Crossroads

Chapter 48

Stephanie froze in place, her expression complex as she watched Dominick embrace Jessica and walk away.

Vincent offered a word of comfort, “Stephanie, are you alright?”

Stephanie lowered her head, her long eyelashes hiding the emotions in her eyes as she murmured, “I’m fine. It’s just a minor scrape.”

Vincent was frustrated. “I‘

“I’m talking about Dominick leaving with that Jessica. Don’t be too sad.”

“Who’s sad? Why should I be sad?” Stephanie, as if her feelings had been pinpointed, snapped her head up and yelled at him, “My right hand fingers are hurting so much I could cry. Let him do whatever he wants. It has nothing to do with mel”

Vincent was left speechless and thought, ‘This woman is stubborn as a mule. I clearly saw the hint of sadness in your eyes. After all, seeing your husband cozy up to another woman must stir some emotions!

The two of them then took the elevator down to the parking garage together.

Vincent couldn’t help but nag Stephanie. “Didn’t I tell you to go to the top floor? Why did you end up on the 35th floor?”

“I saw Jess… Never mind!” She frowned, unwilling to finish speaking

Vincent walked to his car, opened the door, and grumbled at Stephanie, “Didn’t I’ve always told you that women should just be more obedient? If you had just tolerated Dominick’s scolding just now, everything would have been fine. Instead, you fronted off with him…”

He pondered, ‘But come to think of it, not many people actually dare talk back to Dominick like that. If it were someone else, that person

would have been beaten and carried out by now.”

Stephanie’s expression turned even grimmer at the mention of Dominick. “He’s always so gentle with his Jessica. But why does he lash out at me every time he sees me? What did I do to offend him? It’s not fair!”

Vincent found that odd as well.

Dominick was usually indifferent to others, and it took a lot to truly anger him, but his reactions were always different when it came to

Stephanie.

Vincent got into the driver’s seat and suggested, “You should go back to Wellington Villa and find a way to make up with Dominick…”

“I did nothing wrong!” Stephanie looked defiant.

Just as she was about to get into the passenger seat, a figure suddenly hurried toward them.

It was the Wellington family’s bodyguard. “Mrs. Wellington…”

The bodyguard seemed very anxious as he asked, “Mrs. Wellington, have you seen Mr. Wellington?”

Stephanie kept a straight face and did not reply.

Vincent rolled down the car window and asked, “What’s the matter?”

Upon seeing Vincent was there as well, the bodyguard respectfully called out. “Mr. Hayes.”

The bodyguard quickly explained, “We were with Mr. Wellington at the club practicing boxing all day. About ten minutes ago, someone from

the Flaming Bar called Mr. Wellington, saying that they couldn’t reach Mrs. Wellington on the 35th floor.”

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With that, the bodyguard looked at Stephanie strangely and continued, “Mr. Wellington looked very grim. He hung up the phone, grabbed his car keys, and rushed over here. We didn’t know what happened, but Mr. Wellington sped and ran red lights all the way on the mountain expressway. He even nearly collided with another car…”

Vincent were both momentarily stunned at his

at the Flaming Dar? I heard Mr. Wellington had

is Mr.

tightly pressed, her eyes

ne with the

Bar…” Vincent said

seat with a heavy heart and remained

Wellington Villa. Along the way, he felt confused

Vincent couldn’t resist asking, “Stephanie,

Are you going to say I

Even if you did know Dominick from before, you probably offended

than once.

smoothly parked outside the gates of Wellington Villa, Vincent turned around, picked up a rose–colored handbag from the back seat, and handed it to her. “You left your purse in my car. I couldn’t reach

of the car and went back inside with

remembered something. Stephanie then immediately pulled out

called her twice.

the display, which showed twelve missed

muttered under her

“He’s p probably

with his Jessica

her bedroom, feeling gloomy. She slammed the

Dominick, looking equally

car door shut with a

the passenger seat called him softly, her voice

unwell?”

and glared at the familiar

felt inexplicably panic under

come to the Flaming Bar looking for me?” Her voice was suppressed with guilt, her “I… I was forced to come here by some colleagues who said

and weak as she

“I didn’t expect the Flaming Bar to be such a complicated place. It’s terrifying, those

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Dominick listened to her, his eyes were intently fixed on

Jessica also noticed his

to her

own.

with her sweet voice, “Dominick, I promise I won’t come to

mad

her and sneered inwardly, If

could be this obedient…”

eyes,

moment,

furrowed. Jessica sat quietly beside

his unique background, he exuded an aloof

love e you so

from his seat.

atmosphere.

She thought, ‘Every time I try to get closer to him, he pushes

Dominick’s ear

when a woman offered herself willingly, most men

Dominick looked visibly annoyed as he pushed Jessica away.

get out!”

voice startled her, and she froze in

felt resentful yet somewhat fearful of

face, feeling an inexplicable irritation rising within

had always been compliant in front of him, knew Dominick’s brooding

out of the car and

right hand casually on the door and looked up with a solemn gaze at the dark sky