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?”

simply wrapped his left arm around her waist. She breathed shallowly, his touch stirring

each exhale a dance of shared intimacy, while

head downstairs

“Yeah.

she turned shyly

taken advantage just now, she would have undoubtedly given

left her feeling

Chapter 135

cheeks flushed as she asked, her words hesitant and

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

her meaning, his expression tinged with irritation as he shot her

continued to lower her head,

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

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

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

glanced at her with a hint of exasperation, observing

the concept of dignity seemed to fade

sole desire was for her

Dominick, I completely forgot to show you something.” Stephanie suddenly became animated, pushing her chair back and striding purposefully to the

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

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

was tidying up the table. “Did any of you happen to see the bag I brought back from the hospital a

the hospital documents you’re looking for in

ultrasound photos of

it to him,

as she excitedly showed him. He naturally extended his hand to guide her into sitting on his

on her abdomen, where their

ear, “Let me tell you 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

saying our children are just tiny blobs of

a glint of amusement in

He genuinely seemed content.