Crossroads

Chapter 74

“Stephanie, why were you suddenly at the hospital? Who saved you?”

“I don’t know,” Stephanie muttered sullenly.

She shrank back, burying her head under the covers, ignoring him.

“Are you jealous? Dominick was worried sick when he couldn’t find you at Wellington Villa. All we found at the factory was Jessica…

Vincent started to explain, but the mention of Jessica clogged Stephanie’s heart.

“You haven’t had a knife at your belly. You have no idea how terrifying it is! You all think I’m so tough, not fragile like Jessica, but I get scared tool” Her voice, muffled by the covers, was raw with emotion.

She remembered trembling, desperate for someone to find her…

Vincent fell silent. Of course, she’d been through something traumatic after being abducted.

He turned and left, closing the door softly behind him.

Looking towards the corridor elevator, he sighed, “Where the hell is Dominick?”

“Dominick!”

Just as Dominick stepped out of the elevator, a woman clung to him.

It was Jessica, rescued from that abandoned factory and brought here for observation. She wasn’t badly hurt, but…

“Dominick, please!” She grabbed his arm, her face a mask of desperation. “Don’t believe those doctors. My clothes are a mess, but I wasn’t… They didn’t do anything to me. Please, I swear…” Her voice was fraught with emotion, repeatedly emphasizing her point.

Dominick’s expression remained cold as he looked at her and silently withdrew his hand.

“I don’t care,” he said indifferently.

Jessica froze instantly, struggling to explain, “Dominick, you’re my only man. Trust me, I didn’t let them…”

“I told you, it doesn’t matter. Whether it’s true or not, it means nothing to me.” He looked into her eyes, cutting her off coldly.

“But, wait…” Jessica panicked, stepping forward and clinging to his arm again, her voice laced with desperation. “Dominick, we were in love. You’re just angry, right? Angry that I left three years ago, upset I got hurt. That’s why you saved me tonight…

“Let go!”

shoved her away. There was no gentleness in his push, and Jessica stumbled

didn’t bother to explain further. “Ms. Carter, please stop bothering me,” he said, his voice cold and

couldn’t accept

and spojl me. I know you still love me, lam the one you love! Her face showed a mix of guilt and fear as she raised

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closer to her. “Because it

his coldly handsome face, a face that

What does

don’t care about you. Whether you’re

“I don’t care even if you’ve had done something with

widened, the words hitting

had known

her face, smirking as

background, or whatever else you’re hiding… Not because

,

next to her ear,

Jessica’s blood ran cold.

made her feel a

at her with tenderness. Now, his

wasn’t naive. She knew Dominick’s kindness towards her wasn’t purely for her,

heart.

more from

at that high school at Caelorium, the loneliness in his eyes was almost unbearable, making her want to hold

let her get

her face, Dominick couldn’t help but think of another

grew increasingly irritable. He glanced toward the elevator, hesitated

her eyes brimming with resentment, frustration, and

better than her!” she yelled after his retreating figure in an

response as the elevator doors

indifferently like he treated anyone else, not even sparing her a moment’s

at a

support now. Thinking of this, she glared at the closed elevator doors, her mind in turmoil. “Stephaniel” she murmured,

return, Vincent hurried over. “By the way, Stephanie got threatened

her own safety,

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