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

little girl! She choked back tears, feeling

the whole world had turned against her, leaving her lonely and helpless, yet she refused to give in, pushing

desperately, struggling with all

went dark before her eyes, and her

saw her eyes snap

her feverish heat, and when

with

was fragile, her eyes tightly closed,

dreams, she could

was the lady of the Reed family and their baby girl, so her mother used to call her

but…

17 when her father, Gary Reed, brought his mistress home. After her mother’s death, she

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

her, and Claire even laughed at her, mocking her that

on the hospital bed

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Chapter 8

opened her eyes, her forehead slick with sweat as she

slowly coming to her

in a hospital.

her