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!”

away. There was no gentleness in his push, and Jessica stumbled back, barely

stop bothering me,” he

couldn’t accept

you still love me, lam the one you love! Her face showed a mix of

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closer to her.

stared at his coldly handsome face, a face that could charm any woman, confused by his cryptic

does

don’t care about you. Whether you’re hiding something from me, I

face. “I don’t care

the words

had

face, smirking as

into your cosmetic surgery, your background, or whatever else you’re hiding… Not

,

words, low and soft, echoed next to her ear, yet

Jessica’s blood ran cold.

her feel a suffocating sense of

at her with tenderness. Now, his gaze was distant whenever he

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

heart.

and more from

he stared at that high school at Caelorium, the loneliness in his eyes was almost unbearable, making her

let her get close

help but think of

expression grew increasingly irritable. He glanced toward the

him leave, her eyes

her!” she yelled

response as the elevator doors closed

anyone

at a

had lost Dominick’s support now. Thinking of this, she glared at the closed elevator doors, her mind in turmoil. “Stephaniel” she murmured, wishing that

Dominick return, Vincent hurried over. “By the way, Stephanie

her own safety, but for the

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