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

outside broke her train of

the company together, this would never

will tank tomorrow. Dad, I’ve told you, Dominick is too young. He can’t handle the

her sisters had come with George to the hospital under the guise of visiting Stephanie, but actually, they came to add the

the fire.

the night air was chilly, and the hospital corridor was

cane, listened to his daughters‘

for the company’s 50th anniversary, but this just had to

is

“Where’s Stephanie?”

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

approaching, she immediately scowled and blocked his

many people for your own desires. Stephanie and Jessica are the

of

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

“Is Stephanie here?”

question with clenched teeth, his voice filled

your wife

face flashed with

wasn’t angry, just

really at

he couldn’t understand how she

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meeting tomorrow, and I don’t think he’s fit for his current position anymore…”

sisters also jumped in,

bother with the corporate

usual sharp

furrowed, and he strode to the hospital

room.

his eyes

lay on the hospital bed, watching the man approach her, and somehow, she

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

her spine as his

you here?” he suddenly demanded

her lips together,

turning

growing

kwas

recalled some things. She seemed like

hands on her shoulders, forcing

you at the factory?” His

still remember he saw a man and a

my question! Who saved you at the factory?

more irritable, his question

throbbed under his firm grip. She furrowed her brows in anger and glared up at the man above her. “Let

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

question her.

none of your

face hardened

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

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

bit her

“Stephanie!”

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

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intense it seemed to shake her very soul, and she

lowered her head, having mixed feelings at

He seemed…desperate.

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