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.

Stephanie felt extremely uncomfortable and instinctively struggled. “Put me down,

Dominick repeated through clenched teeth, staring

he was thoroughly

down besides the rusting stair

crossed, and watched her like

a cold command. “Start walking,

urged by his sinister voice, she felt

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

the truth was, her right ankle, already twisted, was swollen now

floor.

but her right leg buckled. She

grabbed the staircase

barked. “I

me

showing no intention of helping, Instead,

eyes began to moisten as she heard

completely losing the strength

throbbed fiercely. She bowed her head, her hands

desperately wanted to steel

the pain was

She choked up,

eyes narrowed. “What was that?

sorry!” Stephanie lifted her head, meeting his gaze. Her eyes held a stubborn defiance, yet she had

unexpectedly feeling a twinge of

yourself, he warned coldly, taking a step forward and scooping

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

Nestled in his embrace, she didn’t dare to move.

difficult to

“Mr. Wellington.”

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apartment, the driver was about to go upstairs to look for Stephanie but was shocked to see Dominick carrying her

commanded in a cool

was stuffed into the car,

her seatbelt, their bodies pressed close together, Stephanie

up, sternly calling

not to

her by her name, her face

driver and forcefully slammed the

his words, not daring

there, watching the fading

I hope you didn’t get violent

Dominick carrying a woman down and wondered when he had ever shown such tenderness

the photo?” Dominick ignored his

Vincent didn’t dare joke further and spoke honestly. “No MMS from the satellite card

down at the

that screen, from a particular angle, a photo showed a man and a woman seemingly wrapped in an intimate

camera above the apartment

they could have been hugging like in the