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.

uncomfortable and instinctively struggled. “Put me down, I can walk

repeated through clenched

thoroughly

down besides the rusting stair railing

and watched her like

a cold command. “Start walking, Stephanie,

by his sinister voice, she felt a little frightened, panicked, and somewhat

at him, bit her lip, and took a step. She wouldn’t let

was swollen now from

floor.

her right

staircase railing, saving herself from a worse fall. But she looked

Dominick barked.

up! Show me

intention of helping, Instead, he continued to urge her on with

eyes began to moisten as she heard

completely losing the strength to rise

ankle throbbed fiercely. She bowed her head, her hands clutching the stair

steel herself to stand

the pain was

She choked up, the words barely

was that? Louder!” His harsh voice

gaze. Her eyes held a stubborn

looked into her eyes, unexpectedly

on, behave yourself, he warned coldly, taking a step

resist, though her body tensed up as

was broad and firm. Nestled in his embrace, she didn’t dare to move. She could feel his strong heartbeat and

was truly difficult to

“Mr. Wellington.”

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to look for Stephanie

the door,” Dominick commanded in a

was stuffed into the car,

their bodies pressed close together,

Dominick immediately looked up, sternly calling out her

not

Dominick called her by her name,

Brad take a look at her ankle,” Dominick instructed the driver and forcefully slammed the car door shut. His eyes narrowed

his words, not

leaving Dominick standing there, watching the fading car lights with a

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

ignored his

joke further and spoke honestly. “No MMS from the satellite

spoke, he looked down at the

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

camera above the

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