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.

clear, strikingly beautiful, but terrible at hiding

been staring at the bed. Is

cycs.

suite bedroom. Panic

strides covered the distance to the bed in a few quick steps, then he turned

him.

he grabbed the corner of the blanket

pale, her

the large, empty

breathed a sigh of relief.

instructed, “Search this place again,

1800 square feet. If someone was hiding here and his men had missed them… His gaze returned to the bed with

under the covers and

thought, Dominick’s face

noticing the woman standing by

night sky. She didn’t dare turn around, didn’t dare face him. What if Dominick

wanted to ask why Dominick was sending people to

people who had offended him. She still remembered Dominick’s basement and his ruthless

this moment she couldn’t

voice from behind. “Stephanic, what are you hiding from

her slowed as they drew closer. She felt

she do? She couldn’t hide it

“Hayley… She made Molly take the blame…” Her voice was anxious, deliberately

didn’t do anything

this time. Dominick’s grip tightened on her

don’t like it when you’re like this,” Dominick said, his voice

it when

what he meant and sensed the anger

her lip, wanting

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

off guard, her heartbeat racing, her body instinctively

still. The night breeze blew in, but it

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