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…”

child to be removed. You’d better cooperate,

filled with a

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

have to flee in panic. I’m all alone and helpless in this dark, stormy night. It’s all because of Dominick! That man

outside. The rolling torrents were so heavy it washed down the

the mountains.

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

of the house

many large boulders crashing down outside the

body wouldn’t obey. She felt as if her legs were weighed down by a

filled the

and looked around with a grim

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rain drowned out many other sounds. Someone speculated. “It

mustn’t go near the houses at the foot of the

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

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

rain had destroyed Stephanie’s tracks, making it even more difficult to start looking

his lips tightly pressed together as he ignored them. His tense nerves seemed to be holding something back, his gaze sharply scanning the surroundings while his

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the rain, the person behind him immediately grew anxious and caught up. Dominick was already soaked through as he was crouched on the ground amidst the dirty mud where a

at the shoe buried in the mud and realized it was

heart raced. He looked up and dashed forward in the direction the shoe

run far

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

tile house must be what we just heard

“Regardless, we should leave this place as soon as possible…” Someone immediately

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

mingled with the thunder

Dominick immediately jumped into action and

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

look on his face. At

crouched down. He was overwhelmed with too many emotions

ruins.

as his eyes filled with unbearable anxiety. They all knew that under such conditions, rescuers wouldn’t be able to arrive in time, and those buried beneath

was filled with regret and helplessness. He despised himself for being unable to do something,

to see him like

the usually cold and indifferent Dominick to

thunder didn’t cease. But Vincent suddenly heard

who followed them were frightened,

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