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, I

your own?” Dominick repeated through clenched teeth, staring at

was thoroughly

the rusting stair

arms crossed, and watched her like she

a cold command. “Start walking,

sinister voice, she felt a little frightened,

lip, and took a step. She wouldn’t let him look down on

already twisted, was swollen now from walking

floor.

right leg buckled. She

staircase railing,

up!” Dominick barked. “I said

me

helping, Instead, he continued to urge her on with a

began to moisten as she

completely losing the strength to

her hands clutching the stair railing tightly,

steel herself to stand

pain was

up,

that?

gaze. Her eyes held a stubborn defiance,

eyes, unexpectedly feeling a

he warned coldly, taking a step forward and scooping

Stephanie didn’t resist, though her body tensed up

didn’t dare to move. She could feel his strong heartbeat and his uniquely cool

truly difficult to deal

“Mr. Wellington.”

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driver was about to go upstairs to look for Stephanie but was shocked to see Dominick carrying

Dominick commanded

into

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

looked up, sternly calling out

stiffened, daring not to move any

when Dominick called her by her name, her face suddenly

back 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

her lips at his words,

Dominick standing there, watching the fading car lights with a

you didn’t get violent when you busted those cheaters, did

teasing smile. He just saw Dominick carrying a woman down and wondered when he had ever shown such tenderness

ignored his

and spoke

he looked down at the smartphone screen in Dominick’s

angle, a photo showed a man and a woman seemingly wrapped in an intimate embrace, and

a surveillance camera above the apartment building. “This caught

got that MMS, but there’s no way they could have been hugging like