Crossroads

Chapter 7

Stephanie suddenly felt someone was watching her intensely.

As she turned around, her expression suddenly darkened.

“Why are you here?” Claire locked eyes with her, raising her voice sharply as she questioned her.

Stephanie sneered, “How dare a homewrecker show up? Aren’t you scared of karma?”

Claire held the hand of a three–year–old girl, her eyes flickering with malicious intent.

“Who do you think you are, S

Stephanie? You’ll be kicked out from the Nelson family soon enough. You are not the lady of the house anymore…

As Claire spoke, she burst into laughter. “Honestly, Stephanie, I feel sorry for you. Your own husband couldn’t wait to get rid of you, so he sent you to another man’s bed. By the way, how did it feel? What a night, isn’t it?”

“Shut up!” Stephanie shrieked, the mention of that night pushing her over the edge.

Claire’s laughter grew even more scornful and arrogant. “Oh, look who’s angry! Kevin said that he hadn’t even touched you over the last three years. Stephanie, you are such a loser. Everyone in the circle thinks you are a pathetic woman who can’t have a child…..

“Kevin brought me and our daughter to the Wellington’s banquet today,” she sneered. “He said he wants to introduce us to his friends in the circle. I think you should leave before you make a fool of yourself.”

“Fine! We’ll see who the fool in the end is!” Stephanie snapped back, her teeth gritted in fury.

Claire. As long as I’m still married to Kevin, you and your daughter will always

twisted in rage as she heard

alone abroad all these years just to become the lady of the Nelson

speaking, she raised her hand to strike Stephanie but accidentally hit

slap, the girl’s cheek turned red and swollen, and her small body staggered backward, falling

several ceramic plates crashing to the

scraped against the broken ceramic shards, and blood began

girl cried out

shock, unable

showed how Claire didn’t care

she quickly yelled, “Don’t hit my daughter, please! She’s innocent,

Claire’s loud

drew the

said to Stephanie, “Stephanie, Kevin and I were truly in love, and you forced me to leave the country. I know I shouldn’t have come back to disrupt your family, but my daughter just wanted to

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don’t hurt

that Claire would do all this just to

Stephanie started to defend herself from the gathering crowd of onlookers, her voice tinged with

a figure charged through the

how could you do this?

through the crowd