Crossroads

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“Thank goodness she was sent to the hospital in time….

“The patient’s emotions are all over the place. We can’t risk upsetting her further, and we’re recommending at least a week’s stay, especially considering the excessive bleeding…”

“Get out! Get out of here!”

The doctor’s words were cut short as Stephanie suddenly sat up, her face drained of colar, her lips trembling as she shouted towards the

door.

The medical staff turned while Kevin hurried to the door and said in a low voice, “I told you not to come in and upset her!”

Dominick stood at the ward’s entrance, his usually stoic expression now betraying a mix of emotions.

“Dominick, Stephanie might be feeling really unwell. Let’s come back later. Vincent, who was standing behind Dominick, tried to reason.

He dreaded Dominick’s explosive temper. After all, no one would dare shout at him like that, telling him to leave.

The ward’s door was swiftly slammed shut, leaving Dominick outside.

And he didn’t stop it.

Dominick couldn’t hear what was being said inside, but he remained rooted to the spot, staring at the closed door.

Vincent shivered slightly. If Dominick decided to barge in, he could easily kick down that ordinary door.

“Let’s not bring this up when she’s around anymore,” After a long pause, Dominick spoke in a low voice before turning away to head towards

the elevator.

Vincent watched him leave, feeling somewhat dazed. He was unable to fully comprehend what had just happened.

‘Was Dominick going to just leave like that?

‘Since when did Dominick, with his stern demeanor, learn to be so forgiving?

Stephanie spent two days and a night in the hospital, mostly in a daze. She hardly spoke or ate, relying on IV nutrition, with Kevin by her side the entire time.

“Stephanie, do you need some water?”

Around 9 p.m., Kevin saw her open her eyes and immediately approached the bedside.

Stephanie gazed at him for a moment before speaking in a hoarse but much calmer voice now. “No thanks.”

“The doctor mentioned they found traces of medication in your bloodstream. These drugs can affect your nerves and cause emotional instability. If pregnant women take them, it can lead to…”

“You can head back now,” she interrupted suddenly.

Kevin’s expression flickered with complexity. “You might think I have some ulterior motive for doing all this, but I don’t! Stephanie, you called me last night, and I had a gut feeling something was wrong, so I came to check on you, I truly didn’t have any other intentions…”

Perhaps it was guilt for his past actions that made Kevin feel uneasy under her gaze.

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she said simply, lowering her

for him, maybe…I would have been gone

the white bedsheets with her

me last night, and I had a feeling something was all, so I came to

realize that a mistakenly dialed number to Kevin became her lifeline, while

by her hospital bed, Kevin noticed the hint of redness in her eyes. Stephanie wore her emotions on

But why?

leave,” she whispered

hesitated, “But considering your

I saved you by the riverside, and now you’ve saved me. So, I’ll graciously wish you, Claire, and your daughter

him feeling

he was the one

voice complex.

are no ‘ifs‘ in this world.

better than before. “Kevin, perhaps you never truly understood me. However, don’t worry about me. Ever since I left Reed Villa, I’ve

had been living by

was alone, she could be

say, but he didn’t think he had the right to

to see certain people,”

the soft shuffle of footsteps and the following

absentmindedly placed her hand on her abdomen, her gaze drifting towards the balcony window as she allowed herself to get

blue Maserati

have dissipated, and her emotions have stabilized.” The hospital director and attending physicians conversed

Vincent couldn’t resist

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child, and his voice turned cold and

her that everything

the weight of his words. “Mr. Wellington, regarding the child, there’s

now.

skeptical and pressed on. “There was a significant amount of blood in the hotel suite. Concealing

Dominick’s insistence on keeping Stephanie in

medication in Ms. Reed’s bloodstream, but the dosage wasn’t enough to induce a miscarriage,” one of the attending physicians explained in a

did she

common ailment exacerbated by her pregnancy. The bleeding resulted

of relief upon hearing this

wasn’t because she lost her

unborn child didn’t make it, what would become of

mean by ‘safe for now‘? Is Stephanie’s illness serious? Why wasn’t it detected during her previous check–ups?” Vincent, with a history of many girlfriends, had occasional discussions

we’ll consider minimally invasive

the cervical polyps

aback, only catching on to this amidst all

at

the doctors, he walked straight

Wellington dislikes twins?” murmured one doctor softly, as most people

night, and the hospital was deserted. In the elevator,

graphic childbirth photos he had seen in parenting class. His voice trailed off, hinting at an