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 stirring a

of shared

head

“Yeah.

turned shyly and hurried to

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

left her feeling

Chapter 135

did you?” Her cheeks flushed as she asked,

wrestled with her thoughts. Suddenly, she looked up, her gaze

Dominick grasped her meaning, his expression tinged with irritation

continued to lower her head,

pride that prevented him from forcing women into sharing intimate

he had pressed her from the start, she wouldn’t have been able to resist, nor would she have had a reason to

in her thoughts, Stephanie felt her heart swelled with a sweet warmth once again, eliciting a silly grin

exasperation, observing her lips curl into a self–satisfied

the concept of dignity seemed to fade into

for her to embrace

you something.” Stephanie suddenly became animated, pushing her chair back and striding purposefully to the living room

frantic

on her task, ignoring his inquiry as she continued to

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

looking for in the middle drawer under

ultrasound photos of

it, she proudly presented it to him, eager to share. “Look, these

excitedly showed him. He naturally extended his hand to guide her

large palm rested tenderly on her abdomen,

about those old men at the hospital. They’re such phonies, always fawning over these ultrasound pictures, calling them precious and adorable. It’s just two tiny blobs of flesh, and yet they’re making such

children are just tiny blobs of flesh, hmm?”

a close moment. She saw a glint of amusement in his typically composed eyes, his chest subtly rising and

He genuinely seemed content.