Crossroads

Chapter 187

It happened so suddenly that Stephanie didn’t have time to react before she

e sank to the bottom of the pool startling the fish into a frenzy.

“Mrs. Wellington! What happened to you?” A maid passing by the corridor was terrified and shouted for help.

‘L..I’m Ene.”

Drawn from a fresh source, the pool was obvious and about six feet deep. Stephanie was a good swimmer, and although the sudden scare caused her to sink, she quickly surfaced, clutching the edge of the pool and coughing.

The maid, pale with fright, along with a group of others, carefully helped her out of the pool.

“What happened, Mrs. Wellington! Don’t worry, the doctor is on the way.” They wrapped her in a clean, thick towel, trying to calm her down.

“Im really fine.” Stephanie calmly took the towel and began drying her wet hair, waving them off. “You don’t need to call the doctor”

“We’ll go get Mr. Wellington right away.”

“Don’t tell Dominick about this Stephanie panicked.

The afternoon sun was starting to set, and George had already returned to South Pavilion for a rest at this hour. With Dominick just out and Stephanie falling into the pool, the maids were at a loss,

Stephanie wiped the water off her face, lowered her voice, and explained, “Dominick is very busy. Let’s wait for the doctor to check on me before contacting him. But anyway, I’m really fine. It just felt like something suddenly flew at the back of my knees…

Her eyes narrowed as she nervously glanced back.

Behind the pool was a flower bed, along with stone tables and chairs for chess, flower viewing, and fish watching. Nothing seemed out of place.

What exactly had happened just now?

Sining by the pebbled edge of the pool, dripping wet, she couldn’t figure it out

“Mrs. Wellington, how did you fall into the pool?”

Seeing that she looked alright, the maid sighed in relief. If anything had happened to her, they would all be in serious trouble

“Did someone push you on purpose. A younger maid speculated.

could possibly have

of Wellington Villa, Stephanie’s safety was paramount to everyone. Dominick’s berce

rushed to her aid as she slowly regained her composure, her brows furrowing deeply in contemplation for what felt like an eternity. “No, that’s not

one had pushed her on

as though something had hurtled directly at her with a relentless

despite her thorough scrutiny of the surroundings. Stephanie couldn’t

fist, weighing perhaps two pounds… Her attempt to articulate the nature of the object was more a reflection of her instincts than a clear

of these cobblestones weighs no more one pound. There’s nothing as huge as you’ve

before her fall, causing her to lose her balance. Why was it

the doctor has

account of the incident. Though she was relieved that the situation seemed less dire than she had thought, a thorough

flickered in her eyes as she

my own, she muttered to herself,

don’t need to worry about anything else as well investigate this thoroughly. We will not allow

Stephanie was concerned about.

some people might get

furrowed deeply. She

depths of the water. In the end, it would be

being watched by a pair of cerle eyes. Frustration gnawed at her, and with determination, she vowed to get to

autumn, but catching a chill is still a concern. Let’s go

Sandra and the others hesitated to intervene further,

he hurried over, his suit jacket still undone

of fear at the sight of George. She

and being mindful of George’s temper, she explained, “Mrs. Wellington’s health and her kits are the most

“Sure,” be reluctantly hummed.

Instead, she turned away, sulking, and followed Sandra and

couldn’t

at the end of the corridor, watching Stephanie obediently depart with the maids. Then, he relaxed his grip on the cane in

from the staff, leaning in

attentively

the edges of George’s clothing “There’s

that remark, George turned and walked back

demeanor, Lost in thought, he glanced back towards the direction of

basked in the late afternoon sun, casting

lazily swam, the water remained

away.