Crossroads

Chapter 25

Dominick wondered in confusion, “Stephanie went missing?”

After she left Reed Villa, she didn’t return to the hotel and suddenly vanished without a trace.

Vincent was also helping to search for Stephanie and couldn’t help but complain, “What on earth is Stephanie up to? She doesn’t even pick up her phone. Is she doing this on purpose to make us search for her?”

Dominick gazed at the slowly setting sun in the sky, his stern face masking his emotions, feeling somewhat irritated.

Scott hurriedly parked the car in front of the hotel and leaned out to shout to Dominick, “Dominick, we’ve found her. She’s at the cemetery…”

Dominick pondered in bewilderment, ‘She’s at the cemetery?”

When Dominick arrived at the cemetery with the others, he immediately recognized the wornan squatting in front of a tombstone in the west section of the graveyard. It was none other than Stephanie herself,

Dominick then approached her with a complex expression and heavy steps

He stood beside Stephanie and scolded her sternly, “Stephanie! What on earth are you trying to do? Are you intentionally making everyone worried, trying to cause a frantic search to satisfy your vanity? Don’t play this trick with me next time, Stephanie. If something happens to the child, you won’t be able to handle the consequences.”

Stephanie suddenly looked up and shouted with resentment, “I know! I know! I’m just a tool for bearing children to your”

When Dominick met Stephanie’s tearful and reddened eyes, his eyebrows furrowed slightly

Afterward, he glanced at the tombstone in front of Stephanie, which bore the name Madison Clark, Dominick then realized that this was the grave of Stephanie’s mother.

As the sun began to set in the west, the sky started to darken. Meanwhile, Dominick and Stephanie just looked at each other in silence, making the already gloomy cemetery seem more cerie

After a long while, Dominick coldly said, “Let’s go back.” His voice was much calmer than before.

Stephanie did not respond to him. She was still squatting in front of the tombstone, unwilling to leave.

Dominick looked down at her frail figure and inexplicably felt annoyed. He scolded her, “Stephanie, what’s the matter with you? Stop acting spoiled and throwing tantrums. I have no patience with women!”

“Come back with me!” He repeated sternly.

“I don’t need you to tell me what to do.” Stephanie kept her head down, her gaze fixed on the photo of her mother on the tombstone, her eyes brimming

with tears.

Dominick was frustrated. “Your mother passed away six years ago. Don’t tell me that just because you returned to Reed Villa today, you’ve become sentimental. I don’thave time to keep an eye on you, Come back with me right now!”

He really didn’t have much patience for women and bent down and simply pulled Stephanie to her feet.

But, for some reason, she was being stubborn today. With her eyes red and swollen, she clung tightly to her mother’s gravestone, refusing to let go.

Stephanie cried out, “I won’t gal I don’t want to! I won’t let you force me. None of you can force me…

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Dominick wondered in confusion, Stephanie went missing?”

After she left Reed Villa, she didn’t return to the hotel and suddenly vanished without a trace.

Vincent was also helping to search for Stephanie and couldn’t help but complain, “What on earth is Stephanie up to? She doesn’t even pick up her phone. Is she doing this on purpose to make us search for her?”

Dominick gazed at the slowly setting sun in the sky, his stern face masking his emotions, feeling somewhat irritated.

Scott hurriedly parked the car in front of the hotel and leaned out to shout to Dominick, “Dominick, we’ve found her. She’s at the cemetery…”

Dominick pondered in bewilderment, “She’s at the cemetery?”

When Dominick arrived at the cemetery with the others, he immediately recognized the woman squatting in front of a tombstone in the west section of the graveyard. It was none other than Stephanie herself.

Dominick then approached her with a complex expression and heavy steps.

you trying to do?! Are you intentionally making everyone worried, trying to cause a frantic search to satisfy your vanity? Don’t play this trick with me next time, Stephanie. If

and shouted with resentment, “I know! I know! I’m just a tool

and

the tombstone in front of Stephanie, which bore the name Madison Clark. Dominick then

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the sky started to darken. Meanwhile, Dominick and Stephanie just looked

Dominick coldly said, “Let’s go back.” His voice

still squatting in front of the

felt annoyed. He scolded her, “Stephanie, what’s the matter with you? Stop acting spoiled and throwing tantrums. I have no

me!” He

need you to tell me what to do.” Stephanie kept her head down, her gaze fixed on the photo of her mother

with tears.

to Reed Villa today,

patience for women and bent

for some reason, she was being stubborn today. With her eyes red and swollen, she clung tightly

out, “I won’t go I don’t want to! I won’t let you force

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this, Dominick reproached her angrily, “Stephanie, you are the sole heiress of the Reed family, the wealthiest family in Caetorium, and your mother was the first heiress of the military and political Clark family. Even after your mother died of illness and Gary remarried, you are still more fortunate than many others out there. Don’t wallow in

words and yelled back furiously, “You know

with tears, and she instinctively clenched her fists as she

heart–wrenching memories triggered the pain suppressed deep inside that

tears glistened in the corners of her eyes, “My mother, Madison,

she couldn’t help but

that despicable Courtney, she had an affair with my father and became pregnant with his son…” Stephanie’s voice choked up as she looked up at Dominick and shouted as if venting all her anger, “Do you know that Courtney,

boy. It was because my grandfather, Thomas Clark, appreciated and supported him that he has achieved what he has

he uttered such ungrateful

recounted what had happened

night, Largued with Courtney. My mom was afraid that I would be at a disadvantage, so she came forward to help me and accidentally pushed Courtney, who then fell and miscarried. My father blamed my mom for Courtney’s

the end,

She committed suicide in

since she left the Reeds,

on each other and moved to Havencrest,

grievances at Nelson Villa and Reed Villa, but she simply grinned and bore it.

cold tombstone, her tears rolled down her

stern and composed, and didn’t know what to

She cried.

recalling the past with the Reed family and the suicide of her mother. She even felt responsible for her

in prison, didn’t pursue the issue of Courtney’s miscarriage further, yet he still insisted

to marry that

She utterly despised the

family, and so transferred to another school in

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But why?

Claire. Why is it always the

cheeks and blurred her vision, she looked up at the sky and felt helpless and

Stephanie murmured, “Why….

did they do

was utterly emotional as she turned to look at Dominick, Indignant and

life so unfair?!” Stephanie cried out in despair, which

to her with her stubborn yet tear

her head away,

helpless as she grappled with her pain alone. She

upon returning to Reed Villa and seeing Gary, Claire, and Courtney, Stephanie had grown

its glow on Stephanie’s delicate shoulders. As Dominick looked at

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had never known how

managed to squeeze out awkwardly the two words, his tone cold and distant,

of your business!” Stephanie snapped, feeling like he was mocking

away the tears from the corners of her eyes, choked up, trying to isolate