Crossroads

Chapter 55

“Wait, just a moment…”

Stephanie abruptly halted the taxi, but soon, a tinge of embarrassment crossed her face as she said, “Never mind, please continue.”

“Miss, you seem a bit pale,” the taxi driver remarked, casting a concerned glance her way.

Phanie offered a strained smile and assured him, “I’m alright.”

Her gaze drifted to the left window of the car, her expression tinged with disappointment.

A fleeting uncertainty gripped her, ‘Was it him, or was it not?”

“Why am I even concerning myself with him?” she murmured, her head bowed in frustration.

Upon returning to her suite in Royal Park Hotel, Stephanie checked the time. It was already eight in the evening.

Restless, she suddenly recalled something and rushed to the bed, grabbing the hotel phone to dial the internal line. “Hello, has anyone visited me during my absence?”

Despite the polite response from the hotel staff, her disappointment deepened. “Oh, I see. Thank you.”

She was even worried that he might miss her while she was out at the milkshake shop and had rushed back for him.

“Wait, why would I be worried that he missed to catch me here?” she thought.

An inexplicable stir of emotions coursed through her, leaving her bewildered.

“What is he so busy with?” Stephanie pondered, perched at the bed’s edge, eyeing her suitcase hesitantly. “Should I wait for him to return to Havencrest with me?”

Finally, after washing her face in the bathroom, she made a resolve. If Dominick failed to contact her tonight, she’d secure a flight back to Havencrest the next morning.

“Is it work or another’s company that consumes him?”

Knowing Dominick’s demanding schedule and the weight of responsibilities atop his shoulders, Stephanie couldn’t help but empathize with him. She often saw him working late into the night in his study

She was his wife, but

it she grappled with expressing

ssing her concern for him amidst his hectic life.

Lying on the bed, Stephanie scrolled through her phone, hesitating with something. “Would I disturb him now if I called him?”

Suddenly, a sharp pang

gwracked her abdomen, causing her to double over and drop her phone.

“Ouch, it hurts…” Stephanie winced, her complexion drained as she clutched her midsection.

Labored breaths escaped her as the pain intensified.

Beads of cold sweat dotted her forehead as trembling overtook her frame, thwarting her attempts to rise

Stephanie gasped, grappling with the agony. Perplexed by the sudden onset of discomfort despite her normalcy throughout the day, she mumbled, “Why is this happening

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blurred vision toward

Dominick…

heart, yet his name echoed relentlessly

to crawl towards the edge of the bed, using her elbows for support. Her trembling hand reached out

to

disarray, her body weakened. With a sudden twist on the bed, she

back, the disheveled hair clinging to her forehead, and her lips that were now bleeding from being bitten, she crawled forward in a frenzy, finally reaching for her phone. Her trembling fingers swiped the screen several times before

dial his number.

Dominick…” Her voice, weak and trembling, called out his name as if grasping for

Park Hotel. I’m not feeling

to?” The call connected, but it was a woman

a hint of intimacy. “Dominick is busy with me right now, and we’re quite occupied.

he doesn’t have time for you right now. Is there anything you need me to

call was hung

a word, felt something choking

heap on the floor, clutching the phone tightly in her right hand, feeling utterly

looked down, her face turned ghostly white,

she was met with a horrifying sight–a dark red pool gushing from

only one thought echoing in her mind,

her pale lips quivered as she uttered incoherent whispers. She was overwhelmed with fear, forgetting the pain in

she losing her

her breaths became uneven. Panic seized her, clouding her mind as she continued to call out Dominick’s

me, save my

into the phone, “Jessica, give the phone to Dominick! Give it to him! My child! Ask him to send someone

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but I want, and I can

I beg you, save me…” She choked on tears

save my

you have dialed is turned

Stephanie’s heart into the abyss, as if there was

“Save me…

pool between her legs as the heavy scent of blood filled the room. Was that

tears as she gazed at the phone screen,

remained

screen illuminated the

entire suite

“Save my child…”

“What’s wrong?”

on the bed, her voice sweet as she addressed the

something urgent to

grabbed his phone and glanced quickly, finding no missed calls. Yet, an inexplicable agitation gnawed

alone

bed without a care for the IV drip and threw herself

and your body is weak. You must stay in the hospital for observation tonight, so you can’t leave,” the nurse said, rushing

clutching Dominick’s right arm tightly,

don’t leave.”

glanced at her tear–stained face, his expression a mix of

accompany your girlfriend. Sir, you should stay

had just left Elite High School when, by a twist of fate, his car collided with the

He looked up at the

meeting Dominick’s stern gaze, calmly stating, “She’s fine physically, with a minor concussion and a fractured right wrist. She shouldn’t

I rest?” Jessica tore up in anxiety. “What if the crew thinks I’m slowing them down and

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