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!”

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

stop bothering me,” he said, his

She couldn’t accept

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

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to her. “Because

that could charm

didn’t work? What does that mean?’ she

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

caressing her familiar face. “I don’t care even if you’ve

the words hitting like a physical

He had known all

at her face,

else you’re hiding… Not because I’m spoiling you. I

,

words, low and soft, echoed next to

Jessica’s blood ran cold.

her feel a suffocating sense

with tenderness. Now, his

kindness towards her wasn’t purely

heart.

and more from him, like

high school at Caelorium, the loneliness in his eyes was almost unbearable,

he wouldn’t let her get close to

couldn’t help

He glanced toward the elevator, hesitated for just

leave, her eyes brimming

I can do better than her!” she yelled after his retreating figure

no response as the elevator doors closed with a ding

he treated anyone else, not even sparing her

was at

support now. Thinking of this, she glared at the closed elevator doors, her mind in

way, Stephanie got threatened by

frightened, not for her own safety, but for the

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