Crossroads

"Things seem to have changed a lot in our family this year..." Brad brought over a plate of fruit platter, approaching them with a gentle smile George glanced at the piano on the left and then turned to look at Stephanie, who was sulking and drinking juice on the other side.

George, in a good mood, laughed heartily with his hoarse voice. "Our family will be even more different when Steffi has the baby...

"When the baby is born, I'll be out of here!"

Stephanie didn't know why George was laughing so happily, but she was feeling quite annoyed now.

"Mrs. Wellington, you shouldn't drink too much juice now. Dinner will be served soon," Brad reminded her, then turned to head towards East Villa.

George suddenly shouted, "Steffi, go call Dominick for dinner."

Stephanie hesitated for a moment, extremely unwilling.

She wondered why!

She least wanted to see Dominick right now!

As soon as Dominick returned, he went to the study on the second floor. The door there was specially customized, and it contained many confidential documents he didn't want others to know about.

Dominick looked pensive as he glanced towards the fifth row of bookshelves, wondering if Stephanie had indeed entered his study and seen those documents.

Dominick was shocked that she dared to sneak int as short Dominick realized he had underestimated her.

Dominick was somewhat annoyed, but he didn't really get angry... Dominick didn't know what to do with her. He had just reprimanded her, and she already had the nerve to stand up to him!

Suddenly, Dominick felt Vincent was right. Women couldn't be indulged. Otherwise, they would become even more audacious!

But he didn't want her to fear him, yet he wanted her to behave.

Dominick found himself in a dilemmal Dominick sat on the office chair, suddenly furrowing his brows, supporting his head, leaning on the glass desktop, and grasping his head tightly with his right hand in pain.

He looked down, smiling wryly with a hint of bitterness, unsure if it was Stephanie who gave him a headache or if it was a fever.

Dominick seemed to be really in pain. He pulled out a few strands of hair in frustration, frowning, suppressing the pain, enduring it.

"Mr. Wellington, should I call a doctor?" The nearby bodyguard hesitated for a long time before daring to speak.

Dominick never liked others interfering with his affairs, including his physical discomfort.

"Continue to send people to urgently investigate the identity of that man. Report immediately if there's any news..."

Dominick didn't look up, commanding in a cold tone, then ordered, "Everyone, get out!

For him, migraines like this were common, and he could endure them.

But today, when Dominick left the hospital and met Kevin, Kevin said, "Actually, you don't understand Stephanie, You can't even find out who saved her..."

Dominick admitted it was because of Kevin's words, "don't understand," that he felt inexplicably irritable and urgently wanted to figure out the identity of the mysterious guy.

The two bodyguards in the study respectfully walked out. He adjusted his breathing slightly, looked down, and continued to review the documents on the table.

Even the exhaled breath felt somewhat hot, but he had a lot of official business to attend to.

There were more than a dozen urgent final review documents from the group, as well as a proposal for the Bretherton family case, and...

Suddenly, his gaze darkened, landing firmly on the medical report sent over by the renowned medical institution in Aurorastra, with the prominent blue logo on the bottom of the pile of documents.

This was last week's medical report, and he had been reading these reports carefully every week for the past six years.

He took up the medical report, which was only six pages long, but he felt its weight.

His gaze was fixed on the documents. He read each word carefully...

Suddenly, he stapped the documents back onto the desk, his brows furrowing together tightly. Leaning back in his chair, he somehow felt feverish and weak. He tilted his head back, his face pale, as if he was trying hard to endure intense pain.

With tightly shut eyes and a heaving chest, he breathed heavily, attempting to ease the discomfort.

Even though no one else was in the room, he had his principles. He couldn't allow himself to appear weak. There were still many things to do, and someone still needed him...

"Mrs. Wellington, Mr. Wellington is working inside..."

"It's Grandpa who sent me!" She wondered if they thought she wanted to come there.

However, at this moment, faint sounds came from outside the study, causing Dominick to suddenly open his eyes and instantly look towards the surveillance screen on the left wall.

It was her outside.

There was an inexplicable flash in his eyes, but the pain in his head persisted. No matter how hard he tried to endure, he couldn't conceal the paleness on his face.

"Mrs. Wellington, Mr. Wellington instructed that no one should enter," the bodyguard repeated sternly.

They were Dominick's subordinates cultivated/during his time in Aurorastra, but they were not very closely related to the Wellington family. They would show proper respect to George and Stephanie but wouldn't take orders from them.

Stephanie frowned. She had long known that Dominick's subordinates had the same stubborn temperament as him.

When she returned by car, she was already annoyed by Dominick's thought of her seducing other men. George forced her to come here to call him for dinner, but she was still snubbed.

Stephanie's anger flared up, and she decided to turn and leave.

"Ask her what she wants?"

