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…

Stephanie’s thoughts scrambled, and she

her train of thought, that

we ran the company together, this would never

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

George to the hospital under the guise of visiting Stephanie, but

the fire.

air was chilly,

on his cane, listened to his

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

how Steffi is doing!”

“Where’s Stephanie?”

figure hurried over, Dominick,

she immediately scowled and blocked his

Stephanie and Jessica are the ones suffering now. Next time, it could be us!

out of

He didn’t care about the fact that she was his

“Is Stephanie here?”

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

wife for that mistress. And you still have the nerve to

grandfather, Dominick’s stem face

angry,

really

understand how she could be

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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 the

usual sharp demeanor

confusion. His brows furrowed, and

room.

the bed, his eyes widened. Stephanie was

man approach her, and somehow, she felt a bit

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

shiver running through her spine as his intense and sharp

you here?” he suddenly demanded in

pressed her lips together,

turning her

growing

kwas

gaze as she recalled some things. She

over, pressing his hands on her shoulders, forcing her

factory?” His voice was

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

Who saved you at the factory?

irritable, his question as he

shoulder throbbed under his firm grip. She furrowed her brows in anger and glared up at the

her, Dominick had rushed 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 at her

her pale face. He looked away, his grip loosening as

he pressed, struggling

bit her lip,

“Stephanie!”

face, and roared

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was so intense it seemed to shake her very soul, and

head, having

He seemed…desperate.

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