Crossroads

Chapter 73

“Babe…”

That gentle and crisp male voice whispered in her ear, “Babe…” He repeated over and over with utmost tenderness, softly calling her nickname.

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“Stop it, it’s so cheesy!” Only her mother would use that tone to call her by that nickname.

Stephanie’s brows furrowed, looking struggle. She found the voice eerily familiar.

She was sure she had heard this gentle voice before.

‘Who are you… She opened her mouth to shout, but her body shuddered with a start. The next second, she abruptly opened her eyes, staring

at the white ceiling above, feeling the faint smell of disinfectant at the tip of her nose.

That was when she realized she had been dreaming,

She was in a hospital.

“Hospital?” She murmured, her face pale, her mind blank.

She looked around, her vision blurry, and the beeping of the heart rate monitor filled her ears

“Why am I in a hospital?”

Her body was feverish, her mind sluggish, and she was barely able to grasp the situation.

“What did you say?”

Meanwhile, in the still of the early morning, police and rescue teams were busy at the factory…

“Did you say Stephanie is in the hospital?”

Vincent clutched his phone, his voice filled with disbelief.

“What?” Dominick strode forward impatiently, snatching the phone from his hand, his voice low and shocked.

“Stephanie is in the hospital!”

n the hospital!”

“How could she be in the hospital?‘

Meanwhile, Stephanie was still at a loss. “Why am I in a hospital?”

Her thoughts were heavy, and there seemed to be a man…

Suddenly, as if remembering something critical, Stephanie’s expression turned anxious, and her heart raced. She quickly threw off the white hospital blanket, checking her abdomen nervously.

She tensed up, looking intently at her smooth stomach.

Then, Stephanie sighed in relief.

She recalled meeting a man at the company gala, a gentleman in a black suit. Then, Isaac mistook her for Jessica and escorted her into the

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venue before she left.

Isaac had followed her, trailing her to the underground parking, where she stumbled upon Dominick and Randall in a shootout Isaac had clamped a hand over her mouth, forcibly taking her away.

At the abandoned chemical plant, Isaac had held a cold blade against her abdomen, ready to cut her open…

Stephanie’s thoughts scrambled, and she looked confusedly

outside broke her

ran the company together, this would

anniversary is ruined! The stock price will tank tomorrow. Dad, I’ve told you, Dominick is too young. He

under the guise of visiting Stephanie, but actually, they came to add the

the fire.

air was chilly, and the hospital corridor was

listened

a grand celebration for the company’s 50th anniversary, but this just had to happen on

Steffi is doing!” George scolded his daughters,

“Where’s Stephanie?”

entrance, a tall and imposing figure hurried over, Dominick, his clothes damp and his face unusually flustered. “Where is

Stella saw him approaching, she immediately scowled and

your kin but also offend so many people for your own desires. Stephanie and Jessica are the ones suffering now. Next time, it

out of

mood to argue and was visibly irritated. He didn’t care about the fact that she was his aunt and pushed her

“Is Stephanie here?”

George, repeating the question with clenched teeth, his

snort, George exploded in anger. “You bastard! You neglected your wife for that mistress. And

Dominick’s stem face flashed with a

wasn’t angry, just

was really at

he couldn’t understand how she

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don’t think he’s

in,

however, couldn’t bother with the corporate

sharp

of confusion. His brows furrowed, and he strode to the hospital

room.

bed, his eyes widened. Stephanie was really

on the hospital bed, watching the man approach her, and somehow,

at her with a piercing gaze that seemed to

spine as his

you here?” he suddenly demanded in a deep

her lips

all, turning her back

was growing increasingly

kwas

she recalled some things. She

his hands on her

you at the factory?” His voice was low and

factory, he found Isaac attacked in a small office room. He could still remember he

you at the factory? Who

grew even more irritable, his question as he

furrowed her brows in anger and

rescue and didn’t care about her fate. She couldn’t believe he had the nerve to interrogate

question her.

me is none of your business!” she retorted, meeting his gaze

hardened

at him when he saw her pale face.

you at the gala?” he pressed,

bit her lip,

“Stephanie!”

around, glaring at her stubborn face, and roared her

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fury was so intense it seemed to shake her very soul,

head, having mixed feelings

He seemed…desperate.