Crossroads

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

broke her train of thought, that

the company together,

tank tomorrow. Dad, I’ve told you, Dominick is too young.

to the hospital under the guise of visiting Stephanie, but actually,

the fire.

was chilly, and the

on his cane, listened to

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

let’s see how Steffi is doing!”

“Where’s Stephanie?”

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

saw him approaching, she immediately

oppress your kin but also offend 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

out of my

not in the mood to argue and was visibly irritated. He didn’t care about the fact that she was his aunt and pushed

“Is Stephanie here?”

the question with clenched

anger. “You bastard! You neglected your wife for that mistress. And you

stem face flashed with a moment of

wasn’t angry,

was really at

understand how she could be

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and I don’t think he’s fit

jumped in,

however, couldn’t bother with the

usual sharp

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

room.

the bed, his eyes widened. Stephanie was really

on the hospital bed, watching the man approach

the hospital bed, he looked down at her with

running through her spine as his intense and sharp eyes fixed on

suddenly demanded

pressed her lips together, offering no

turning

growing increasingly

kwas

things. She seemed like she didn’t want

leaned over, pressing his hands on her shoulders, forcing her to look

factory?” His

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

my question! Who saved you at

more irritable, his question as he repeated the

She furrowed her brows in anger and glared up at the

care about her fate. She couldn’t believe he

question her.

none of your business!” she retorted, meeting his

face hardened

pale face. He looked away, his grip

the gala?” he pressed, struggling to contain the impatience

her lip,

“Stephanie!”

rage boiled over. He spun around, glaring at her stubborn face, and roared her name, a name burned into the deepest part of

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intense it seemed to shake her very soul, and she

lowered her head, having mixed

He seemed…desperate.