Crossroads

Dominick asked, "What are you thinking about?

He watched as Stephanie placed the takeout food she brought back on the bedside table and then sat in the chair by the bed, lost in thought with a somewhat puzzled and displeased expression.

She was indeed thinking about something, and when she heard Dominick speak, she looked up in a daze.

Before Stephanie could say anything, Dominick frowned slightly, "You don't need to worry about company affairs."

He assumed Stephanie was sulking because he had kicked her out earlier.

"Okay," she murmured with an uneasy expression and lowered her head, her eyes filled with conflicting emotions.

Dominick stared at Stephanie's side profile, easily saw that she was troubled, and spoke in a deep voice. "I have plenty of capable aides. I don't need you to be like them. You are just my..

He wanted to explain himself, but he wasn't sure how to put them into words.

Stephanie didn't catch the rest of what Dominick said as her phone vibrated in her coat pocket.

There was a new message on her WhatsApp app that read: [How are you doing now, Stephanie? I saw the news. Did you get into a car accident? Please reply when you can. I'm very worried about you. It was a message from Molly.

Stephanie first looked up at Dominick and asked, "Are we going back home tomorrow?"

He raised his eyebrows slightly, curious if Stephanie had met someone recently, Dominick glanced skeptically at her phone screen and responded with a hum and calm expression before saying, "Yes, we are."

Stephanie didn't think much of it and quickly typed on her keyboard to reply: [We're both fine. We'll be back tomorrow. Don't worry.

She said, "Molly saw the news and messaged me. It seems she got drunk that day and ran into her jerk brother when she left the villa. He bothered her..."

Stephanie naturally chatted with Dominick. As she spoke, her face grew stern, and she said angrily. "If Wade messes with her again, I'll make sure he pays for it!"

Dominick, who was eating lunch on the bed, pushed his plate away after a few bites and responded grumpily, "Her issue has already been taken care of. You don't need to bother."

"How do you know?" Stephanie questioned.

Dominick then said nothing more. He had always been disinterested in other people's affairs.

Stephanie, being energetic, couldn't stay as calm as he did. She fiddled with her phone and then remembered something trivial and immediately handed her phone to him to bother him.

She said, "Dominick, can you look if this is Hayley's WhatsApp? It looks like she texted me yesterday."

Dominick replied indifferently, "I don't know"

Stephanie was skeptical. "How could you not know? You guys look pretty close..."

However, after a moment of thought, she raised her eyebrows and asked, "You don't have WhatsApp, do you?

"Let me help you set up a new account, Dominick. We're all chatting in the group now, and you can see new updates from clients to strengthen connections."

Upon hearing this, Dominick's expression turned a bit cold, as he didn't feel the need to connect with those old folks. But he didn't refuse the offer either.

Stephanie then grabbed the black phone from the counter and skillfully created a new account for him.

Just as she was filling in the nickname, she hesitated for a moment and cautiously asked Dominick, "What do you think of "Ice"?"

He asked in confusion, "What?"

Stephanie was caught off guard by Dominick's response and tried to gloss over it by saying, "Oh, it's just a nickname, like 'Ice King" or something. It sounds more approachable...NôvelDrama.Org owns © this.

Ice, and a king no less. Dominick really couldn't understand what was going on in his wife's mind, always coming up with such strange ideas.

He didn't care much, as this kind of messaging app wasn't of much use to him anyway. He then noticed Stephanie grinning slyly, looking somewhat pleased with herself.

Afterward, she suddenly got excited, moved closer to Dominick, sat beside him, and enthusiastically started teaching him how to use WhatsApp. “Here, you can set it to view your contacts' status updates...

"This flashy guy is Vincent, and this SnugglePig is Molly," Stephanie explained in detail while holding the phone. "This Hayles is a new addition. That should be Hayley..."

She then pointed to an avatar of a big cat and told Dominick, "This one is me."

He looked at Stephanie's big-faced cat avatar and inexplicably chuckled.

She turned to glare at Dominick and muttered, "What are you laughing at? This is called cute, you know, Dominick, you're so behind the times... Once my sons are born, I'll change my avatar to the baby."

He asked, "Baby? Isn't 'Babe' your nickname?" Dominick was aware of Stephanie's nickname.

She responded, "That's so corny. Don't call me that."

When Dominick brought up that nickname, Stephanie recalled another WhatsApp contact. She then looked a bit confused as she quickly searched through her contact list.

Dominick looked at the screen and asked, "Who is this Sleeping Beauty?"

He still remembered very clearly that day in the bedroom when Sleeping Beauty had messaged Stephanie twice, even using very endearing termis The however didn't resnand and lurt İ.

She thought it made sense because, besides her mother, he was the only one who would call her by her nickname.

"Stephanie, are you planning to cheat on me?" Dominick's deep voice m sounded angrily beside her as he spoke through gritted teeth. “You're the mother of my sons now."

She put down the phone and suddenly smiled.

Stephanie realized that Dominick had indeed changed a lot. He wasn't as cold and sullen as he used to be.

Then, she naturally wrapped her arms around Dominick's neck, rested her head on his shoulder, and smiled mischievously, Dominick, I just texted Vincent using your WhatsApp account. When he saw your new nickname, he sent a shocked emoji. I knew I was good at naming things."

Stephanie was not humble at all. She leaned against his shoulder and nuzzled her face against his neck, smiling more and more smugly.

It was unusual for her to be this froze.

om affectionate with Dominick, so he momentarily froze. fact, his whole body tensed up, and it took him three seconds to relax and raise his left body the hand to ruffle Stephanie's hair.

Stephanie's long hair was very soft, and she laughed freely and without pretense, not resisting his actions at all.

Actually, Dominick had envisioned this kind of intimacy a long time ago.

Stephanie suddenly lifted her head and looked directly into his eyes, speaking seriously. "Dominick, there's something I need to tell you."

This made Dominick a bit nervous. "What is it?"

Stephanie stared at him for a while before slowly saying. "Thank you for protecting my sons..."

She was referring to the car accident last time. If Dominick hadn't been quick to react and throw himself in front of her, it would have been...

He retorted, "Our sons!

"Stephanie, isn't this the kind of situation where you usually say you owe me and would repay me with your life?"

As Dominick gazed at her intently, Stephanie's cheeks began to flush.

She regretted it and thought that she shouldn't have brought this up. Stephanie murmured, "Um, I need to get used to this..."