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…”

aze was very fo

Her gaze

if she

sounded beside Stephanie.

off guard, she nervously replied, “When when did you wake up?” Stephanie’s face flashed with

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replied, “Just now.” His voice sounded a bit hoarse as if he had caught

the wall, his brows slightly furrowed,

quickly threw the covers back and pressed his right hand against the bed frame as he

that, Stephanie almost instinctively said, “Don’t

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

even more intense. “What’s the matter?” His hoarse voice took

turned red, and she pressed her lips

right hand. When he saw that the wound in his

got up from the bed and changed the subject “About last

Dominick stood upright, his eyes

a low voice as if he

and she stared up at Dominick, who

didn’t speak again, but her heart felt more

realized that Dominick was reassuring

and promises. However, Stephanie also knew that his words were more comforting than any promise

silently by the bed while Dominick went into the bathroom to freshen

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

in the bathroom. Unlike those delicate young heirs with germophobia, Dominick could endure

exceptionally dashing and formidable, his eyes exuding a chilling presence. As he tied his tie, he walked out and

with Randall and Isaac, along with the extensive media coverage, the Innovate Group has taken a big hit, and the stock market will definitely be affected…” Vincent reported the situation truthfully. He then laughed as he continued, “Your aunts have been on a high since last night, enthusiastically inviting all the major shareholders of your company. I think this morning’s meeting

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

he didn’t take

clothes and headed straight for

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Dominick’s retreating figure while suppressing

who

the company‘ affairs,

then

hesitated for a moment outside the room and looked back at

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

stern command, and her face scrunched