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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turned her blurred vision toward

Dominick…

helplessness gripped her heart, yet his name echoed relentlessly

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

needed to

weakened. With a sudden twist on the bed, she tumbled to

being bitten, she crawled forward in a frenzy, finally reaching

dial his number.

called out his name as if

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

call connected, but it was a woman who

voice, sweet and flirtatious, carried a hint of intimacy. “Dominick is busy with me right now, and

right now. Is there anything you need

was hung

to utter a word, felt something choking her throat, making it

her eyes as she lay in a frantic heap on the floor, clutching the phone tightly in her right

looked down, her face turned ghostly white, her eyes widening

of her heart, she was met

thought echoing in

overwhelmed with fear, forgetting the pain in her

she losing her child to a

became uneven. Panic seized her, clouding her mind as she

me, save

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

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and I can raise my child

you, save me…” She choked on tears as

me, save my

you have dialed

cold, automated voice repeated, each iteration plunging Stephanie’s heart into the abyss, as if there was

“Save me…

as the heavy scent of blood filled the

she gazed at the phone screen, her trembling fingers poised to dial

the woman beside it remained motionless, her eyes tightly

screen illuminated the

the entire suite

“Save my child…”

“What’s wrong?”

on the bed, her voice

something urgent to

and glanced quickly, finding no missed calls. Yet, an inexplicable agitation gnawed at

me alone in the

him about to leave, she panicked. She scrambled from the bed without a

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

the nurse’s insistence, Jessica was adamant, clutching Dominick’s right arm tightly, her voice faint with

don’t leave.”

face, his expression a mix

you should stay with her. Plus, you bear some

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

is she?” He looked up at

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

filming just started. How could I rest?” Jessica tore up in anxiety.

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