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, I

repeated through clenched teeth, staring

thoroughly provoked,

Dominick set her down besides the rusting stair railing of the

stood, arms crossed, and watched her like she

on!” His voice was a cold command. “Start

by his sinister voice, she felt a

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

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

floor.

her right leg buckled. She pitched forward,

She quickly grabbed the staircase railing, saving herself from a worse fall. But she looked

up!” Dominick barked. “I said

me you

her, showing no intention of helping, Instead, he continued to urge her on with a merciless

to moisten

completely losing the strength to rise

right ankle throbbed fiercely. She bowed her head, her

steel herself to stand

was just

sorry…” She choked up, the

eyes narrowed. “What was that? Louder!” His harsh

his gaze. Her eyes held a stubborn defiance, yet she had

her eyes, unexpectedly feeling a twinge

yourself, he warned coldly, taking a step forward and scooping her into his

body tensed up as he carried

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

truly difficult

“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

commanded in a cool

into the car, looking

over to buckle her seatbelt, their bodies pressed close together, Stephanie

Dominick immediately looked up,

stiffened, daring not to

some reason, when Dominick called her by her

at her ankle,” Dominick instructed the driver and forcefully slammed the car door shut. His eyes

his

smoothly, leaving Dominick standing there, watching the

I hope you didn’t get violent when you

Dominick carrying a woman down and wondered when he

the photo?” Dominick ignored his teasing

serious expression, Vincent didn’t dare joke further and spoke honestly. “No MMS from the

spoke, he looked down at

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

above the

like in the photo.” He