Crossroads

Chapter 291

Chapter 291

There wasn’t even a trace of lingering warmth left from an embrace after they had gone to bed. What did this even mean?

“Damn it, what does he take me for?” Stephanie cursed under her breath at the ceiling of room 302. She was angry, but her eyes were filled with confusion and frustration.

Last night, Dominick had despicably coerced her into his room. His actions were hasty and demanding. He hadn’t turned on the lights, so she couldn’t see his expression clearly. Exhausted, he had fallen asleep. Her mind had been a tangled mess. and truthfully, she had felt a bit of longing.

When she woke up, the pillow beside her was cold. He had already left.

Still groggy. Stephanie noticed the clothes scattered on the floor. Her heart was

in turmoil, filled with mixed emotions. She grabbed her long coat and quickly fled. She had forgotten to wear underwear the night before, which played right into his hands as if she had served herself up on a silver platter. It was infuriating.

Her hair was disheveled, and she wrapped herself in the coat as she hurried out. She looked truly pitiful.

Just as she stepped out, the elevator across the hall chimed, and a group of residents walked out and bumped into her.

Stephanie blushed as the residents‘ eyes filled with suggestive disdain. The property manager, who had been patrolling the night before, passed by and said. “Ms. Reed, don’t you live in 402 I couldn’t find you with the spare key last night. You didn’t go home to sleep?”

idiot could guess what she had been up to last night. Stephanie lowered

head in a burst of

is the worst husband ever. Why did I

with shame, she fled back to Room 102, locked the

order takeout. Probably because she had eaten too many frozen meals and her brain felt undernourished, every time she looked up while lounging in the living room watching TV or resting in bed, she couldn’t help but glare at the ceiling with a complex

lives right above me. He actually lives right above me! Why does

he refused to say.

tried to numb her feelings. If it was a contest of coldness, she vowed to be even colder than him, ignoring all these questions

interrupted on the third day. The advertising team from the Innovate Group called her.

out and have some fun tonight. Let’s all get together and get to know each other better. We’ll be working together from now

in three

shady types. Eloise and the others are here, too. It’ll be good for you to meet some bigwigs. Hurry up and come to the

but the

Then she turned around, quickly went to her room, and changed into more appropriate attire.

a spacious club on the north side of

it was so

it. Vincent had told her that Dominick had opened this club purely for his own entertainment. The club spanned over

ring and a shooting range and even offered equestrian lessons at a company–owned stable. All the

an exclusive place wasn’t open to anyone. As expected, as soon as Stephanie approached the counter, two polite security guards blocked

security guards looked tall, bandsome, and fit,

a gathering, and was invited, Stephanie responded calmly. She wasn’t a novice. She knew that many high–end clubs the Wellington familly ran were

The staff’s refusal was polite but firm, in line with his

to ask for help. Just then, the main door opened, and a male employee from the Innovate Group, the one who had called

waiting for you,” he said impatiently, his tone reproachful. “Hurry up. With this attitude, how do you expect to survive in this industry?” As he spoke, he reached

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