Chapter 87
After Stephanie and George returned to Wellington Villa, the servants prepared dinner for them. Attending the wedding put them in a heavy mood and made them lose their appetite. As a result, Stephanie ate some food casually and went back to the bedroom.
She went to the closet to pack her pajamas and planned to rest for a while before taking a bath.
When Stephanie packed her pajamas, she noticed there was a circle of faint bruises on her right wrist, which was caused by Kevin’s grip on her just now.
She thought of his angry and hopeless look just now, and her heart felt a little heavy.
Stephanie didn’t know whether it was because Kevin’s emotions infected her or because she knew the bad things Dominick had done.
“How cruel he is!‘ she thought.
If Dominick hadn’t happened to be in Aurorastra and couldn’t be contacted, George would have been furious at him on the spot.
While Stephanie was wondering what Dominick was doing in Aurorastra, the cell phone on the bedside table suddenly rang.
Stephanie was stunned for a moment. She threw the pajamas back into the closet and ran over to answer the call.
“Steffi, are you okay now?”
Stephanie looked a little surprised and disappointed and called the other party softly, “Auntie.”
“What’s wrong? You’re in a bad mood?” Diana could perceive the disappointment in her tone.
She immediately comforted her. “Is it because Kevin and Claire are having a wedding today? Steffi, don’t be sad. That bastard doesn’t know how good you are. Let’s find a better one.”
Diana had lived in a nursing home for most of the past two years due to her illness, but she learned about the wedding held by the Nelson family from watching TV and reading magazines. The more she knew, the angrier she became. She was also very worried about Stephanie.
Stephanie wasn’t very angry and murmured, “Actually, Kevin is not a very evil person.” Compared to Dominick, Kevin even could be considered a good person.
“Steffi, do you still like Kevin?”
Hearing what Stephanie said, Diana immediately became nervous. “Steffi, listen to me. A family like the Nelson family is beyond our reach, and we don’t care about it.
“The results will be completely different if you choose to keep loving someone or to be loved by someone. I just don’t want you to be so tired. Wouldn’t it be better to find someone who loves you and to live a simple life?” Diana said gently and carefully.
Stephanie held the phone and did not reply immediately.
In fact, she was not that kind of passive woman, if the other person were worthy of her love, she would definitely try her best.
But suddenly, she didn’t know what love was.
She wondered, ‘Do I still like Kevin?‘
Stephanie was stunned for a moment and thought of the night she was trapped in a remote village. The mudslides destroyed the villagers” houses and buried them. Dominick and the others thought she was dead.
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She remembered that the rain was hitting her cheeks and her clothes were wet and cold. Dominick ran towards her. His body was shaking slightly as he held her. He seemed very nervous.
“Auntie, Kevin and I have nothing to do with each other. It was just a misunderstanding at the beginning.” Stephanie said calmly.
At first, she thought Kevin was the one who had saved her, so when she heard from Claire that he was framed and imprisoned, she used the inheritance left by her mother to negotiate terms with her father and release him secretly.
“Well, it’s good if you’ve broken off the relationship. You two are not suitable for each other anyway.”
Diana felt relieved after hearing her calm tone. Thinking of another thing, Diana asked with some joy in her voice, “Steffi, do you still remember the little boy who had played with you when you were a child?
“The boy you made fun of all day long, and you even called him Little Pillar…”
“I didn’t make fun of him. It was him…”
Stephanie retorted almost out of habit but couldn’t speak anything more.
She lowered her head and silently repeated this name in her heart, Little Pillar.
Diana knew the mistakes Stephanie had made when she was young, so she comforted her. “Steffi, don’t feel guilty, I know you have kept that small wooden box all these years.”
After a pause, Diana lowered her voice and asked carefully, “Steffi, if he comes back…”
At this moment, a new message popped up on Stephanie’s phone.
She didn’t hear what Dlana said clearly. Instead, she stared at the message in astonishment and subconsciously opened it with her fingers
quickly.
[Something happened, and I won’t go back until the next month.]
‘Dominick, Stephanie thought quietly and was inexplicably nervous, ‘what happened to you?”
Stephanie pressed her lips tightly and hurriedly dialed his phone number, but the phone kept prompting a busy signal, and she could not get
through.
She sat on the edge of the bed with a frustrated look on her face, staring at the message and feeling unsatisfied.
“You haven’t contacted me for so long. You just flew to Aurorastra and suddenly sent me a message. Why can’t you say it clearer?” Stephanie complained as her dissatisfaction had been accumulated.
After complaining for a while, she suddenly came to realize that she had hung up the phone on Diana.
Diana reacted faster than Stephanie, and a new message quickly came in: [Steffi, why did you hang up suddenly? Is your phone out of
battery?
Stephanie was extremely ashamed and didn’t know what had happened to her. She was so excited when she saw the message from
Dominick.
Auntie, I’m sorry, If there’s nothing important, I’ll call you tomorrow, I’m a little tired tonight.] Stephanie edited a message to reply.
She was indeed tired tonight. The Nelson family’s wedding had been going on for so long, let alone what happened later.
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Touching the screen with her finger, she reviewed the message from Dominick, feeling a little concerned about him.
“Ah, it’s so annoying.”
She lay on the bed, turning over and over.
In fact, she hadn’t been sleeping well recently, but she didn’t want to admit it was because Dominick was not at home, and she was not used to sleeping alone in bed.
It was hard to sleep on a quiet night.
Stephanie didn’t wake up until 10 o’clock the next day. She felt a little dizzy.
She quickly washed up, ate something simply, and then went to find George. After chatting with Diaria on the phone yesterday, Stephanie suddenly remembered something and wanted to go back to her old apartment today.
“Mr. Wellington didn’t answer the call. The assistant reported that the person had woken up but left secretly. Mr. Wellington is in a hurry to find him. Mr. Hayes received the news last night and rushed over.”
As soon as Stephanie entered the main house, she heard Brad’s voice, which sounded anxious.
“As for the matters that Mr. Nelson mentioned yesterday, it’s better to wait and contact Mr. Wellington until he has finished handling the matters in Aurorastra. It must be very messy there.”
“This is all Dominick’s own fault!” George e cursed angrily with a darkened face.
Brad sighed, “Mr. Wellington, it was just an accident. The two of them feel so much like brothers. Mr. Wellington doesn’t like to mention it, but he doesn’t feel good either…”
“Grandpa, what are you talking about?” Stephanie suddenly asked.
George was talking to Brad and did not notice her. He was slightly startled and raised his eyes to look at her.
Then, George and Brad replied almost simultaneously, “Nothing.”
