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.

struggled. “Put me down, I

own?” Dominick repeated through clenched teeth, staring at

thoroughly provoked,

her down besides the rusting stair railing of

stood, arms crossed, and watched her like she was a

on!” His voice was a

voice, she felt a little

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

already twisted, was swollen now from walking down from the

floor.

but her right leg buckled. She pitched

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

barked.

me you

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

moisten as she

completely losing the strength

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

wanted to steel herself

was just

choked up, the words barely

was that? Louder!” His

his gaze. Her eyes held a stubborn

eyes, unexpectedly feeling a twinge of

taking a step

though her body

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

difficult to

“Mr. Wellington.”

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the apartment, the driver was about to go upstairs to look for Stephanie but

Dominick commanded in a

was stuffed into

he leaned over to buckle her seatbelt, their bodies pressed close together, Stephanie felt incredibly

up,

stiffened, daring not to move

called her by her name, her face suddenly

look at her ankle,” Dominick instructed the driver and forcefully slammed the car door shut. His eyes narrowed as he looked at Stephanie through the window. “I don’t want to marry

pressed her lips at his words, not daring

standing there, watching the fading car

you didn’t get violent when you

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

ignored

serious expression, Vincent didn’t dare joke further and spoke

looked down at the

screen, from a particular angle, a photo showed a man and a woman seemingly wrapped

pointed to a surveillance camera above

way they could have been hugging like in the photo.” He turned to Dominick with a sly grin..