Crossroads

Chapter 93

“Dominick!” Stephanie abruptly opened her eyes, breathed a sigh of relief, and wiped the sweat from her forehead, it was just a dream.

It was still that nightmare, the year she went camping on the outskirts during her high school graduation trip.

As the sunset approached, she was suddenly attacked by five rough bandits. They covered her mouth and dragged her into the depths of the mountains, tearing at her clothes.

She was so frightened that she was shaking, and she only knew that a man was running towards her in a hurry.

“He seemed injured.” She sat up against the headboard, her brows furrowed, recalling that unwanted memory.

Stephanie’s mind was a mess. She ran her hand through her long hair and couldn’t remember anything.

She was only 17 then, and too many unfortunate things happened that year. Her father brought his mistress home, her mother committed suicide in prison, and she and her aunt left the Reed family to live alone. She tried to adapt, but reality didn’t give her a moment to catch her breath, instead thrusting her into such a brutal scene.

“Did Dominick save me? Her mind was foggy. She really wanted to ask him those questions, but she had never dared to bring them up.

Stephanie instinctively looked to her side, her expression darkening.

Dominick had been back in the country for almost a week but hadn’t returned even once.

“What is he busy with?”

She remembered the last time he took her to the basement of the casino in the east of the city. He seemed eager to find someone.

Her eyes darkened slightly. ‘He is always like this, keeping so many secrets. Doesn’t it tire him out?!

Stephanie got out of bed and went to the bathroom to freshen up. She had been moping around at home for a whole week, and today, she wanted to go somewhere.

“Where do you

think he went?”

Vincent paced restlessly in his office on the top floor of his company. “Dominick has turned the whole city upside down, but there is still no sign of him.”

found, even

the sofa, drinking coffee. He pondered, “It’s kinda odd, isn’t it? Six whole years in the hospital at Aurorastra,

for the coffee on the table and taking a

he’s been a vegetable for too long, and something’s wrong with his brain?”

with him.

could he leave without a word, leaving them

is, and stop worrying. He slept for

even more difficult to understand than Dominick. What could he

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“He’s really

I need to do.” Vincent’s brain flashed with inspiration. He suddenly remembered an important matter today.

saw his sneaky expression and curiously peeked

his head, and said coolly, “Vincent, you do

guts to tease Dominick about Stephanie. It’s like he’s got a death wish or

and sent the message

“Stephanie, that vixen has been throwing her weight around in front of me all the time. Today is a special day, and I want

you know Dominick took Stephanie

silver–rimmed glasses gleamed. He smiled

triumphant smile froze instantly and became tense. “That’s not

Dominick bear to take

Mr. George Wellington to confirm.

meant she had

heart suddenly

the message he had just sent, hating himself for being impulsive and

you, you just say…” Stephanie sat in the car, her phone buzzing incessantly. Just as she pressed the answer button, an eerie howling echoed from the

a while, there was interference disrupted the call with hissing sounds, and then the call

‘It’s probably too remote here,

gotten into Vincent just now?” she couldn’t

to look out of the car window at the vast expanse of fresh farmland. Farmers were bent over, planting rice in the fields, and the surroundings were tranquil

on an old locust tree ahead. As if remembering something, she shouted to the driver,

and walked to the tree, reaching out to touch its deep brown, rough bark. The trunk was thick and sturdy.