Crossroads

Chapter 37

“I’m spending Christmas at Wellington Villa this year…”

It was late at night, and Stephanie had been feeling down all day. Unable to sleep, she wandered out to the backyard to relax. herself.

Gazing at the precious flowers and exquisite pergolas in the Wellington Villa garden, she thought everything felt surreal to her. She never imagined herself living in such a magnificent place.

“No wonder those women look at Dominick so eagerly… Stephanie felt that life with Dominick after marrying him was truly luxurious.

A gust of night wind blew, causing Stephanie to shiver and rub her hands together. She felt it was really cold.

“What are you doing here?” Suddenly, a deep voice sounded behind her.

Stephanie immediately became alert.

She turned around to see Dominick striding towards her, and for a moment, she didn’t know what to say.

Stephanie wondered why he had come back. Wasn’t he supposed to stay at the hospital with Jessica?

It was silent all around with dim moonlight tonight. Only the orange streetlights in the garden illuminated the scene. Dominick noticed her slightly reddened cheeks from the cold wind.

“Why aren’t you sleeping at this hour and standing here!” He sounded somewhat impatient.

She wanted to retort that it was her freedom, but she didn’t dare.

“After 10 o’clock at night, you should go back to your room and sleep!” Dominick seemed to see her through, ordering her coldly.

“Why should I!” She couldn’t help but exclaim, feeling indignant.

She thought he was so gentle with Jessica, but he scolded her as soon as he came back. She wanted to know the reason.

mar.

Dominick’s expression grew even more complex. Taking a step forward, he said, his voice inexplicably tinged with anger, “Do you think it’s suitable for a pregnant woman to wander around at night?”

“I didn’t…” She was about to retort but then remembered that she had indeed gone out for a while just now.

Dominick looked down at her hands, which were red from the cold, becoming even more impatient. Without saying much, he pulled her towards the house straightway.

He noticed that her hands were indeed cold, and Dominick became more anxious.

Suddenly dragged by him, Stephanie was quite dissatisfied. “Hey, let go. I can walk by myself…”

Dominick listened to her protest behind him, very upset. He led her into the house and immediately let go of her.

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“Go back to your bedroom!” His voice sounded somewhat impatient.

Stephanie looked at his sullen face, feeling even more resentful.

“I won’t sleep!”

her cheeks

Dominick’s face darkened with anger. He was infuriated that she dared to

be a good mother, but you wandered around late at

her lips, not daring to retort again, looking

as if she were truly reflecting, Dominick felt

This time, his tone was

sleeping,” she

eyes, staring at

known Stephanie was troublesome and hard

not to make things difficult for Stephanie. Looking at her, he grew angrier the more he thought about it, suppressing his temper as he questioned

by his gaze, looking down at her toes, and muttered. “Your grandfather said pregnant women shouldn’t eat too much, but I have a

for a moment. He was infuriated by her comment about having

look at him, feeling embarrassed as she was unable to sleep due to

she whispered, noticing Dominick about to summon someone and immediately stopped him. “I don’t

eating those tasteless nutrition meals, which

Stephanie was

face darkened with anger, and he stared at her with complex emotions

wasn’t quite sure what was happening, but the two of them eventually

and find something

gesturing for her not to get in

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was basically useless in the kitchen. Despite years of practice, she

bring out some pasta, cut some beef, and even marinate the beef with some

the trout with beans Dominick stewed a few days ago, she was surprised. She didn’t expect him to be such a good

have a special hobby for

moment. He turned to her with a puzzled look, seeming

her.

men who can cook

responded, recalling some past events, his expression

bit different tonight and thought it might

can you make fried food?”

glanced up at her, clearly seeing Stephanie’s greedy big

didn’t

the small pond at home, brought over from Arcanium…” She sounded

and water into a batter, remove the gills from the live fish in the pond, dip them in the

“Dominick, you’re really amazing!”

of fried fish with a fork, tossing them into the pasta. “I’m easy to satisfy. You don’t need to bother making sauce for me.”

at her excited expression, feeling annoyed. He couldn’t believe she actually had the nerve to say

began to eat voraciously while Dominick stood by, watching

didn’t know what had come over him tonight. He actually helped

finished her meal, feeling especially good. She approached

feeling frustrated, and ordered, “Go to bed now!” Stephanie immediately changed into her pajamas and lay

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happiness and a hint of disbelief. Dominick cooked pasta for her and even made the fried fish she had been

she was already asleep in

her brows relaxed, and there was a faint

lost in thought. He lifted the blanket and lay on the other side, only to discover that she had separated the bed with a

directly pinched her nose

struggling