Crossroads

Chapter 90

Chapter 90

Stephanie felt dazed and couldn’t quite remember how she had left that dreadful underground basement.

The echoes of boxing and fighting sound, piercing screams, and the sound of bones cracking still lingered in her ears.

In the quiet night, a champagne–colored Rolls–Royce was parked in the dimly lit alley. Someone opened the car door for her. She stood by the door, glancing to her left.

At this moment, hurried footsteps approached. Someone respectfully reported, “It’s confirmed. After waking up at the private hospital in Serenburg, he flew back to the country, likely returning to Pearson Villa in Frostvale.”

Stephanie didn’t know what

at they were talking about, nor did she want to know.

Dominick strode towards her expressionlessly. Under the dim street lights, he appeared even more upright and imposing, exuding a heavy

sense of pressure.

She lowered her head and quickly sat in the car without waiting for him to approach. She sat stiffly upright, hands clenched into fists, trying

to conceal her inner unease..

Dominick reached the car door, staring complexly at her restrained profile.

With a bang, he suddenly slammed the car door shut.

“Take Mrs. Wellington back.” His cold voice echoed in the spacious and eerie alley.

Stephanie was startled for a moment, but she didn’t lift her head. The car quickly started and gradually moved away.

Until the car slowly turned the corner of the alley, she couldn’t help but look back.

He was nowhere to be seen,

She remained very quiet throughout the journey, her gaze absentmindedly watching the scenery flying past the window, her mind in turmoil.

Around nine in the evening, the car arrived at Wellington Villa

The servants hurried up as soon as the car stopped, looking anxious. “Mrs. Wellington, where have you been? Mr. George Wellington has been

looking for you.”

“Grandpa.”

She went to

sofa in the hall, his face dark, obviously

slightly relieved to see her unharmed.

phone had been broken by

Stephanie didn’t say anything, hesitating momentarily as she looked towards George. “…I was with

has returned to

“Hmm.” She looked down at her toes, not wanting

rose from the sofa with his cane, walked to her side, and asked in a

Chapter 90

also looked at her suspiciously, her expression somewhat strange,

pressed her lips, unwilling to

press her further. He walked straight towards the door with his cane and said, “Sandra has made you soup. You should grab a bite in the

in her heart. She followed Sandra to the dining room

I don’t like,

and sunk into it, her mind filled with the gruesome scenes she had

now.

was never an ordinary person.

her.

vision, and her thoughts were in chaos,

head over heels for Dominick because he was the one who saved you on that high school trip. But listen, when you

shook

to

She climbed out of the bathtub, grabbed a large towel

on the wall

trance, she murmured,

him, do

the end of March, she walked to the window in her bathrobe. In the distance, the lights of the bustling

night.

light drizzle, making the night

quietly by the window, gazing into the distance with deep

the traffic flowed swiftly, hurrying to their

shot out from a side alley at a crossroads in Havencrest leading to

were startled and quickly turned their steering wheels, screeching as they slammed on the

The bodyguard in the driver’s seat was infuriated and got out of the car. The car owner suddenly changed lanes, clearly looking

back, his expression unchanged. He raised an eyebrow as he glanced at

fact, the car owner who was blocking the

acquaintance. He pressed his lips as if guessing something,

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