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 towards the

outside broke her

ran the company together,

50th anniversary is ruined! The stock price will tank tomorrow. Dad, I’ve told you, Dominick is too young. He can’t handle the

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

the fire.

night air was chilly, and the hospital

his cane, listened to his daughters‘ complaints,

company’s 50th anniversary, but this just had to happen

let’s see how Steffi is doing!” George scolded his daughters, clearly

“Where’s Stephanie?”

elevator entrance, a tall and imposing figure hurried over, Dominick, his clothes damp and his face unusually

saw him approaching, she immediately scowled and blocked

only oppress your kin but also offend so many people for your own desires. Stephanie and Jessica

of

irritated. He didn’t care about the fact that she was his aunt and

“Is Stephanie here?”

with

a snort, George exploded in anger. “You bastard! You neglected your wife for

grandfather, Dominick’s stem face flashed with a moment

wasn’t angry, just

really at

couldn’t understand how she could

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a shareholders‘ meeting tomorrow, and I don’t think he’s fit for his current position anymore…” Stella

sisters also jumped in,

however, couldn’t bother

sharp demeanor was

replaced by an edge of confusion. His brows furrowed, and he strode to the hospital room,

room.

the bed, his eyes widened. Stephanie

the man approach

over. As he approached the hospital bed, he looked down at her with a piercing

through her spine as his intense and sharp eyes fixed

here?” he suddenly

her lips together,

at all, turning

was growing

kwas

things. She seemed

on her shoulders, forcing her

factory?” His voice was

small office room. He could still remember

you at

grew even more irritable, his question as he

furrowed her brows in anger and glared up at the man above

to Jessica’s rescue and didn’t care about her fate. She couldn’t believe he

question her.

of your

hardened

pale face. He looked away, his grip

at the gala?” he pressed, struggling to contain the impatience

her lip, ignoring

“Stephanie!”

at her stubborn face, and roared her name, a name burned into the deepest

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was so intense it seemed to shake her very soul,

head, having mixed feelings at that

He seemed…desperate.