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…
Stephanie’s thoughts scrambled, and she looked confusedly towards
outside broke her train
company together, this
ruined! The stock price will tank tomorrow.
to the hospital under the guise of visiting Stephanie, but actually, they
the fire.
air was chilly, and
on his cane, listened to his
grand celebration for the company’s 50th anniversary, but this just had to happen on
down, let’s see how Steffi is doing!” George scolded his daughters,
“Where’s Stephanie?”
and imposing figure hurried over, Dominick, his clothes damp and his face unusually flustered. “Where
approaching, she
you not only oppress your kin but also offend so many people for your own desires. Stephanie
out of
He didn’t care about the fact that she
“Is Stephanie here?”
the question with clenched teeth, his voice
a snort, George exploded in anger. “You bastard! You neglected your wife for that
his grandfather, Dominick’s stem face flashed with a
wasn’t angry, just
really at the
how she could be
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forget the management issues at his company! There’s a shareholders‘ meeting tomorrow, and I don’t think he’s fit for his current position anymore…” Stella pushed, aiming to oust
also jumped in, seizing the moment
bother with the corporate
usual sharp demeanor was
by an edge of confusion. His brows furrowed, and he strode to the hospital room,
room.
bed, his eyes
man approach her,
her with a piercing gaze that
spine as his intense and
he suddenly
lips
turning her back
was growing
kwas
as she recalled some things. She seemed like
hands on her shoulders, forcing her to
you at the factory?” His voice was low and
the factory, he found Isaac attacked in a small office room. He could still remember he saw a man and a woman embracing each other in the midst of
question! Who saved you
even more irritable, his question as he repeated the
furrowed her brows in anger and glared up at the man above her.
her, Dominick had rushed to Jessica’s rescue and didn’t care about
question her.
me is none of your business!” she retorted, meeting his
face hardened
pale face. He looked away, his
pressed, struggling
her lip, ignoring
“Stephanie!”
at her stubborn face, and roared her name, a name burned into the deepest
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it seemed to shake her very soul,
her head, having mixed
He seemed…desperate.
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