Crossroads

Chapter 151

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“Let me help you back to your room. The gentle, soothing voice whispered in his ear. Dominick turned slightly, about to refuse, but as his g shifted, he was stunned.

Suddenly, their eyes met. Stephanie looked equally startled, her heart racing, and her instinct was to flee.

Those before her were in the same circle, but she had always been an outsider.

George and the others didn’t find her presence strange, yet everyone stood silent, lost in their thoughts.

The garden was in full bloom, and the air was thick with the calming scent of lotus, but it couldn’t mask Stephanie’s anxiety.

“Dominick, do you need my help!” She hesitated for a long time before softly asking

Her lips pressed tightly together, ready to feign indifference if he rejected her.

pretending was never

respond. Instead, he walked towards her, his

instinctively wanted to follow but stopped in their

near, Stephanie admitted her heart was racing. Maybe it was his

to meet his

you?” she asked, choking with concern. Regardless of his response, she

headache,”

his arm around her shoulders, leaning some of his weight on her. Their steps harmonized in an almost surreal dance, yet each

turned to

stared silently in the direction of the corridor. Just then,

a mix of emotions, calmly replied, “He’s

not necessary” George’s deep, angry voice

then pressed her lips,

a knowing glance, courteously bidding farewell to the old

as they reached Wellington Villa’s parking lot, her hand pausing on the

visibly irritated. He slid into his latest prized sports car, slamming the door shut with clear reluctance to continue

George Wellington so anxious? Dominick’s condition can’t be just a simple headache: Hayley, usually poised and composed, pressed on, her voice edged with determination. “Even If you don’t tell me, I