Crossroads

Chapter 29

“Don’t run! Catch her!” The footsteps behind Stephanie grew louder, accompanied by a rough, raspy voice. Frightened, her face turned pale as she desperately ran toward the elevator.

“Ah, let me go!” Stephanie kept pressing the elevator button frantically. She was about to rush in just as the elevator doors opened when a tall man with a fierce expression on his face came charging at her down the stairs before pinning her down.

The man throttled and warned coldly, “You heard it just now. Dominick ordered for the child to be removed. You’d better cooperate, or don’t blame us for being nasty!”

on hearing Dominick’s name, Stephanie’s eyes reddened as she retorted, “No! This is my child! I won’t have the baby taken

I

away!”

“Mr. Wellington said you have no right to bear his child!” A man in a white coat hurried over and shouted impatiently to two other men, “Hurry up and do it!”

“No!” Stephanie was on the verge of weeping with fear,

“Let me go. I don’t want to go ahead with the procedure…” She trembled in fear as she struggled under the man’s grip and cried out desperately, “Help me! Please, help me. I don’t want this. Let go!”.

“What’s that noise?”

The hospital was undergoing a change in shift and the corridors of the inpatient department were relatively quiet. Two nurses happened to pass by and they looked around in confusion.

“What are you doing?”

The nurses walked toward the source of the noise and saw three men acting suspiciously at the stairwell entrance.

“We’re just disposing of some special medical waste…” Shortly after, they heard a loud bang as two men in white coats forcefully. closed a large lid.

The nurses found it odd, but the three men had already pushed the large white bin into the elevator.

“I’ve never seen these doctors before. Which department are they from?”

“Forget it, our hospital is so large and we often have interns coming in…” Another nurse remarked without giving it much thought as she watched the elevator doors shut slowly.

After the elevator doors closed, it quickly descended to the underground parking garage on the basement level.

Stephanie was thrown into a large bin filled with dirty bed sheets, the lid pressing down tightly on her. She struggled to breathe and she began to lose consciousness as her brain was slowly deprived of oxygen.

She wondered in despair, ‘Why is Dominick so cruel? Why won’t he hear me out…

As Stephanie felt increasingly hopeless and despondent, her mind grew fuzzier. Just before she passed out, she faintly heard a

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sinister remark, “The money has been transferred. Get rid of her as soon as possible.”

door impatiently, his cold voice telling of his bad

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the phone, looked up at Dominick and sensed his overwhelmingly hostile presence. Vincent thought, “No wonder he was so angry at the hospital

the related videos online have been taken down and deleted. Notifications have been sent to all major platforms to have their teams monitor the

expression turned even grimmer at the

down, not daring to provoke him further. He swiped

Vincent watched the video of Stephanie climbing up the riverbank all soaked through, he muttered under his breath, “I’ve never noticed how stunning

Vincent muttering under his breath and immediately

quickly tapped his finger on the screen, and deleted the video out

immediately changed the subject. “Dominick, it seems that every time something happens to Stephanie, you receive an anonymous message. Have you figured out where it’s

rarely asked a serious question, but Dominick seemed distracted

thinking about.

was curious as to

and swiftly, “Leave the anonymous messages to the ministry of information

he walked briskly toward the door, his face masking a

you really planning to ignore Stephanie and

Havencrest alone?”

pondered, ‘Dominick has always been impatient with women. With

with Stephanie, Vincent had developed a bit of a bond with her. He muttered to himself, “Stephanie was in that icy river in the dead of winter, she must be feeling really weak now…” Vincent wondered, ‘Is he really

suddenly halted in his

after he had scolded her

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open. “Where is Stephanie now?!” Kevin shouted

confessed to Stephanie and

darkened at the sight

ran in and grabbed

away!”

wary of Dominick, but now, he couldn’t care less.

with Stephanie and she got pregnant by accident. She isn’t willing to be pregnant either, yet you used the power of the Wellington family to force her to marry you. You’ve never respected her wishes

visibly shocked at his words. How dare Kevin insult Dominick! Vincent turned to look at Dominick and

caught in the crossfire, Vincent quickly urged the bodyguards,

tall bodyguards overpowered him. He then anxiously asked again, “Dominick, where did you

she’s so weak now, and yet you ordered someone to remove her child. From the very beginning,

able to contain his rage. He was on the verge

reached out his right hand, grabbed a fruit knife from the table,

Bam!

strand of hair before flying past and embedding itself forcefully into the intricately carved solid wood

was startled by the sudden flying knife and immediately shut his mouth as a drop of cold

was low and cold as he spoke through gritted teeth. His eyes bore a deep intensity,

and have never seen him like this. He’s always so indifferent, but now he seems…jealous, envious? It’s as if someone touched something very important to him, disturbing his usually calm demeanor. Was it even possible for Dominick to get jealous? Kevin said Dominick ordered someone to get rid of the baby in

Dominick might have

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