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

outside broke her train

the company together, this

50th anniversary is ruined! The stock price will tank tomorrow. Dad, I’ve told

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

the fire.

air was chilly, and the hospital

his cane, listened to his

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

down, let’s see how Steffi is doing!”

“Where’s Stephanie?”

the hospital’s left elevator entrance, a tall and imposing figure hurried over, Dominick, his clothes damp and his face unusually flustered. “Where is

saw him approaching, she immediately scowled and blocked his

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

of my

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

“Is Stephanie here?”

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

George exploded in anger. “You bastard! You neglected your wife for that mistress. And you still have the nerve to

grandfather, Dominick’s stem face flashed with a moment

angry, just

was really at

he couldn’t understand how she

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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 him

also jumped in, seizing

bother with

sharp demeanor was

confusion. His brows furrowed, and he

room.

looked toward the bed, his eyes widened. Stephanie

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 to

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

here?” he suddenly

her lips together, offering no

turning her back to

growing

kwas

recalled some things. She seemed like she didn’t

on her shoulders, forcing

you at the factory?”

attacked in a small office room. He could still remember he saw a man and a woman embracing each other in the

you

more irritable, his question as he repeated the

firm grip. She furrowed her brows in anger and glared

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

question her.

of your business!” she retorted, meeting

face hardened at

when he saw her pale face.

pressed,

her lip, ignoring

“Stephanie!”

face, and roared her name, a name burned into the deepest part of

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to shake her very soul, and she could feel his

head, having mixed feelings at that

He seemed…desperate.