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

from outside broke her

when we ran the company together, this

all days, the corporation’s 50th anniversary is ruined! The stock price will tank tomorrow. Dad, I’ve told you,

under the

the fire.

the night air was chilly, and the hospital corridor was

on his cane, listened to his daughters‘

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

see how Steffi is doing!”

“Where’s Stephanie?”

tall and imposing figure hurried over, Dominick, his clothes damp and

him approaching, she immediately scowled

so many people for your own desires. Stephanie and Jessica are the ones suffering now. Next time, it could be us! Your selfishness really

of my

irritated. He didn’t care about the fact that she was

“Is Stephanie here?”

with

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

grandfather, Dominick’s stem face flashed with a moment

angry, just

was really at the

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

jumped in, seizing the

couldn’t bother

usual sharp demeanor

replaced by an edge of confusion. His brows furrowed, and

room.

looked toward the bed, his eyes widened. Stephanie was

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 to interrogate

spine as his intense and sharp eyes

suddenly demanded in a

pressed her lips together,

at all, turning her

growing increasingly

kwas

gaze as she recalled some things. She seemed like

his hands on her shoulders, forcing her to look at

factory?”

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

you at the

even more irritable, his question as

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

her, Dominick had rushed to Jessica’s rescue and didn’t care about her fate. She couldn’t

question her.

me is none of your business!” she retorted, meeting his gaze

face hardened

of guilt pricked at him when he saw her pale face. He looked away, his grip loosening as he stood

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

bit her

“Stephanie!”

rage boiled over. He spun around, glaring at her stubborn face, and roared

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intense it seemed to shake her very soul, and she could feel his

her head, having mixed

He seemed…desperate.