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…

and she looked confusedly towards

outside broke her train

when we ran the company together, this would never

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

come with George to the hospital under the guise of visiting Stephanie, but actually, they came to add the fuel

the fire.

was chilly, and the hospital corridor was

his cane, listened

celebration for the company’s 50th anniversary, but this

how Steffi is doing!” George scolded his

“Where’s Stephanie?”

figure

saw him approaching, she

but also offend so many people for your own desires. Stephanie

of my

to argue and was visibly irritated. He didn’t care

“Is Stephanie here?”

turned to George, repeating the question with clenched

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

face flashed with a moment

angry,

really

he couldn’t understand how

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There’s a shareholders‘ meeting tomorrow, and I don’t think he’s fit for his current position

jumped in, seizing the

bother

sharp demeanor was

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

room.

the bed, his

hospital bed, watching the man approach her,

the hospital bed, he looked down at her with a piercing gaze that seemed to interrogate her,

her spine as his intense and sharp eyes fixed

suddenly demanded in

her lips together,

all, turning her back

was growing

kwas

she recalled some things. She seemed like she

her shoulders, forcing

you at the factory?” His voice was low and

He could still remember he saw a man and a woman embracing

Who saved you at the factory? Who is

irritable, his question

in anger

rescue and didn’t care about her fate. She couldn’t

question her.

me is none of your business!” she

face hardened at

a flicker of guilt pricked at him when he saw her pale

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

her lip, ignoring

“Stephanie!”

and roared her name, a name burned

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fury was so intense it seemed to shake her

head, having mixed

He seemed…desperate.

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