Crossroads

Chapter 50

“Why can’t play the piano in front of Dominick?”

Stephanie didn’t expect George to actually have a plano delivered and even had her play a canon. She thought she played quite well, but Brad looked nervous.

Brad looked somewhat hesitant. “Because Mr. Wellington… He really hates…”

“Why can’t we celebrate Dominick’s birthday? You never celebrate Winter Festival?” Stephanie, curious, stared at Brad.

“Well, this, um…” Brad’s voice trailed off

“Do you care about Dominick?”

Sitting in the center of the couch, George took a sip of coffee, set down the cup, and raised an eyebrow, questioning.

Stephanie felt awkward and immediately denied, “No.”

“Mrs. Wellington, Mr. Wellington has a lot of things he doesn’t like others interfering with…” Brad sighed as he spoke.

“He’s always so cold and secretive,” Stephanie immediately whispered, complaining.

George, feeling similarly, muttered angrily, “Don’t know who Dominick inherited that bad temper from, always with a stern face, never doing any filial action.”

“You wouldn’t!

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y that before…”

Seeing the two of them having shared frustration, Brad couldn’t help but smile, then picked up a photo album and handed it to Stephanie.

Stephanie took the album, flipped it open, and glanced at it, surprised. “This kid is Dominick?”

the entrance of a private

In the photo, a three–year-old boy, dressed in a light blue sailor suit with a small hat, stood obediently at the kindergarten. His bright eyes shimmered on his adorable face as he smiled shyly at the camera.

Stephanie was excited, picking up the album to get a closer look. “Is this really Dominick?”

She found the boy in the album so cute. How could…

Seeing Stephanie so excited, Brad couldn’t help but marvel, “Mr. Wellington was very quiet when he was young, but then he was abducted…

As he said this, George gave Brad a serious look, and Brad immediately shut up, not daring to continue.

Stephanie was shocked as she looked at George.

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Carefully probing, she asked, “Was Dominick abducted when he was young?” Children from wealthy families being abducted was occasionally in the news, but Dominick’s experience seemed unusual

George didn’t answer her, just looked up at the black grand piano with cloudy eyes, suppressing a painful memory..

Dominick was his only grandson, naturally the one he cherished the most, but..

Brad looked at Stephanie and said softly, “Mrs. Wellington, don’t blame Mr. Wellington for being too aloof. He just hides too many secrets…

“Perhaps one day he will tell you.”

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Stephanie didn’t pursue further.

maybe there wouldn’t be such a day because after she gave birth, she would leave Wellington

of Dominick, Stephanie felt a bit

on the left, she stood up from the sofa and

“Where are you going?”

drove to the airport, looking at Dominick in the back seat, and

“Back to Wellington Villa.”

looked weary. Leaning against the window, he watched the scenery passing by, lost in

distracted look. Every time Dominick asked him to pick him up from the airport, it was always because he

Stephanie and wondered if she had angered him

going to take Stephanie to Flaming Bar on Winter

the blame.

her?” Dominick suddenly spoke coldly, interrupting

eyebrow, not knowing how to answer for

to everyone, and now, suddenly asking if he was

strange.

you rushed from the club to Flaming Bar that day, running through red lights and almost causing an accident, Vincent suddenly asked

lout the c

squinted his eyes, glaring fiercely out

Vincent wisely

you have to say

of using commanding tones to his subordinates, Dominick probably didn’t know how to cherish

“So you know her!”

he suddenly turned to scrutinize

immediately faltered, weakly explaining, “I’m not familiar

matters. He rushed back home because George insisted on weekly Sunday classes, but today,

“Where is she?”

Villa. George was leisurely trimming plants in the

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as if not hearing Dominick’s question, and turned directly to Vincent. “Is your grandfather

lately?”

Thank you for asking.” Vincent immediately

took a step forward. “Where did she go?”

your parents doing

Vincent

sweating slightly on his forehead under immense pressure, muttered softly, “My parents have been traveling to Olara lately. Everything is fine. Thanks

brothers lately?” George continued

Dominick, Vincent was embarrassed, but he wondered why he was being used as a

him and saw that his expression

and angrily reprimanded, “Where is Mrs. Wellington? Where did she go? Didn’t I tell you to follow

schedule every day? Why did you have someone follow her?” George

Irritation.

gloomy

just returned, and Stephanie

about her baby, or are you concerned about her?” George raised an eyebrow, glaring at

coldly added, “I

possibly care about her. You were publicly

about your wife

DR

at each other. The atmosphere was tense

“Mr. Wellington, Samantha was hospitalized this morning due

as he

to the hospital to visit Samantha, who was resting in the ward. Since the caregiver was around, she didn’t

despised the Reed family, except for Diana. Stephanie felt she

and Samantha was eighty years old now. The things she once hated seemed to have passed many

ago…

Caelorium,