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…”

it just now. Mr. Wellington ordered that the child to be removed. You’d better cooperate, or don’t blame us

with a constant interplay

still–flat abdomen. Meanwhile, her heart was heavy with a

against my will. I was threatened and intimidated by those ruthless thugs, and now have to flee

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

the mountains.

alarm, “Come out! Hurry up and get out! The

in the middle of the house when she turned around

crashing down outside the

desperately wanted to move her feet, but her body wouldn’t obey. She felt as if her

thunderous roar suddenly filled the air, the deafening sound

looked around with a grim expression. “What was

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

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

next to Dominick, held an umbrella over him and said respectfully, “Mr. Wellington, we’ve already sent people to look around. This place is dangerous, you should go back

where to start looking. It’s really dangerous to stay here, we should head back!” Vincent also shouted at

downpour, 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 scanning the

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ran toward the left despite

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behind him immediately grew anxious and caught up. Dominick was already soaked through as he was crouched on the

buried in the

forward in the direction the shoe tip pointed in, ignoring the

hadn’t run far when

saw the house before him, which was

must be what we just

“Regardless, we should leave this

caution. He hurled himself towards the ruins, forcefully lifting the broken door plank, and shouted at the top of his lungs,

thunder

and hurriedly joined in

surroundings in surprise and recalled the discovery of her shoe just now. He wondered, “Is Stephanie in this house? If she really came here, with the heavy rain just now, she must

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

was overwhelmed with too many

ruins.

filled with unbearable anxiety. They all knew that under such conditions, rescuers wouldn’t be

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

shocked to see him like

usually cold and indifferent Dominick to

continued to pour, and the thunder didn’t cease. But Vincent

were frightened, each digging frantically without hesitation. Only Vincent turned to look

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