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…

scrambled, and she looked confusedly

from outside broke her train of thought, that

we ran the company

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

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

the fire.

night air was

cane, listened to his daughters‘ complaints,

company’s

down, let’s see how Steffi is

“Where’s Stephanie?”

and imposing figure

approaching, she

so many people for your own desires. Stephanie and Jessica are the ones suffering now. Next time, it could be us! Your selfishness really dragged us

of

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

“Is Stephanie here?”

the question with clenched

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

Dominick’s stem face flashed with a moment

angry,

was really

how she could be

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I don’t think he’s fit

sisters also jumped in, seizing the

couldn’t bother with the

sharp demeanor

furrowed, and he strode to the hospital room, opening

room.

bed, his eyes

the hospital bed, watching the man approach her, and somehow, she felt a

hurried over. As he approached the hospital bed, he looked down at her

felt a shiver running through her spine as his intense and

he suddenly demanded in

lips

at all, turning her

was growing

kwas

some things. She seemed like she didn’t want

her shoulders,

factory?” His

room. He could still remember he saw a man and

question! Who saved you at the factory? Who

his question as he repeated

She furrowed her brows in anger and

rushed to Jessica’s rescue and didn’t care about her

question her.

is none of your business!” she

face hardened at

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

pressed,

her

“Stephanie!”

boiled over. He spun around, glaring at her stubborn face, and roared

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so intense it seemed to shake her very

lowered her head, having mixed

He seemed…desperate.

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