Crossroads

Chapter 135

How did last night unfold so unexpectedly?

Everything seemed to happen with a natural ease…

Stephanie couldn’t quite fathom it herself, but her heart still raced, her thoughts in disarray.

Morning light streamed through the window, casting a soft glow across the room. The clock on the wall pointed to nine o’clock, and the man beside her had already risen.

“You’ve certainly got quite the vigor.” Her voice held a playful, slightly teasing tone.

Despite staying up late into the night, he had woken at five in the morning. Normally he would slip away quietly, but today he lingered with a buoyant mood, disrupting her dreams.

Throughout her sleep, her dreams had been dominated by him. It was maddening.

“How much longer do you plan to hide in there?”

Suddenly, a light tap on the bathroom door interrupted her. “Remember you said I can’t bully you with our sons around, Come out, it’s breakfast time. You need to refuel” His familiar, deep voice carried a hint of laughter, and he was clearly in high spirits.

Stephanie’s cheeks blushed anew. He had been overly persistent and clingy last night. Unable to resist him, she had casually mentioned their sons to coax him into giving her some space!

After finishing her morning routine, she opened the bathroom door with a pout, only to find the man outside looking refreshingly energetic. Despite staying up all night, he seemed unfairly lively. It irked her.

“Are you sleepy?”

Still groggy from sleep, she retorted, slightly annoyed, “Our sons’re hungry.”

Dominick stepped closer. “Are you truly that exhausted?” His tone was unexpectedly earnest.

His hand instinctively brushed aside a few disheveled strands of her hair, his gaze dropping to her flushed cheeks and lingering on her lips.

“Stephanie, from now on…you’ll need to adapt to me quickly,” he said in a hoarse voice.

“What?”

her tongue. Without explanation, he simply wrapped his left arm around her waist. She breathed shallowly,

each exhale a dance of

should head

“Yeah.

shyly and hurried to the

wielded remarkable self–control; had he taken advantage just now, she would have undoubtedly given in

on it left her

Chapter 135

did you?” Her cheeks flushed as she asked, her words hesitant

a hot bowl of soup, she wrestled with her thoughts. Suddenly, she looked up, her gaze complex as she fixed

grasped her meaning, his expression tinged with

to lower her

but think it was his formidable pride that prevented him from forcing women into

able

once again, eliciting a silly

glanced at her with a hint of exasperation, observing

of

was for her to embrace their

became animated, pushing her chair back and striding purposefully to the living

end, Dominick noticed her increasingly frantic search and swiftly approached. “What are

inquiry as she

the table. “Did any of you happen to see the bag I brought back from the

you’re looking for in the

photos of our

it, she proudly presented it to him, eager

living room sofa, facing her with a smile as she excitedly showed him. He naturally extended his hand to guide her

on her abdomen, where their

“Let me tell you about those old men at the hospital. They’re such

you’re saying our children are just tiny blobs of flesh, hmm?” Dominick chuckled

her forehead touching his as they shared a close moment. She saw a glint of amusement in his typically composed eyes, his chest subtly rising and falling with laughter, resonating with depth

He genuinely seemed content.