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 can walk on my

repeated through clenched teeth,

thoroughly provoked,

the

watched

on!” His voice was a

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

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

her right ankle, already twisted, was swollen now from walking down

floor.

right leg buckled. She pitched

Stephanie’s knees hit the floor. She quickly grabbed the staircase railing, saving herself

barked. “I

me you

watched her, showing no intention of helping, Instead, he continued to

to moisten as she heard

down, completely losing the

head, her hands clutching

desperately wanted to steel

the pain was

She choked up,

that? Louder!” His harsh

her head, meeting his gaze. Her eyes held a stubborn defiance,

eyes, unexpectedly feeling a twinge of

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

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

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

truly difficult to deal

“Mr. Wellington.”

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to go upstairs to look for

Dominick commanded in

was stuffed into

when he leaned over to buckle her seatbelt, their bodies pressed close

immediately looked up, sternly

stiffened, daring not

her by her name, her face suddenly

to Wellington Villa and have Brad take a look at her ankle,” Dominick instructed the driver and forcefully slammed the car door shut.

her lips at his words, not daring to

standing there, watching the fading car

hope you didn’t get violent

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

ignored his teasing and

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

he looked down at the smartphone screen in

showed a man and a woman seemingly wrapped in an

pointed to a surveillance camera above the apartment building. “This caught

have been hugging like in the photo.” He turned to Dominick with a sly grin.. “Because Kevin was carried out