Crossroads

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Dominick asked, “What are you thinking about?

He watched as Stephanie placed the takeout food she brought back on the bedside table and then sat in the chair by the bed, lost in thought with a somewhat puzzled and displeased expression.

She was indeed thinking about something, and when she heard Dominick speak, she looked up in a daze.

Before Stephanie could say anything, Dominick frowned slightly, “You don’t need to worry about company affairs.”

He assumed Stephanie was sulking because he had kicked her out earlier.

“Okay,” she murmured with an uneasy expression and lowered her head, her eyes filled with conflicting emotions.

Dominick stared at Stephanie’s side profile, easily saw that she was troubled, and spoke in a deep voice. “I have plenty of capable aides. I don’t need you to be like them. You are just my..

He wanted to explain himself, but he wasn’t sure how to put them into words.

Stephanie didn’t catch the rest of what Dominick said as her phone vibrated in her coat pocket.

There was a new message on her WhatsApp app that read: [How are you doing now, Stephanie? I saw the news. Did you get into a car accident? Please reply when you can. I’m very worried about you. It was a message from Molly.

Stephanie first looked up at Dominick and asked, “Are we going back home tomorrow?”

He raised his eyebrows slightly, curious if Stephanie had met someone recently,

Dominick glanced skeptically at her phone screen and responded with a hum and calm expression before saying, “Yes, we are.”

Stephanie didn’t think much of it and quickly typed on her keyboard to reply: [We’re both fine. We’ll be back tomorrow. Don’t worry.

She said, “Molly saw the news and messaged me. It seems she got drunk that day and ran into her jerk brother when she left the villa. He bothered her…”

Stephanie naturally chatted with Dominick. As she spoke, her face grew stern, and she said angrily. “If Wade messes with her again, I’ll make sure he pays for it!”

his plate away after a few bites and responded grumpily, “Her

you

had always been disinterested in other

calm as he did. She fiddled with her phone and then remembered something

said, “Dominick, can you look if this is Hayley’s WhatsApp? It looks like she

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indifferently, “I don’t

“How could you not know? You guys look pretty

of thought, she raised her eyebrows and asked, “You don’t have WhatsApp, do

you set up a new account, Dominick. We’re all chatting in

expression turned a bit cold, as he didn’t feel the need to connect with those old folks. But he

grabbed the black phone from the counter and skillfully created a new

hesitated for a moment and cautiously asked Dominick, “What do you think

in confusion,

was caught off guard by Dominick’s response and tried to gloss over it by saying, “Oh, it’s

going on in his wife’s mind, always

as this kind of messaging app wasn’t of much use to him anyway. He

excited, moved closer to Dominick, sat beside him, and enthusiastically started teaching him how to use

this SnugglePig is Molly,” Stephanie explained in detail while holding the phone. “This Hayles is a new addition. That should

pointed to an avatar of a big cat and told Dominick, “This one

looked at Stephanie’s big–faced cat avatar and inexplicably

muttered, “What are you laughing at? This is called cute, you know, Dominick, you’re so behind the

‘Babe‘ your nickname?” Dominick was aware of

responded, “That’s so corny.

brought up that nickname, Stephanie recalled another WhatsApp contact. She then looked a bit confused as she quickly searched

at the screen and asked, “Who is this Sleeping

clearly that day in the bedroom when SleepingBeauty

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