Crossroads

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“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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pale complexion, she turned her blurred vision toward her phone on

Dominick…

and helplessness gripped her heart, yet his name echoed

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

to

a sudden twist on the bed, she

being bitten, she crawled forward in a frenzy, finally reaching for her phone. Her trembling fingers swiped the screen several

dial his number.

trembling, called out his

come to the Royal Park Hotel. I’m not feeling

to?” The call connected, but it was

is busy with me right now, and we’re quite occupied. He’s spending the night with

you right now. Is there anything you need me

call was

word, felt something choking her throat, making it hard to

she lay in a frantic heap on the floor, clutching the phone tightly in her right hand, feeling utterly hopeless and humiliated. With another wave of pain in her

face turned ghostly

breath, unable to suppress the frantic thumping of her heart, she was met with a horrifying sight–a dark red pool gushing from between her

thought echoing in her mind,

whispers. She was overwhelmed with fear, forgetting the pain in her body as a

she losing her child to a

phone again, and even her breaths became uneven. Panic seized her, clouding her mind as she continued

me, save my

cried out almost desperately, shouting into the phone, “Jessica, give the phone to Dominick! Give it to him! My

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baby, but I want, and I can raise my child by myself…”

disturb your lives. Please, I beg you, save me…” She choked on tears as she pleaded in a

save

you have dialed is turned

repeated, each iteration plunging Stephanie’s heart into the abyss, as if there was no

“Save me…

dark red pool between her legs as the heavy scent of

the phone screen, her trembling fingers poised

it remained motionless, her

phone screen illuminated the room,

entire suite in an

“Save my child…”

“What’s wrong?”

lay on the bed, her voice sweet as

have something urgent

finding no

don’t leave me alone in the

leave, she panicked. She scrambled from the bed without a care for

must stay in the hospital for observation tonight, so you can’t leave,” the nurse said, rushing to her aid as she got

clutching Dominick’s right arm

don’t leave.”

face, his expression a

accompany your girlfriend. Sir, you should stay with her. Plus, you bear some responsibility for

Elite High School when, by a twist of fate, his car

He looked

at Jessica before meeting Dominick’s stern gaze, calmly stating, “She’s fine physically, with a minor concussion and

up in anxiety. “What if the crew thinks I’m slowing them down

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