Crossroads

Chapter 27

Hearing someone calling her, Stephanie turned around. That person forcefully grabbed her and pinned her against the riverside railing. “Hey, let go!” she yelled as she angrily pushed the man away. “Kevin, let go of me…”

“Steffi, calm down. I need to talk to you,” Kevin said as he looked at her with a troubled look while gripping her wrist. “Look, you’d better leave Dominick…”

“Kevin, my affairs are none of your business. We’re already divorced!” Stephanie replied angrily while struggling to pry his hand off

hers.

Kevin looked into her eyes and said, “I was wrong about the divorce, and I was wrong to have someone take those scandalous photos of you at the club back then. But Steffi, Dominick really isn’t right for you. I’ve investigated and found out that he agreed to marry you only because you look like his deceased girlfriend. He just treats you like a substitute, and he even disliked it when you kissed him that day…”

Stephanie snapped, “I told you, it’s none of your business!”

She had been feeling gloomy and irritated for the past few days, and hearing Kevin say this now only infuriated her even more.

Stephanie retorted, “Did you come here just to mock and ridicule me? Kevin, I’ve warned you, if you dare to bother me again, I won’t be nice…”

She was a karate virtuoso. As soon as Stephanie finished speaking, she grabbed Kevin’s right arm. Turning around, she pinned him against the railing and leaned forward, trying to teach him a lesson.

Unexpectedly, as Stephanie suddenly pressed down Kevin, he stepped on a round stone.

Somehow, he lost his balance and fell into the river with a loud splash.

Stephanie was momentarily stunned when she saw the dark splashing river.

A second later, she screamed in shock at the river, “Kevin!”

With only some dim streetlights on the shore, Stephanie couldn’t see the river’s surface clearly.

She continued to shout in panic toward the river’s surface, “Kevin!”

Just then, Stephanie heard a faint call for help. “Help… Please help me…”

She was extremely anxious as she hadn’t intended to push Kevin into the river. Stephanie then remembered that he couldn’t swim,

With a nervous expression, Stephanie thought that even though she hated him, she didn’t want him to die. She quickly took off her shoes, climbed up the river railing, and leaped into the water below.

The river water in February was bone–chillingly cold, making her shiver as she paddled around. “Kevin, where are you…”

in save you

Stephanie kept shouting. “Kevin, where are you? I’m coming to

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With the dim lights from the road, she saw some bubbles emerging on the right side of the river. Her eyes lit up and she immediately swam toward them.

this life–or–death moment, Stephanie wrapped her arms around

teeth, she exerted all her strength to swim toward the riverbank with

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formed on the surface of the river. She then anxiously dragged Kevin to the shore with all her strength. Once they had gotten onto the

face was pale

body, which had been soaked in

up. Please wake up!” Stephanie anxiously pondered, “What if he

she raised his chin with her right hand and leaned down

beneath her, choked a few times and coughed up a

gazed at her with his blurry vision. He then called out her name

burst into tears with relief as she genuinely believed she had accidentally killed him

tearful eyes, he suddenly felt an indescribable emotion welled

out in the river just now, he could feel Stephanie’s concern and

was wrong, I really was. Back then, my mother pressured me to marry you, and in the three years we were married, I never really looked at you. I

pulled Stephanie tightly

were soaked through. The river they both had been in was cold, and the night breeze was chilly, but their bodies

during our marriage. Claire suddenly appeared two months ago with a child. She was my ex–girlfriend, and I didn’t

you give me another chance? I will take good care of you. I really don’t mind the fact that you’ve been violated by other

ago, she jumped into the river in a panic to save Kevin. Stephanie was scared out of her wits and now was chilled to the bone, causing her mind to be foggy. When she was embraced so tightly

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continuously in her ears. Stephanie then remembered that he had never confessed

marry me three years ago, then those sweet promises were fake. But

did you mean by being violated?” Stephanie furrowed her brows and struggled to push Kevin away. Her eyes

who did you say was

out another few mouthfuls of river water. However, a man’s physical strength recovered quickly. He got up and looked deeply into Stephanie’s eyes. “Steffi, I

as if her head was booming, and she shouted, “What are you talking about? What exactly

see Stephanie’s persistence in her clear eyes. He replied, “Your high school

wondered, ‘High

looked at Kevin with a conflicted and complex gaze. At that moment, Stephanie’s eyes were filled with confusion,

saying I was violated by that gang of

his face a mix of

he and Stephanie had lived under the same roof, and the real reason he was reluctant to

Kevin couldn’t forget her high school graduation trip incident. When Stephanie came back with bruises on her body and her clothes torn apart, he thought she

moved closer to Stephanie and whispered a promise

Stephanie listened to Kevin’s utmost tender promise, her face showed no

that moment, she no longer cared whether Kevin had cheated on her, whether he had an illegitimate daughter outside their marriage, or whether Claire snatched her

After a

in a strained and faltering

silently looked at her. At that moment, he felt that Stephanie’s gaze upon

took a deep breath and exclaimed, her tone laden with complex emotions, “Kevin, so it turns out

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