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…”

that the child to be removed. You’d better cooperate, or

mess, filled with a constant interplay of these chilling

right hand still tightly clutching her still–flat abdomen. Meanwhile, her heart

‘I’ve been taken to this place against my will. I was threatened and intimidated by those ruthless thugs, and now have to flee in panic. I’m all alone and helpless in this dark, stormy night. It’s all because

as the rain poured down fiercely outside. The rolling torrents were so heavy it washed down the yellow

the mountains.

a figure hurriedly ran toward the house and shouted in alarm, “Come out! Hurry

in the middle of

outside the door due to the mountain torrent, causing the house to start

tensing with urgency. She desperately wanted to move her feet, but her body wouldn’t obey. She felt as if her legs were weighed down by a thousand pounds, leaving

suddenly filled the air, the deafening sound echoing across the

suddenly stopped in his tracks and looked around with a

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thunder rumbled with lightning, the noise of the rain drowned out many other

watched the weather worsen. “We mustn’t go near the houses at the foot of the mountain.

respectfully, “Mr. Wellington, we’ve already sent people to look around. This place is dangerous, you should go

this area is too big, we don’t even know where to start looking. It’s really dangerous to

the thunder rolling and the downpour, the rain had destroyed Stephanie’s tracks, making it even more difficult to

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

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ran toward the

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already soaked through as he was crouched on the ground

fiercely at the shoe buried in the mud

looked up and dashed forward in the direction the shoe tip pointed in, ignoring the people behind

far when

was utterly stunned when he saw the house before him, which was now buried

just heard collapsing.

the ruins in shock. “Regardless, we should leave this place as soon

him to abandon all caution. He hurled himself towards the ruins, forcefully lifting the broken door plank, and shouted

voice mingled with the thunder made

action and hurriedly

Stephanie in this house? If she

elegant and privileged image and immediately joined in to help move some large objects, an anxious look on his face. At that moment, everyone was braving

crouched down. He was overwhelmed with too many emotions and

ruins.

under such conditions, rescuers wouldn’t

and helplessness. He despised himself for being unable to do something, which rarely happened. He couldn’t

shocked to see him

indifferent Dominick to care so much about a

and the thunder didn’t cease. But Vincent suddenly heard some faint noises behind

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

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