Crossroads

Chapter 319

Chapter 319

“Let go of me.” It was the fifth time she yelled at him, but the man in front of her stubbornly held onto her wrist, refusing to let go. Stephanie was so furious that she almost wanted to take advantage of his illness to give him a good beating

“Dominick, I’m just getting a thermometer and some fever medicine. I’m not running away.” She emphasized, her expression complex.

But he acted as if he didn’t hear her.

She continued, “Hey, you’re heavy. Stand on your own Don’t lean on me. Dominick, don’t think I won’t get mad. Ah! Don’t lean your big head on me. Your stubble is prickling my neck. It’s itchy. Get off me, get off”

Then he rasped out a low, hoarse reply. “You’re noisy

Stephanie was exhausted, both physically and mentally. This cold–hearted man only knew

the bed.

ew how to torment her. Finally, she managed to drag him to

With a bit of spite, she shoved his heavy body onto the bed. Just looking at him made her angry.

If he weren’t sick, she would’ve gone to the bathroom to fetch a basin of cold water to drench him. How infuriating!

The man on the bed lay still on his side. Stephanie frowned and moved closer.

Dominick was tall and broad–shouldered, making her 6–foot bed seem insufficiens. His hair was disheveled, his eyes closed, and his usually stern face looked less intimidating. His straight nose and dry, thin lips were noticeable, and as she got closer, she could feel his slow, hot breath

“Ever since his

surgery, he hasn’t fallen ill. Who knows where he’s been wearing himself out? Serves him right,” she muttered.

Stephanie looked at his haggard face, her feelings complicated. Especially seeing his furrowed brow, she guessed he had a headache.

She removed his leather shoes and jacket, then took her velvet blanket to cover him. Her gaze paused on the belt around his waist.

Undoing a man’s belt was quite suggestive. Who knew how many women had undone his belt?

With mixed emotions, Stephanie expressionlessly undid his belt. There were so many people he could bother, yet he had to come to bother me. Her resentment grew.

my

house to

accidentally brushing against his burning skin through the luxurious silk shirt, feeling how

hated him, but she

to check his temperature.

the thermometer, which was 1022 degrees, her

fever over 104 degrees when he was a child

a cooling patch on Dominick’s forehead and several on his neck. Finding some alcohol and cotton balls, she skillfully soaked the cotton and prepared to undress him to cool him

frustration, Dominick

was heavy and stubborn. His shirt was

down the alcohol–soaked cotton from her other hand, climbed onto the bed,

as she got on the bed and barely found her balance, he wrapped both arms around her, and pulled her into his embrace tightly. Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the Findɴovel.ɴet website

his firm, muscular chest, and her cheeks turned red from his exuded warmth. Despite being ill he was still strong. Now, he clung to her like a koala, leaving

you. Dominick, your brain will get fried if your fever doesn’t go down, she whispered in his

eased

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had a bad habit. He buried his stubble face in her neck, making her

night was an

deeply as if she hadn’t had such

midnight, she was abruptly awakened by some noises.

alert at night. Groggy and still piecing together the day’s events, she felt a chill as she lifted the blanket Oh, she was down to just her underwear. She never slept in the

to worry about that. Molly quickly threw on

alert as stra

came from her kitchen.

there was an intruder. But what kind of thief

moment, she decided to bravely sneak a peek. Surprisingly, she saw

are you doing in my house?” she asked, her voice still slightly nasal.

turned at the sound of her voice. Molly felt a bit dizzy, but she could still see

you doing?” she asked offhandedly.

increasingly complex, and then he replied, sounding both angry and embarrassed, “Molly, you really don’t remember what you did!”

to process, and she stared dazedly at the man before her. Then, stiffly, she lowered her head to look at her bathrobe, realizing she was

had happened?

wont part was running into him afterward. Then “Where are my clothes?”

to sleep in them?” Scott’s

take them off? Molly recalled how her heartless brother and mother had bullied her, but facing him now, s inexplicably

you to take them off yourself. You were dead asleep. Scott

she felt

as if she had turned to

say*

in such

was Scott’s turn to be embarrassed, as

walked into the kitchen, and was immediately shocked by the sight of

something so stuck that even a metal spatula couldn’t scrape

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