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?”

lips slightly, words poised on the tip of her tongue. Without explanation, he simply wrapped his left

exhale a dance of shared intimacy, while her heart pounded

head downstairs for

“Yeah.

looking at him, she turned shyly and hurried

remarkable self–control; had he taken advantage just now, she would have

it left

Chapter 135

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

hot bowl of soup, she wrestled with her thoughts. Suddenly, she looked up,

her

to lower her

that prevented him from forcing women

pressed her from the start, she wouldn’t have been able to

in her thoughts, Stephanie felt her heart swelled with a sweet warmth once again, eliciting a silly grin as she relished every spoonful of the clam chowder, finding it

hint of exasperation, observing her lips curl into a self–satisfied

concept of dignity seemed

sole desire was for her to

animated, pushing her chair back and striding purposefully to

increasingly frantic

focused on her task, ignoring his inquiry as she continued to sift through

“Did any of you happen to see the bag I brought back from the hospital a few days ago?

Wellington, we placed the hospital documents you’re looking for in the middle drawer under the coffee

are ultrasound photos of our

presented it to him,

excitedly showed

her

in his ear, “Let me tell you about those old men at the hospital. They’re such phonies, always fawning

are just tiny blobs

faltered, her forehead touching his as they shared a close moment. She saw a glint of

He genuinely seemed content.