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 looked confusedly towards the

her train

we ran the company

days, the corporation’s 50th anniversary is ruined! The stock price will tank tomorrow. Dad, I’ve told you,

had come with George to the hospital under the guise of visiting Stephanie, but actually,

the fire.

AM, the night air was chilly,

listened to his daughters‘ complaints,

a grand celebration for the company’s 50th anniversary, but this just had

down, let’s see how Steffi is doing!” George scolded

“Where’s Stephanie?”

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

saw him approaching, she immediately scowled and blocked his

Stephanie and Jessica are the ones suffering now. Next time, it could be us! Your selfishness really

of

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

“Is Stephanie here?”

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

your wife for that mistress. And you still have the nerve to

grandfather, Dominick’s stem face flashed with a

angry, just

was really at the

how she

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don’t think

jumped in, seizing the

bother

sharp demeanor was

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

room.

he looked toward the bed, his eyes widened.

hospital bed, watching the man

approached the hospital bed, he looked down at her with a piercing gaze

spine as his intense and sharp eyes fixed on

he suddenly

her lips together, offering no

turning her back

growing

kwas

as she recalled some things. She seemed like she

on her shoulders,

saved you at the factory?” His voice was low and

he infiltrated the factory, he found Isaac attacked in a small office room. He could still remember he saw a man and a woman

saved you

more irritable, his question as he

throbbed under his firm grip. She furrowed her brows in

Dominick had rushed to Jessica’s rescue and didn’t care about her fate. She couldn’t believe he had the nerve

question her.

of your business!” she

hardened at

he saw her pale face.

he pressed, struggling to

her lip,

“Stephanie!”

He spun around, glaring at her stubborn face, and roared her name, a name burned into the deepest part

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to shake her

her head, having mixed feelings at

He seemed…desperate.

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