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 thought, that

company together, this would never have

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 actually, they came to add the fuel

the fire.

night air was chilly, and the hospital corridor

on his cane, listened to his

a grand celebration for the company’s 50th anniversary, but this

is doing!” George scolded

“Where’s Stephanie?”

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

saw him approaching, she immediately scowled and blocked

for your own desires. Stephanie and Jessica are the ones suffering

of my

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

“Is Stephanie here?”

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

your wife for that

face

angry, just

was really at

how

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think he’s fit for his current position anymore…” Stella pushed, aiming to oust him

sisters also jumped in, seizing the moment to

bother with the

sharp

edge of confusion. His brows furrowed, and he strode to the hospital

room.

the bed, his eyes widened.

on the hospital bed, watching the man approach her, and somehow, she felt a bit

hospital bed, he looked down at her with a piercing gaze that seemed to interrogate her, as if questioning

felt a shiver running through her spine as his intense and sharp eyes

are you here?” he suddenly demanded in

her lips

at all, turning her back to

was growing increasingly

kwas

recalled some things. She seemed like

leaned over, pressing his hands on her shoulders, forcing

at the factory?”

could still remember he saw a man and a woman

saved you

more irritable, his question as

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

about her fate. She couldn’t believe

question her.

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

hardened

her pale face. He

gala?” he pressed,

bit her

“Stephanie!”

stubborn face, and roared her name,

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

head, having

He seemed…desperate.

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