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

where George was sitting on the sofa in the hall, his face dark, obviously in

slightly relieved to see her unharmed.

been

anything, hesitating momentarily as she looked towards George. “…I

has returned to

She looked down at

to her side, and asked

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at her suspiciously, her expression somewhat strange,

pressed her lips, unwilling to

He walked straight towards the door with his cane and said, “Sandra has made you soup. You should grab a bite in the dining room, then return to your bedroom for

the dining room to eat a simple dinner and then returned

don’t like, like your

me. She filled the bathtub with warm water and sunk into it, her mind filled with the gruesome scenes she had

now.

basement before, and he was never

her.

and her thoughts

listen, when you

was drunk. He shook

to look at

dizzy. She climbed out of the bathtub, grabbed a

on the wall

of trance, she murmured, “So, he

him, do you?

bathrobe. In the distance,

night.

spring breeze brought a light drizzle, making

gazing into the distance with deep thoughts

flowed swiftly, hurrying to their following

out from a side alley at a

were initially driving normally were startled and quickly turned their steering wheels, screeching as they slammed

dared to block our car so brazenly? The bodyguard in the driver’s seat was infuriated

the back, his expression unchanged. He raised an eyebrow as

blocking the way seemed even more furious. “Dominick,

guessing something,

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