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, even Dominick can’t do

sat 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 vanished into thin

jittery, reaching for the coffee on the

a vegetable for too long, and something’s wrong with

with him.

word, leaving them

smiled helplessly, “Vincent, don’t ever forget who he is, and stop worrying. He slept for so

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

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really a

need to do.” Vincent’s brain flashed with inspiration. He suddenly

peeked

sighed, shook his head, and said coolly,

Stephanie. It’s like he’s got

sent

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

know Dominick took

silver–rimmed glasses gleamed. He smiled gently, gloating about

instantly and became

to take her to that

Wellington to confirm. Stephanie

meant she had ticked

Vincent heard this, his heart suddenly filled with

stared at the message he had just sent, hating himself for being impulsive and wondering why SMS couldn’t be

today is April Fool! If Dominick finds you, you just say…” Stephanie sat in the car, her phone buzzing incessantly. Just

while, there was interference disrupted the call with hissing

stared blankly at her phone. She thought, ‘It’s probably too remote

now?” she couldn’t help but

window at the vast expanse of fresh farmland. Farmers were bent over, planting rice in the fields, and the

gaze suddenly fell on an old locust tree ahead. As if remembering something, she shouted to

out to touch its deep brown,