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.

felt that maybe there wouldn’t be such a day because

Dominick, Stephanie felt a bit heavy

stood up from the

“Where are you going?”

airport, looking at Dominick in the back

“Back to Wellington Villa.”

the plane, Dominick looked weary. Leaning against the window, he

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

immediately thought of Stephanie and wondered

to Flaming Bar on Winter Festival.

the blame.

harsh on her?” Dominick suddenly

question, Vincent raised an eyebrow, not knowing how to answer for

now, suddenly asking if he was too harsh on

strange.

Flaming Bar that day, running through red lights and almost causing an accident, Vincent suddenly asked

lout the c

his eyes, glaring

Vincent wisely

you don’t understand women well Some things you have to say for them to know,”

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

“So you know her!”

turned cold as he suddenly turned to scrutinize

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

He rushed back home because George

“Where is she?”

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

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back on the shell as if not hearing Dominick’s

lately?”

in good health. Thank you for asking.”

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

are your

looked at Vincent and continued his

parents have been traveling to

elder brothers lately?” George continued to ask him

Vincent was embarrassed, but

and saw

him and angrily reprimanded, “Where is Mrs.

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

Irritation.

face turned gloomy as he

returned, and

are you concerned about her?” George

he coldly added, “I don’t

could possibly care about her. You were publicly having

your wife

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other. The atmosphere was tense while the others endured

helplessly, “Mr. Wellington, Samantha was hospitalized this morning due to high blood pressure. Mrs. Wellington rushed back

as he

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

except for Diana. Stephanie felt she

eighty years old now. The things she once hated seemed to have passed

ago…

Caelorium, she felt a bit