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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turned her blurred

Dominick…

yet

welling with tears and jaw clenched, she struggled to crawl towards the edge of the bed, using her elbows for support. Her trembling hand reached out for the

to

disarray, her body weakened. With a sudden

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

the Royal Park Hotel. I’m

The call connected, but it

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

you right now.

call was

utter a word, felt something choking her throat, making

tightly in her right hand, feeling utterly hopeless and humiliated.

down, her face turned ghostly white, her eyes widening

frantic thumping of her heart, she was met

in her mind, and it was her

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

losing her child to

uneven. Panic seized

save

phone, “Jessica, give the phone to Dominick! Give it to him! My child!

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can raise my child

Please, I beg you, save me…” She choked

me, save my

have dialed

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

“Save me…

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

eyes blurred with tears as she gazed at the phone screen, her trembling fingers poised to dial

woman beside it remained motionless, her eyes tightly

screen illuminated the room,

enveloped the entire suite in

“Save my child…”

“What’s wrong?”

the hospital emergency room, a woman lay on the bed, her voice sweet as she addressed

urgent to

no missed calls.

me alone in

she panicked. She scrambled from the bed without a

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

was adamant, clutching Dominick’s right arm

don’t leave.”

tear–stained face,

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

a twist of fate, his car collided with the one driven by Jessica at a turn while he

He looked

gaze, calmly stating, “She’s fine physically, with a minor concussion and

How could I rest?” Jessica tore up in anxiety. “What if the crew

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