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…
thoughts scrambled, and she
outside broke her train of
the company together, this would never
will tank tomorrow. Dad, I’ve told you, Dominick is too young. He can’t handle the
her sisters had come with George to the hospital under the guise of visiting Stephanie, but actually, they came to add the
the fire.
the night air was chilly, and the hospital corridor was
cane, listened to his daughters‘
for the company’s 50th anniversary, but this just had to
is
“Where’s Stephanie?”
entrance, a tall and imposing figure hurried over, Dominick, his clothes
approaching, she immediately scowled and blocked his
many people for your own desires. Stephanie and Jessica are the
of
to argue and was visibly irritated. He didn’t care about the fact that she was his aunt and pushed her
“Is Stephanie here?”
question with clenched teeth, his voice filled
your wife
face flashed with
wasn’t angry, just
really at
he couldn’t understand how she
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meeting tomorrow, and I don’t think he’s fit for his current position anymore…”
sisters also jumped in,
bother with the corporate
usual sharp
furrowed, and he strode to the hospital
room.
his eyes
lay on the hospital bed, watching the man approach her, and somehow, she
over. As he approached the hospital bed, he looked down at her with a piercing gaze that seemed
her spine as his
you here?” he suddenly demanded
her lips together,
turning
growing
kwas
recalled some things. She seemed like
hands on her shoulders, forcing
you at the factory?” His
still remember he saw a man and a
my question! Who saved you at the factory?
more irritable, his question
throbbed under his firm grip. She furrowed her brows in anger and glared up at the man above her. “Let
to Jessica’s rescue and didn’t care about her fate. She couldn’t believe he had the nerve to
question her.
none of your
face hardened
him when he saw her pale face. He looked away, his grip loosening
were you at the gala?” he pressed, struggling to contain the impatience in
bit her
“Stephanie!”
glaring at her stubborn face, and roared her name, a name burned into the deepest part
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intense it seemed to shake her very soul, and she
lowered her head, having mixed feelings at
He seemed…desperate.
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