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

own?” Dominick repeated through clenched teeth,

was thoroughly provoked,

besides the

watched

voice was a cold command. “Start walking,

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

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

truth was, her right ankle, already twisted, was

floor.

landed, but her right leg buckled.

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

barked. “I

Show me you can

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

eyes began to moisten as she

squatted down, completely losing the strength to

bowed her head, her hands clutching the

to steel herself to

was

choked up,

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

her head, meeting his gaze. Her eyes held a

her eyes, unexpectedly

coldly, taking a step forward and scooping

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

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

was truly difficult to deal

“Mr. Wellington.”

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to look for Stephanie but was shocked to see Dominick carrying her

commanded in a cool

was stuffed into the

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

immediately looked up, sternly

not to move any

by her name, her face suddenly

Villa and have Brad take a look at her ankle,” Dominick instructed the driver and forcefully slammed the

his words,

standing there, watching the fading car lights with a thoughtful

I hope you didn’t get violent when you busted those cheaters,

carrying a woman down

Dominick ignored his teasing and asked

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

down at the smartphone screen

photo showed a man and a woman seemingly wrapped in an intimate embrace, and it was Stephanie and

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

before you got that MMS, but there’s no way they could have been hugging like in the photo.”