Crossroads

Chapter 73

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…

she looked confusedly

from outside broke her

the company together, this would never

will tank tomorrow. Dad, I’ve told you, Dominick is too young. He can’t handle

and her sisters had come with George to the hospital under the guise of

the fire.

the night air was chilly, and the hospital corridor

on his cane, listened to his

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

see how Steffi is doing!” George scolded his

“Where’s Stephanie?”

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

Stella saw him approaching, she

you not only oppress your kin but also offend so many people for your own desires. Stephanie and Jessica are the ones suffering now. Next time, it could be us! Your

out of

He didn’t care about the fact that

“Is Stephanie here?”

to George, repeating the question with clenched teeth, his voice filled

snort, George exploded in anger. “You bastard! You neglected your wife for that mistress. And you still have the nerve to

stem face

angry, just

was really at the

how she could

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think he’s fit

sisters also jumped in, seizing

couldn’t bother with

sharp

replaced by an edge of confusion. His brows furrowed, and he

room.

he looked toward the bed, his eyes widened.

on the hospital bed, watching the man

hurried over. As he approached the hospital bed, he looked down at her with a piercing gaze that seemed to interrogate her, as if questioning

running through her spine as his

you here?” he suddenly demanded in a deep

lips together,

all, turning her back to

was growing increasingly

kwas

gaze as she recalled some things. She seemed like she

his hands on her shoulders, forcing her

you at the factory?”

attacked in a small office room. He could still remember he saw a man and a woman embracing

saved you at

his question as he

in anger and glared up at the man above

didn’t care about her

question her.

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

face hardened

him when he saw her pale face. He looked away,

he pressed, struggling to contain

bit her lip, ignoring

“Stephanie!”

face, and roared her name, a name burned into the

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it seemed to shake her very soul, and she could

having

He seemed…desperate.

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