Chapter 14
A loud crash echoed through the room.
When struggling. Stephanie accidentally knocked over the crystal lamp on the bedside table, crashing it to the ground and sending shards skittering
across the floor.
“Mrs. Wellington, is everything alright?”
Sandra, who was guarding the door, rushed in nervously upon hearing the noise.
She was shocked to see Dominick pinning Stephanie to the bed, leaving her torn between staying and leaving
Stephanie was truly embarrassed. “Get off me!” she cried out as she pushed against the man on top of her.
Dominick shot her a cold glance. Then, he stood up straight, seemingly losing his interest.
He left the room without a word, and Stephanie finally exhaled a sigh of relief.
The way that Dominick looked at her was strange. It seemed to mix with a bit of conflict, resentment, and somewhat…longing
Stephanie furrowed her brows and couldn’t understand why Dominick was acting weird.
It was two in the morning, and the place was silent.
Stephanie stood by the bed and looked at her toes, fooling a bit restrained. She felt like an outsider at Wellington Villa.
Sandra moved quickly, clearing away the fragments on the floor. She caught Stephanie’s downcast expression and offered a word of consolation. “Mr. Wellington has always been distant and cold. He probably went to rest in the study tonight”
Sandra hesitated before adding, “Mr. Wellington… He doesn’t really like dealing with women. He’s only had one girlfriend that we know of”
“Dominick’s girlfriend? Who was that unlucky woman?” Stephanie thought.
She was a bit surprised to hear this, wondering why he wouldn’t marry the woman he liked.
Looking at the kind Sandra, Stephanie was about to speak, curious to learn more.
But Sandra, as if afraid to say too much, quickly turned and walked towards the door.
She hurriedly said, “Mrs. Wellington, you should get some rest, especially now that you’re pregnant. Besides, there is a family tradition. We need to have breakfast with Mr. George Wellington early in the morning”
Then, the door shut again with a click.
Silence filled the room. Stephanie lay back in bed, her gaze lost on the luxurious ceiling above her, unable to sleep.
Wellington Villa was still too strange to her, and Dominick’s unpredictable moods made him difficult to deal with…
The clock on the wall ticked softly. She pulled the blanket over her head. “I need to have breakfast with that old man tomorrow morning…”
Stephanie was restless all night.
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She had to do everything carefully under the Wellingtons” rules
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