn’t know what he was talking about. She sat on the bench while his six–foot–one fragme towered over her,

nervous.

didn’t want to be looked down upon like this and instinctively stood up,

let her finish. He suddenly took a big step forward,

stumbled backward, falling back into

“Take off your coat!”

her level,

panicked and quickly covered her chest with her hands. “What do

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Chapter 20

He pulled at her clothes forcefully, quickly yanking

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

ripped at her blouse, and the buttons

cool. Dominick fiercely stripped off her blouse