Crossroads

Chapter 8

The voice sounded familiar to Stephanie.)

Her face drained of color from the blood loss. She could only muster the strength to turn her head weakly, her vision blurring as she looked at the man

The man crouched behind her, his hair brushing his eyebrows. His face was striking–high nose, chiseled features, as handsome as someone with mixed

heritage.

The man had an undeniable air of nobility, distant and aloof.

One look was all it took to make him unforgettable.

Of course, Stephanie recognized him.

It was him, the bastard who slept with her…

“Don’t touch me… Stephanie shouted as she struggled to free herself

Her body twisted, the wound on her arm now bleeding more profusely.

The excessive blood loss drained her face of color, and everyone was hurling vicious insults, siding with Claire and her daughter

girl! She

leaving her lonely and helpless, yet she

desperately,

before her eyes, and her body

her

and when

stoic face briefly flashed with

eyes tightly closed,

dreams, she could hear someone anxiously calling

the lady of the Reed family and their baby girl, so her mother

but…

brought his mistress home. After her mother’s death, she had a

poverty after she left her family. No one knew she was the lady of the neighboring town’s wealthiest man.

even laughed at her, mocking her that she couldn’t

struggled in agony on the hospital bed as

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Chapter 8

her forehead slick with sweat

stared at the white ceiling, slowly coming to her senses amidst the sharp scent of

in a hospital.

stood by her