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.

day because after she gave

Stephanie felt a bit heavy

stood up from the

“Where are you going?”

Dominick in the back seat, and asked

“Back to Wellington Villa.”

the window, he watched the scenery passing by, lost in

steadily. Vincent glanced at the rearview mirror and noticed Dominick’s distracted look. Every time Dominick asked him to pick him up from the airport, it was always because he was in a

immediately thought of Stephanie and wondered

I was going to take Stephanie to Flaming Bar on Winter Festival. She didn’t…” Vincent

the blame.

harsh on her?” Dominick suddenly

his question, Vincent raised an eyebrow, not knowing

now, suddenly asking if he was too harsh on a woman, Vincent felt

strange.

heard you rushed from the club to Flaming Bar that day, running through red lights and almost causing an accident, Vincent suddenly asked curiously. “Did you know Stephanie before?” Dominick seemed really

lout the c

his eyes, glaring

his attitude, Vincent

well Some things you have to say for them

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

“So you know her!”

cold as he suddenly turned

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

due to company matters. He rushed back home because George insisted on weekly Sunday classes, but today, when he got back home, he found

“Where is she?”

to Wellington Villa. George was leisurely trimming plants in the backyard, and Dominick

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

lately?”

good health. Thank you for asking.” Vincent immediately replied

took a step forward.

your

Vincent and continued his

muttered softly, “My parents have been traveling

are your three elder brothers lately?” George continued to ask

was embarrassed, but he wondered

and saw that his

the bodyguard behind him and angrily reprimanded, “Where is Mrs. Wellington? Where did she go?

just walking your dog on schedule every day? Why did you have someone follow her?”

Irritation.

gloomy as he stared at

had just returned, and Stephanie

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

coldly added, “I don’t

could possibly care about her. You were publicly having car sex

about your

DR

atmosphere was

was hospitalized this morning due to high blood

had a gloomy face as he

directly to the hospital to visit Samantha, who was resting in the ward. Since the

Reed family, except for Diana. Stephanie felt she

she was a soft–hearted person, and Samantha was eighty years old now. The things

ago…

returned to Caelorium, she felt