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

each exhale a dance of

should head downstairs

“Yeah.

flushed hotly. Without looking at him, she turned shyly and hurried to

just now, she would have

it left her

Chapter 135

cheeks flushed as she asked, her

soup, she wrestled with her thoughts. Suddenly, she looked up, her gaze complex as

the courage to ask outright, but Dominick grasped her

to lower her

pride that prevented him from forcing women into sharing intimate moments with

have been able to resist, nor would she

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

her with a hint of exasperation, observing her lips curl into a

presence, the concept of dignity seemed

was for her to embrace

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

her increasingly frantic search and swiftly approached. “What are you looking

focused on her task, ignoring his inquiry as she continued

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

Wellington, we placed the hospital documents you’re looking for

are ultrasound photos of

she proudly presented it to

her with a smile as she excitedly showed him. He

on her abdomen, where their

her arms instinctively wrapping around his neck as she leaned in close to whisper in his 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

just tiny blobs of flesh, hmm?” Dominick

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

He genuinely seemed content.