Crossroads

Chapter 170

Chapter 170

By the time they got back to the hotel suite, it was pushing midnight.

“Hold on a sec…” Stephanie said, stopping the hotel staff as they were about to unlock the door.

“What’s wrong?” Dominick noticed the woman beside him looking troubled. She had barely spoken on the back.

way

Stephanie opened her mouth, searching for an excuse, but under his intense gaze, she couldn’t think of one.

“Get some sleep.” It was getting late, and Dominick couldn’t understand whatever was going through her head.

The door opened, and the hotel staff respectfully turned on all the lights in the suite. The room was brilliantly it, as bright as

Stephanie froze in the doorway, tense.

“What’s in your mind?”

Seeing her standing still, Dominick frowned. She was acting strange tonight.

She didn’t respond. Her eyes were fixed in the direction of the bedroom, and a tangle of emotions was twisting her face.

day.

“What are you looking at?” He felt she was distracted, not even listening to him. A flicker of anger flared in Dominick’s eyes as he turned and closed the distance between them in a few long strides. His tall, imposing frame filled her vision.

“Stephanie,” he said, his voice low and cold.

“Wh–what?” Caught off guard, Stephanie finally came to her senses but couldn’t hide the complicated guilt in her

“You’ve been staring at the bed…” Dominick narrowed his eyes, his gaze boring into hers.

were bright and clear, strikingly beautiful, but terrible

at the bed. Is

cycs.

the suite

in a few quick steps,

him.

the corner of the blanket and yanked it

pale, her heart skipping

on the large, empty bed before her. There was

breathed a sigh of relief.

just as she relaxed, Dominick coldly instructed, “Search this place

If someone was hiding here and his men had missed them… His gaze returned to the bed with

hiding under the covers

thought, Dominick’s face

the woman

balcony, her eyes lost in the scattering of stars across the night

Dominick was sending people to find Oscar

Dominick sought were usually people who had offended him. She still remembered Dominick’s basement and his ruthless methods of dealing with

moment she couldn’t bring herself to

voice from behind. “Stephanic,

as they drew closer. She felt the heat of his anger without

do? She couldn’t

panic, she remembered something and started speaking hesitantly. “Hayley… She made Molly take the blame…” Her

do anything wrong,

him off, but it didn’t work this

it when you’re like this,” Dominick said, his voice

hated it when

he meant and sensed the

wanting to

His hand grabbed the back of her head, and

her heartbeat racing, her body instinctively

night was dark and still. The night breeze blew in, but it couldn’t

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