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?”

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

intertwined, each exhale a dance of shared intimacy,

should head downstairs

“Yeah.

Without looking at him, she turned shyly and hurried to the dressing room to

just now, she would have

on it left her

Chapter 135

cheeks flushed as she asked,

hot bowl of soup, she wrestled with her thoughts. Suddenly, she looked up, her gaze complex as she fixed it on him. “Why

to ask outright, but Dominick grasped her meaning, his expression tinged with irritation as he shot

innocently, Stephanie continued to lower her head, quietly sipping

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

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

sweet warmth once again, eliciting a silly grin as she relished every spoonful of the clam chowder, finding

at her with a hint of exasperation,

her presence, the concept of dignity seemed to fade into

was for her to

Stephanie suddenly became animated, pushing her chair back and striding purposefully to the living room cabinet, eagerly rummaging through

increasingly frantic search and

his inquiry as she continued to sift through

she turned to the maid who was tidying up the table. “Did any of you happen to see the bag I brought back from the hospital a few days ago?

the hospital documents you’re looking for in the

are ultrasound photos of our

to him, eager

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

rested tenderly on her

she leaned in close to whisper in his ear, “Let me tell you about those old men at

just tiny blobs of flesh, hmm?”

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

He genuinely seemed content.