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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

Dominick…

gripped her heart, yet his

edge of the bed, using her elbows

to

body weakened. With a sudden twist on the bed,

her scraped 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.

dial his number.

trembling, called out his name as

Royal Park Hotel.

to?” The call connected, but it

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

time for you right now. Is

call was

word, felt something choking her throat, making it hard

floor, clutching the phone tightly in her right hand, feeling utterly hopeless and humiliated. With another wave of pain

turned ghostly white, her eyes

frantic thumping of her heart, she was met

was only one thought echoing in her mind, and it was

incoherent whispers. She was overwhelmed with

her child

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

save

phone, “Jessica, give the phone to Dominick! Give it to

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

won’t disturb your lives. Please, I beg you, save me…” She choked on tears as she

me, save my

you have dialed

into

“Save me…

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

the phone screen, her trembling fingers poised to

the woman beside it remained motionless, her eyes

illuminated the room,

enveloped the entire suite

“Save my child…”

“What’s wrong?”

lay on the bed, her voice sweet as she addressed the man

have something urgent to attend

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

leave me alone in the hospital.

scrambled from the bed without a care for the IV drip and threw

accident 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

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

don’t leave.”

face, his

your girlfriend. Sir, you should stay with

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

she?” He looked

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

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

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