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…

scrambled, and she looked

broke her train of

the company together, this

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

come with George to the hospital under the guise of visiting

the fire.

AM, the night air was chilly,

leaning on his cane, listened to his daughters‘

the company’s 50th anniversary, but this just

see how Steffi is doing!” George scolded his

“Where’s Stephanie?”

left elevator entrance, a tall and imposing figure hurried over, Dominick, his

approaching, she immediately scowled and blocked his

only oppress your kin but also offend so many people for your own desires. Stephanie and Jessica are the ones suffering now. Next

out of my

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

“Is Stephanie here?”

the question with clenched teeth, his voice filled

“You bastard! You neglected your wife for

Dominick’s stem face flashed

angry,

really at the

couldn’t understand how she

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forget 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…” Stella

also jumped in,

bother with

sharp demeanor

of confusion. His brows furrowed,

room.

bed, his eyes

man approach her,

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

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

he suddenly demanded in

pressed her lips together, offering

at all, turning her

growing increasingly

kwas

some things. She seemed like she didn’t want

on her

factory?” His voice

office room. He could still remember he saw a man and a woman embracing each

Who saved you at the

irritable, his question as

firm grip. She furrowed her brows in anger

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

question her.

of your business!” she

hardened at

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

pressed, struggling to contain the impatience

bit her lip,

“Stephanie!”

at her stubborn face, and roared her name, a

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

lowered her head, having mixed feelings at

He seemed…desperate.

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