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.

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

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

Dominick met Stephanie’s tearful and reddened eyes, his

at the tombstone in front of Stephanie, which bore the name Madison Clark. Dominick then realized that this was the grave

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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

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

was still squatting in front of

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

back with me!” He repeated

down, her gaze fixed on the photo of her mother on

with tears.

you returned to Reed Villa today, you’ve become sentimental. I don’t have time to keep an eye on you. Come

much patience for women and bent

With her eyes red and swollen, she clung tightly to her mother’s gravestone, refusing to

don’t want to! I won’t let

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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

hurt by his words and yelled back furiously, “You know nothing,

and she instinctively clenched her fists as she recalled the past with the Reed

suppressed deep inside that threatened

in the corners of her eyes, “My mother, Madison, she committed

she couldn’t help

she looked up at Dominick and shouted as if venting all her anger, “Do you know that Courtney, that hussy, is only three years

just a poor boy. It was because my grandfather, Thomas Clark, appreciated and supported him

uttered such ungrateful words, she began to hate her own

what

be at a disadvantage, so she came forward to help me and accidentally pushed Courtney, who then fell and miscarried. My father blamed my

end,

She committed suicide in

since she left the Reeds, she

on each other and moved to Havencrest,

the years, Stephanie had suffered grievances at Nelson Villa and Reed Villa, but she simply grinned and bore it.

she held onto the cold tombstone, her tears rolled down her cheeks and dropped onto it one by

stern

She cried.

had always avoided recalling the past with the Reed family and the suicide of her mother. She

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

that despicable Courtney shortly after

She utterly despised the

another school

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But why?

to do this to me too? He cheated on me with Claire. Why is it always the Peterson sisters? Why do they have to give me a hard time… Stephanie’s voice choked up, her

her tears streamed down her cheeks and blurred her vision, she looked up at the sky and felt

Stephanie murmured, “Why….

did they do

turned to

so hard?! I’ve always worked hard, giving my all no matter what I do. But why is life so unfair?!” Stephanie cried out in despair, which soon turned into helpless sobbing, “What have I done wrong? Please tell me. What did I do

to her

turned her head away,

She had been reluctant to share her personal sorrows with

and seeing Gary, Claire, and Courtney, Stephanie had

the setting sun cast its glow on Stephanie’s delicate shoulders. As

口

to say as he had never

the two words, his tone cold

your business!” Stephanie snapped, feeling like he

corners of her eyes,