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.

beautiful, but terrible at hiding the

staring at the bed. Is there someone

cycs.

words, he was already striding towards the suite bedroom. Panic surged through Stephanie as she reached

Dominick’s long strides covered the distance to the bed in a few quick steps, then he turned to

him.

he grabbed the corner of

her

large, empty bed

finally breathed a sigh of

relaxed, Dominick coldly instructed, “Search this place again, especially the madam’s

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

the

Dominick’s face

spun around quickly, noticing the woman standing

out onto the balcony, her eyes lost in the scattering of stars across the night sky. She didn’t

ask why Dominick was sending people to find Oscar

sought were usually people who had offended him. She

she couldn’t bring

voice from behind.

slowed as they drew closer. She felt the heat of his

She couldn’t

speaking hesitantly. “Hayley… She made Molly take the blame…” Her voice was anxious, deliberately raised in a guilty

do anything wrong,

didn’t work this time. Dominick’s grip tightened on her arm,

don’t like it when you’re like this,” Dominick said, his voice low and intense, his eyes boring into hers, seeing

it

he meant and sensed the anger

bit her lip, wanting to say something

cold face showed no patience. His hand grabbed the back of her head, and his

guard, her heartbeat racing, her body instinctively giving

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

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