Crossroads

Chapter 75

Dominick was sleeping soundly.

When Stephanie woke up, it was already around six in the morning, and the faint light of dawn was already seeping through the hospital window. She thought, “For most people, this time is still early, but…

She looked over at Dominick, who was lying beside her, with a complex expression, and continued to ponder, “Dominick usually wakes up Carly, it’s rare for him to sleep so soundly. He seems exhausted. There was the company’s annual celebration yesterday, and then the Randall and Isaac case. Dominick must have had a rough night.

As Stephanie gazed at his face, which was so close to hers, a strange emotion welled up inside her.

Dominick was lying so close. She could hear his breathing steady, saw his chest rising and falling, and smelt that uniquely cool and detached

scent of his.

He was sleeping soundly with his right hand naturally wrapped around her waist. She couldn’t help but think that this cold and dangerous man was sleeping so unguardedly beside her.

It was as if, at that moment, Dominick belonged to her.

Stephanie’s cheeks suddenly turned a bit red, and she lowered her head, avoiding looking at him, and muttered under her breath, “What am 1 thinking?”

Afterward, she lowered the guardrail on one side of the hospital bed as she couldn’t help but complain inwardly, ‘I really don’t understand why Dominick wouldn’t go back to Wellington Villa to rest but insists on sharing a hospital bed with me.”

Stephanie knew she would never understand what Dominick was really thinking, as he harbored too many secrets, his mind weighed down with burdens too heavy to share.

She moved a little closer to the edge of the bed and gently removed his hand from around her waist.

Stephanie couldn’t pinpoint exactly when, but it had become a habit for Dominick to hold her as they slept.

However, as Stephanie carefully lifted his right hand, she abruptly paused.

“He’s injured,” she murmured, looking somewhat surprised.

There was a deep wound in the palm of Dominick’s right hand as if it had been cut by wire, and it had now clotted into a scab. This was in stark contrast to his muscular and impeccable hands.

As Stephanie stared at the wound in his palm, she felt a bit uneasy.

She reached out with her other hand, almost as if compelled by some unseen force, and her fingertips couldn’t resist lightly touching the clotted blood on Dominick’s hand.

Stephanie wondered, ‘This must be painful…”

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Her gaze

if she was

voice suddenly sounded

Stephanie’s

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voice sounded a bit hoarse as if he had caught a

wall, his brows slightly furrowed, as if feeling that waking up at six in the

threw the covers back and pressed his right hand against

almost instinctively said, “Don’t put pressure on the injury on your

up straight on the bed and turned to her with a puzzled look. His deep eyes then lit up as he noticed a

eyebrows slightly, his gaze on her becoming even more intense. “What’s the matter?” His hoarse voice

she pressed her lips together before speaking

that the wound in his

the bed and changed

stood upright, his eyes narrowing slightly as he looked at

a low voice as if he were making a

expression froze, and she stared up at Dominick,

didn’t speak again, but

Dominick was reassuring

sweet words and promises. However, Stephanie also

sat silently by the bed while Dominick

after, there was a knock on the door, and Vincent asked, “Are you

some clothes over, which Dominick changed into directly in the bathroom. Unlike those delicate young heirs with germophobia, Dominick could

and formidable, his eyes exuding a chilling presence. As he tied his

hit, and the stock market will definitely be affected…” Vincent reported the situation truthfully. He then laughed as he continued, “Your aunts have been

return to the country and taking over as CEO. Now that this incident has happened, they will definitely add fuel to the fire, eager to

as if he didn’t

and

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retreating figure while suppressing an emotion in

company. For someone who immediately took over the position,

Stephanie? You don’t need to worry too much,” Vincent teased with a chuckle. “Dominick will handle the company‘ affairs, and even if he’s not the CEO of the Innovate Group, he would still treat you

expression then

room and looked back at

the hospital before I come back,” he instructed the bodyguard at

command, and her face scrunched up. She thought, “He’s not letting me go