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.”

he doesn’t want to be found,

on the sofa, drinking coffee. He pondered, “It’s kinda odd, isn’t it? Six whole years in the hospital at Aurorastra, then he wakes up out of the blue, and now he’s

pretty jittery, reaching for the coffee on

too long, and something’s wrong with

with him.

he leave without a word, leaving them to

is, and stop worrying. He slept for so many years. Maybe some things are weighing on his

like him is even more difficult to understand than Dominick. What could he possibly be concerned

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really

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

and curiously peeked at his phone screen. He was

head, and said coolly, “Vincent, you

about Stephanie. It’s like he’s

and sent the message

been throwing her weight around in front of me all the time. Today is a special day, and I want to

don’t you know Dominick took

smiled

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

take her

to confirm. Stephanie was scared pale

had ticked off Dominick

his heart suddenly

he had just sent, hating himself for

in the car, her phone buzzing incessantly. Just as she pressed

interference disrupted the call with hissing sounds, and then the call

phone. She thought, ‘It’s probably too remote here, so it has

just now?”

turned her head 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

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

its deep brown, rough bark. The trunk was thick and sturdy. “It may be