Crossroads

Chapter 31

As dusk fell, Stephanie continued running relentlessly. Her face was pale as if she had been frightened.

The mountain road was rugged and uneven. Stephanie tripped and lost a shoe, but she couldn’t care less about that. She gasped for breath as she hurried westward, as if someone was chasing her relentlessly.

Stephanie remembered that there was a village nearby. She needed to find someone and to call for help.

Just then, the atmosphere around her shifted, and the thick clouds rolled violently in the sky. Soon after, it began to drizzle, soaking her thoroughly.

Suddenly, Stephanie’s eyes lit up when she saw a shabby tile house ahead. She then ran toward it excitedly.

“Is anyone there?” she shouted while cautiously looking back over her shoulder.

As Stephanie reached out to knock on the door, she realized it wasn’t closed. She pushed the door open and looked inside. Because it was already dark and the sky was filled with dark clouds, Stephanie couldn’t see clearly inside the house.

“Hello, I’ve been abducted here. Please help me…” She said in a panic as she stepped inside carefully.

Stephanie had been forcefully abducted by several men from the hospital to this secluded rural area.

Just moments ago, she seized the opportunity to grind the rusty hoe against the rough rope binding her hands to the wall. Immediately, she untied the rope from her feet and fled in a panic.

Now, Stephanie’s wrists bore numerous bloody gashes from the hoe, and blood was trickling down her wound. Yet, she ignored her injuries and just kept running, fearing they would capture her again.

The rain fell and stung her wounds, causing her face to scrunch up in agony.

However, the moment Stephanie stepped into the silent tile house, her body froze.

She found that there was no one there, not a trace of life, just utter silence.

Stephanie looked around, her face pale as she stared blankly at the shabby, dirty tile house and the item’s scattered all around.

Just then, a terrifying lightning bolt slashed across the sky, followed immediately by a thunderclap that made her tremble in fear. The rain outside poured down furiously as if the sky were collapsing, accompanied by thunder and lightning.

Stephanie kept shrinking back as she looked around fearfully.

She then felt discomfort in her abdomen and instinctively rested her right hand on it as she lowered her head, her complexion instantly turning pale.

At that moment, Stephanie recalled the harsh words Dominick had previously hurled at her, his voice cold and ruthless.

“There are plenty of women who could bear my children. And you, Stephanie, don’t have the right. Remove the child from her

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womb…”

now. Mr. Wellington ordered that the child to be removed. You’d better

was a jumbled mess, filled with a constant interplay of these chilling

right hand still tightly clutching her still–flat abdomen. Meanwhile, her heart was heavy with a sense

was threatened and intimidated by those ruthless thugs, and now have to flee in panic. I’m all alone and helpless in this dark,

rain poured down fiercely outside. The rolling

the mountains.

in alarm, “Come out! Hurry up and get out! The house is about to

was standing in the middle of the house when she turned around

large boulders crashing down outside the door due to

but her body wouldn’t obey. She felt as if her legs were weighed down by a thousand pounds, leaving her powerless

suddenly filled the

looked around with a grim expression. “What was that

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the noise of the rain drowned out many other sounds. Someone speculated. “It might be

frowned deeply. He turned anxious as he watched the weather worsen. “We mustn’t go near the houses at the

was standing next to Dominick, held an umbrella over him and said respectfully, “Mr. Wellington, we’ve already sent people to look around. This place

is too big, we don’t even know where to start looking. It’s really dangerous to stay here, we should head back!” Vincent

the rain had destroyed Stephanie’s tracks, making it

pressed together as he ignored them. His tense nerves seemed to be holding something back, his gaze sharply

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startled and ran toward the

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was already

at the shoe buried in the mud and realized it

and dashed forward in the

run far when he suddenly

he saw the house before him, which

This tile house must be what we just heard collapsing. I wonder if anyone was buried

rushed over, looking at the ruins in shock. “Regardless, we should leave this place as soon as possible…”

He hurled himself towards the ruins, forcefully lifting the broken

with the thunder made everyone’s hearts

jumped into action and

this house? If she really came here, with the heavy rain just now, she must have run inside to take

objects, an anxious look on his face. At that moment, everyone was braving the heavy rain while calling out

too many emotions and pounded his fists

ruins.

on punching as his eyes filled with unbearable anxiety. They all knew that under such conditions, rescuers wouldn’t be

being unable to do something, which rarely happened.

shocked to see

indifferent Dominick

didn’t

the servants who followed them were frightened, each digging frantically without hesitation. Only Vincent turned

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