Crossroads

Chapter 21

Dominick didn’t do anything inappropriate towards her. He simply took some gauze and hydrogen peroxide from the medical kit to dress her wound.

The wound was somewhat deep, and as the hydrogen peroxide touched the cut, Stephanie couldn’t help but frown. Dominick glanced at her, still wearing a cold expression and saying nothing, but his movements became much gentler. After he finished, Dominick turned to tidy up the medical kit while Stephanie quickly slipped her shirt back on.

When Dominick turned back to look at her, she had already put on her jacket and was nervously meeting his gaze.

“Thank you,” Stephanie said awkwardly,

Dominick didn’t respond. Instead, he looked at her intently for a moment as if pandering something.

“Let’s go back.” He suddenly spoke up and strode toward the door.

However, Stephanie didn’t follow up immediately. When Dominick reached the door, he turned back to look at her with some displeasure, saying again, “Back to Wellington Villa.”

Stephanie sat in the wooden chair, biting her lip. “I need to wait for my aunt to come back. I have something to talk with her about,” she explained, hesitant to leave.

“Your aunt’s still in the sanatorium on a new medication. She can’t come home just yet, Dominick said flatly.

Stephanie was taken aback by the fact that he even knew about this.

With no excuses left, she lowered her gaze to her ankle, bit her lip, and braced herself to stand up. Then, she walked towards him with small steps.

Dominick seemed preoccupied with something else and barely paid attention to her as she followed him.

They walked out, one in front of the other…

The old apartment building had no elevator, forcing Stephanie to tackle five flights of stairs.

Each step sent a jolt of pain through her ankle, making her wince and pale slightly.

Dominick, naturally fast with his long legs, was already out of the building when he turned around and realized Stephanie was not in sight.

His brow furrowed as he stood impatiently, looking up toward the stairs.

Just as Dominick looked up, his usually stern face softened in surprise.

He frowned and took the stairs two at a time, finding her sitting on a step on the second floor.

“What’s this? Lost your tongue? Couldn’t you say your foot was injured?” he shouted, clearly angry.

Stephanie was already throbbing with pain, and his shout only fueled her grievance.

She couldn’t understand why he was yelling at her. “It is none of your business!” she retorted.

Dominick’s face darkened with anger.

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His patience was wearing thin, He watched her stubborn defiance and quickly bent down to scoop her up.

and instinctively struggled. “Put me down,

on your own?” Dominick repeated through clenched

thoroughly provoked,

the rusting

and watched her like she

on!” His voice was a cold

felt a little frightened,

and took a step. She wouldn’t let him look down on her, and she would

right ankle, already twisted, was swollen now from walking down from the

floor.

left foot landed, but her right

cry, Stephanie’s knees hit the floor. She quickly grabbed the staircase railing,

up!” Dominick barked. “I said

up! Show me you can

watched her, showing no intention of helping, Instead, he continued to

began to moisten as she heard

squatted down, completely losing the

fiercely. She bowed her head, her hands clutching the stair railing tightly,

desperately wanted to steel herself

the pain was

up, the

eyes narrowed. “What was that? Louder!”

Her eyes held a stubborn

eyes, unexpectedly feeling a twinge of

yourself, he warned coldly, taking a

time, Stephanie didn’t resist, though her body tensed up as he carried

she didn’t dare to move. She could

difficult to

“Mr. Wellington.”

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driver was about to go upstairs to look for Stephanie but was shocked to

commanded in a

stuffed into the car, looking

her seatbelt, their bodies pressed close together, Stephanie felt incredibly embarrassed

Dominick immediately looked up, sternly

stiffened, daring not to move any

called her by her name, her face suddenly flushed

to Wellington Villa and have Brad take a look at her ankle,” Dominick instructed the driver and forcefully slammed the car door shut. His eyes narrowed as he looked at Stephanie through

at his words, not daring to

car sped away smoothly, leaving Dominick standing there, watching

I hope you didn’t get violent

teasing smile. He just saw Dominick carrying a woman down and wondered when

ignored

further and spoke honestly.

spoke, he looked down at the smartphone screen in Dominick’s

from a particular angle, a photo showed a man and a woman

above the apartment building.

had been here before you got that MMS, but there’s no way they could have been hugging like in the photo.” He turned to Dominick with a sly grin.. “Because Kevin was carried