Suddenly, a command came through the earpiece worn by the bodyguard.

The two bodyguards outside the door touched their earpieces. Just now, they had clearly heard Dominick's words. They looked suspiciously at the surveillance camera on the ceiling, thinking that Dominick must have seen her coming.

They were just a little surprised. Normally, when George came, Dominick would typically ignore him, Stephanie noticed that they were touching the earpieces on their ears. She hesitated for a moment, gazing at them.

The two bodyguards glanced at each other. When they looked at her again, their tone became more cautious. "Mrs. Wellington, what brings you here?"

Stephanie didn't answer immediately. She furrowed her brows, looked at them, and then looked around the ceiling.

She spotted a monitor.

Her gaze was fixed on the monitor above her head, with a stern expression. She didn't bother to conceal her dissatisfaction as she shouted directly.

"Grandpa told you to come to dinner!"

She knew he could see her.

But Stephanie was even angrier for some reason. She just came to see him, and he actually had the guards relay messages. She didn't understand what he was trying to do!

In the study, Dominick was slightly taken aback, apparently not expecting her to shout directly at the monitor. And on the screen, he could see she stared straight at the camera with her clear eyes.

Stephanie had a pair of very beautiful and lively eyes, clear and pure.

They were just like her personality, straightforward and simple.

Dominick could tell from a glance that she was not in a good mood now.

"Not hungry."

Dominick simply replied to the communicator.

The guards didn't find it strange, as besides breakfast time when Dominick had to dine with George, he mostly dined alone.

Stephanie, listening to the bodyguard's words "not hungry," her face turned from red to pale, then darkened.

Suppressing the discomfort that had been building up for a long time, on the verge of bursting, she cursed at the monitor, "Dominick, Grandpa is waiting for you!

"You're always busy with your own affairs. Have you ever thought that Grandpa often goes hungry, looking at a table of cold food, just waiting for you to come back and have a meal together? You have someone waiting for you now, but what about tomorrow, the day after? He's already eighty years old. How many more years does he have....

"Forget it. Someone like you wouldn't understand how it feels for others to wait for you!" Stephanie was very angry, ,

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steps, and walked away directly.

The two bodyguards outside the door were stunned.

They were shocked that she dared to scold Dominick....

They watched Stephanie leave furiously. No one approached. They could only hear her stomping heavily on the floor as she walked away. Meanwhile, in Dominick's study, his stem face showed some bewilderment. His eyes were slightly widened, showing a look of surprise.

Stephanie had been so rude in front of him a few times before, but this time, she seemed especially angry, unlike the previous complaints.

He looked up at the clock on the wall. It was 7:15 in the evening, Indeed the time for dinner at Wellington Villa.

Dominick looked down to look at the medical report sent by Aurorastra, but he couldn't focus on it.

"Someone like you wouldn't understand how it feels for others to wait for you you... Her words echoed in Dominick's ears.

Dominick closed his eyes, feeling troubled. Suddenly, he stood up from his chair and walked straight toward the door.

As Dominick reached for the door handle, he remembered something. Dominick pressed his lips and murmured softly, "I've been waiting for you for six years..." As he looked down, some emotions flickered in his mind.

"Where is Dominick?"

Stephanie returned angrily to the hall. Seeing her dark expression, George, who was there, guessed that she had been snubbed.

"Let's start dinner," George said to Brad next to him in a deep voice.

In fact, George didn't see Dominick as pitifully as Stephanie did. George had long known Dominick's temperament, and unless it was a special occasion, George couldn't be bothered to deal with Dominick.

The remark Stephanie made about George waiting until the food got cold was actually because of her past experience of waiting for Kevin Eke a fool, and the memory of that feeling made her quite angry.

She wondered why she had been so stupid back then!

However, she felt that she had mistook him for her savior during the three years of marriage with Revin.

She didn't know if it was love. She just knew she had to be good to him and yield to him in everything.

Now, she thought about Dominick....

"How could hel"

She felt men were all the same. Stephanie, with a dark face and full of suppressed anger, muttered.

She sat down at the dining table, and the maid served her the bland and tasteless nutritional meal she hated the most Staring at this bowl of so-called nutritious oatmeal, she knew that George was trying hard to feed her these for the sake of having a healthy kid. © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

But for the sake of the children's health, she dared not resist. Stephanie felt even more resentful and muttered, "No human rights..." She grabbed a spoon and stuffed the oatmeal into her mouth.

10:47 Sat, 22 Jun Chapter 79

"Slow down."

George, who was originally sitting opposite her, was about to speak but unexpectedly looked up. There was a flicker of surprise in his eyes Stephanie heard the deep voice and instinctively looked up. When she saw Dominick, she was startled and choked a few times, coughing continuously... "Focus on eating"

He looked at her disheveled appearance, coldly