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.

Kevin.” In this life–or–death moment, Stephanie wrapped her arms

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a trail of ripples formed on the surface of the river. She then anxiously dragged Kevin to the shore with

pale and lifeless,

cold night wind blew over her body, which had been soaked in the river

pleaded, “Kevin, wake up. Please wake up!” Stephanie anxiously pondered, “What

Kevin, she raised his chin with her right hand and leaned down to give him mouth–to–mouth

beneath her, choked a few times and coughed up a mouthful of

his eyes and gazed at her with his blurry vision. He

up, Stephanie almost burst into tears with relief as she genuinely

her tearful eyes, he suddenly felt an indescribable emotion

feel Stephanie’s concern and nervousness, which was

I really was. Back then, my mother pressured me to marry you, and in the three years we

suddenly pulled Stephanie

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

was my ex–girlfriend, and I didn’t know she had been pregnant when she left the country back then. When she

me another chance? I will take good care of you. I really don’t mind

Kevin. Stephanie was scared out of

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Stephanie then remembered that he had never confessed

years ago, then those sweet promises were fake. But now his words seem much more genuine. It’s

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

“Kevin, who did

and looked deeply into Stephanie’s eyes. “Steffi, I won’t mind those anymore, no matter how many men you were

booming, and she shouted, “What are you talking

in her clear eyes. He replied, “Your high

wondered, ‘High school

was utterly stunned at Kevin’s words. She then looked at Kevin with a conflicted and complex gaze. At that moment, Stephanie’s eyes

saying I was violated by that gang of

a mix of turmoil,

under the same roof, and the real reason he was reluctant to get close to her wasn’t that

her high school graduation trip incident. When Stephanie came back with

It just shows how much you care about me. I really won’t mind that incident anymore.” He moved closer to Stephanie and whispered a promise to her, “Claire was only after my money. I’ll handle her. Please, just trust me one more

Stephanie listened to Kevin’s utmost tender promise, her face

cared whether Kevin had cheated on her, whether he had an

After a

finally spoke in a strained and faltering voice.

felt that Stephanie’s gaze upon him was unfamiliar, unlike anything he

complex emotions, “Kevin, so it turns

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