Crossroads

Chapter 43

Dominick’s face darkened with each passing second.

Then, without another word, he turned and strode off.

Stephanie watched him leave, her expression filled with confusion.

She couldn’t understand what had upset him, only that he seemed deeply angry.

“What is he angry about?‘ Stephanie murmured under her breath.

She began to follow him, then remembered his recent issues with Jessica and stopped, her heart heavy. “Never mind!” she thought.

Dominick, indeed furious, walked briskly as he pulled out his phone and said in an icy tone, “Send me the WhatsApp passwords for the artists under your company…”

Vincent, on the other end, could tell Dominick was in no mood for excuses, and hesitated before replying, “Dominick, why do you need those WhatsApp passwords? That doesn’t sound right…” After all, it was about privacy.

“Then I will find someone to hack them,” Dominick retorted sharply.

Hearing this, Vincent immediately tensed up. “Has something happened?”

“Send me Courtney’s WhatsApp password…” Dominick’s tone was laced with impatience.

Upon hearing Courtney’s name, Vincent narrowed his eyes, lost in thoughts.

Courtney was indeed an artist under his company, but she had recently lost a leading role to Jessica, and she was a member of the Reed family…

“Dominick, you and Stephanie just got married, and Courtney is part of the Reed family. Jessica’s star is on the rise. Getting this year’s award is just a piece of cake for her. There’s really no need…”

Vincent spoke hesitantly, trailing off as Dominick gave no response, seemingly uninterested in explaining.

With a sigh, Vincent opted to simply have someone send Courtney’s WhatsApp password to Dominick rather than risking him trying to hack into it and possibly blowing up his company’s database.

But Vincent couldn’t figure out why Dominick would suddenly need Courtney’s WhatsApp password. Dominick didn’t even seem like someone who used WhatsApp.

Stephanie sat in the gazebo in the garden for quite a while, her expression sullen. “How could he be angry? I’m not even angry yet!” She was really annoyed just thinking about Dominick’s cold face.

He went out, messed around, and dared to come back to be mad at her!

But the way Dominick had looked at her earlier was…strange.

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Frustrated and confused, Stephanie was about to go to the stusly to confront Dominic when a tall figure apponias had her rapidly

As Stephanie tumed, she locked eyes with her father Gary’s piercing gare, and a sense of wariness surger

*Do you even have any shame tett?” he scolded, his voice shipping with scornful reproach.

Stephanie was used to such scolding from her father. She kept a stern face, her fists clenched, and walked away if he didn’t eve

“Stop right there!” Gary sounded furious. “Why didn’t you tell me you have married Kevin three years ago? His tone was cold as he

accused.

the Heed family, all have nothing to

me? Where were you when I

and

at his only daughter, yet now they stood facing each other

me over because you are using the name of the teed family’s lady. Everything you de reflects on the

to do with my status, The Wellingtons only let me in because I’m pregnant. Don’t

into Dominick’s bed just to marry listo a wealthy family!” Gary’s expression was

Dominick’s bed, and it’s all

When my mother helped Courtney and her sister go to college, Courtney was only 20, and she had already climbed into bed with you, a 50 year old man! When you were fooling around with her, why didn’t you lecture her about

he raised his hand to strike her

you do besides hitting me

without flinching, her eyes red and defiant as she stared

paused inches from her

lowered his hand, his voice cold and commanding. “I’m warning you. You better behave yourself

and drove Claire out of the country. You broke in as the other woman just because you want to revenge. tion’t spend

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other woman!” Stephanie held back tears in her eyes

daughter is already over three years old. How could

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deep breath, controlling her emotions. “I helped Kevin, and I don’t regret the choices I made then. I loved him and

H

if she had fallen in love with the wrong person, she was ready to accept

Claire for a man? What else has my stepmother been telling you? That I’m disgraceful, that I’ve tarnished the Reed name? Who really counts as

her tears any longer. She just hated them so

even want to see his face. Pulling herself together, she stood up and walked away firmly, her proud

his daughter’s prideful

Kevin really not know about what happened that year?‘

actually knelt before him, offering her mother’s inheritance in exchange for

help Kevin avoid jail

Gary’s expression

beg Gary to help Kevin… Stephanie held back tears in

tears.

there was anything Stephanie regretted most, it was this matter. She had wronged her deceased

Claire behind her back, and now she was the one

the angrier she became, and she decided to

the main villa, a familiar

in a cute pink bubble dress and sporting two little braids, that little girl was… Stephanie’s face darkened, recognizing her

why Joyce was

The child’s voice loudly

and watched as a little

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furious. He glared at Claire, who had shown up unexpectedly, and hissed in a lowered

is Joyce. She’s mine and Kevin’s daughter. She’s three years