Crossroads

Chapter 28

In the guest room on the first floor of Reed Villa, Claire grabbed her phone and glared at the image of a man and a woman on the screen. “Courtney, look at this… What should I do now?”

She looked anxious as she pulled on Courtney, who had just entered the room. “Courtney, I can’t believe Kevin confessed his feelings to Stephanie. What should I do now?”

Although the video didn’t capture Stephanie’s and Kevin’s conversation clearly, his declaration, “Give me a chance, I was wrong” was loud enough, and gossip–hungry netizens had already started imagining all sorts of sentimental scenarios.

Courtney was shocked by the scandalous video, exclaiming. “Weren’t they emotionally estranged and already divorced? How dare Stephanie still try to compete with you!”

“Courtney, what should I do? I have a daughter now, and even if I were to marry someone else, people would look down on me,” Claire asked urgently.

Courtney scolded her, “I told you, you’re not mature enough. You’ve been back in the country for over two months, carrying Kevin’s child, yet you’ve wasted all this time and still haven’t secured him. However, Stephanie, who is a divorcee, has married Dominick and become a part of the Wellington family.” When she said the last part, her tone tinged with envy.

Claire responded, “Do you think I haven’t mentioned getting a marriage license to Kevin? I’ve brought it up several times, but he always says he needs to think about it, and he never looks happy when I mention it. Courtney, didn’t you teach me not to push men? I’m afraid of pushing him too hard.”

She then shook Courtney’s arm and pleadingly said, “Okay, enough is enough, Courtney. I’m really anxious now. Please give me some advice.”

“You”

‘re really useless,” Courtney said with an air of arrogance and a hint of smugness. “Back when Stephanie’s mother was the first heiress of the Clark family, I managed to drive her away just the same. Stephanie is nothing. She’s stubborn and doesn’t try to please others. Her grandmother and father don’t like her, she has no one to support her and can’t cause much trouble. Stephanie is easy to deal with.”

After saying that, she paused, and a sinister look crossed her eyes. Afterward, Courtney ominously added, “The most valuable thing about Stephanie right now is the child she’s carrying. You just need to…

Claire’s eyes widened slightly as she listened to Courtney.

“Could this really work?” Claire became frightened. “What if…”

“What if what? Don’t tell me I didn’t teach you what to do. If you’re not ruthless enough, you won’t be able to take anything and will end up crying with your daughter. Now, stop bothering me,” Courtney coldly instructed.

With that, she walked out, immediately switching to a flattering smile as she cozied up to Gary, calling him to dinner like a dutiful, kind wife.

Meanwhile, Claire stood by the door with her right hand clutching her phone tightly, her heart pounding chaotically.

Suddenly, she lowered her head and quickly tapped the phone screen, and soon, the videos were forwarded to another phone.

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Just then, a phone chimed and vibrated a few times, indicating a new message had arrived.

At that moment, Vincent was in the ninth–floor VIP hospital room. She called Dominick, who was in the bathroom, “Dominick, you’ve just received a strange message. Just like the last photo, it was sent from a satellite phone SIM card.”

He chuckled teasingly, “Dominick, this might be another photo for you to catch someone in the act.”

a neat shirt and trousers, stepping out of the

at Vincent and urged, “Hurry and check out

Vincent didn’t dwell on it, only smirking more mischievously. “Hmm? Dominick, are you missing Stephanie so much that a day apart feels like an eternity? You’ve ignored her for two days, and now you can’t wait to rush

allergic to mangoes, the doctor had him hospitalized for

and thought, ‘It’s all Stephanie’s fault. Why does she have to drink mango–flavored milkshakes out of

Stephanie that you didn’t want to see her these past days, she was

Vincent laughing so overly, Dominick really felt like hitting

Stephanie’s pleading look and

Dominick and Vincent walked side by side, preparing to leave the hospital through

they were passing through the main entrance of the hospital, they walked by a young man

real reason this video is going viral is that the woman in it has a stunning

shouted defensively, “Hey, what are you doing?! Are you stealing my

retrieve his phone as Dominic was six feet and one inch tall. When he saw Dominick’s face darken slightly, he became somewhat

in confusion and moved closer to Dominick,

onto the polished marble floor of the hospital lobby. He seemed as if trying to hold back

phone screen and then suddenly clenched his phone as if he wanted to crush it. Afterward, Dominick turned back toward the hospital

had transpired, hurried after him.

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young man furiously grabbed his arm and raised his voice, demanding compensation, “Pay up! You snatched my phone and damaged it! Do you think you

was seriously wrong with Dominick and wasn’t in the mood to deal

the young man further, who then burst out shouting. “Don’t think I’m scared just because you have some money. I’m calling the police. You’re not

held up by the young man and couldn’t

retreating figure and wondered, ‘What’s going

furiously for the sixth floor with a

doors dinged open again, he headed straight for

with a bang, causing Stephanie, who was inside, to immediately look up in

thought in

moment, Stephanie was in a hospital gown, and her face was pale and weak. She was really surprised

something odd about Dominick. Stephanie pondered, ‘It

did you know I am

ten hours and hadn’t had the chance to inform Dominick about what had happened. Now, the first thing Stephanie saw upon waking up

this time, as he looked into Stephanie’s eyes, he spoke in a restrained tone.

At that moment, a nurse walked in with a smile, ready

remind her, “Ms. Reed, saving others is important, but you also need to take

the nurse and then

was even more perplexed. “Last night,

last night, you already had a fever of 103.3 Fahrenheit. Swimming vigorously in the river in this cold weather caused you to suddenly feel sick, leading to your coma,” the nurse said earnestly. “Our chief doctor

she placed her right hand on her flat abdomen. “Then… My

fetus is very fragile. How could you have no sense of safety as a mother? The fetus was

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gently. Upon seeing Stephanie’s face grow even paler, she added comfortingly, “Now all we can do is try to save the pregnancy. Please, let’s not have this happen again. The baby could easily suffer complications after