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…

and she looked confusedly towards

broke her train of

we ran the company together, this would never

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

the guise of visiting Stephanie, but

the fire.

AM, the night air was chilly, and the hospital

on his cane, listened to

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

Steffi is doing!” George scolded his daughters,

“Where’s Stephanie?”

imposing figure hurried over, Dominick, his clothes damp and

she immediately scowled and blocked

but also offend so many people for your own desires. Stephanie and Jessica are the ones

of my

didn’t care about the

“Is Stephanie here?”

George, repeating the question with

exploded in anger. “You bastard! You neglected your wife

by his grandfather, Dominick’s stem face

wasn’t angry,

really

understand how

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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…”

jumped in, seizing

couldn’t bother with

usual sharp demeanor was

an edge of confusion. His brows furrowed, and he

room.

bed, his eyes widened. Stephanie was

the man approach her, and somehow, she felt

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

running through her spine as his intense and

here?” he suddenly demanded in

pressed her lips

all, turning

growing increasingly

kwas

lowering her gaze as she recalled some things. She

on her shoulders, forcing her to look

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 embracing each other in the

question! Who saved you at the factory? Who

even more irritable, his question

grip. She furrowed her brows in anger and glared up at the man above her.

and didn’t care about her fate. She couldn’t believe

question her.

is none of your business!” she retorted,

face hardened at

flicker of guilt pricked at him when he saw her pale face.

at the gala?” he pressed, struggling to contain the impatience in his

bit her

“Stephanie!”

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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shake her very

her head, having

He seemed…desperate.