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.”

into a neat shirt and trousers, stepping out of

“Hurry and check

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

Dominick was allergic to mangoes, the doctor

fault. Why does she

told Stephanie that you didn’t want to see her

laughing so overly, Dominick

he didn’t lose his temper. Instead, he imagined Stephanie’s pleading look and

side, preparing to leave

just as they were passing through the main entrance of the hospital, they

this video is going viral is that the woman in it has a stunning figure,” the young man chuckled as he

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

couldn’t retrieve his phone as Dominic was six feet and one inch tall.

confusion and moved closer to Dominick, about to

Dominick’s expression suddenly turned grim, and he furiously threw the phone onto the polished marble floor of the hospital lobby. He seemed as if

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

no idea what had transpired, hurried after

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

in the mood to deal with the young man, so he shouted,

“Don’t think I’m scared just because you have some money. I’m

by the young man and couldn’t leave

at Dominick’s retreating figure and wondered, ‘What’s going on? He looks

furiously for the

dinged open again, he

room open with a bang, causing Stephanie, who was inside, to

thought in shock,

her face was pale and weak. She was really surprised to see Dominick suddenly appear

she noticed something odd about Dominick. Stephanie pondered, ‘It seems that he is

“Dominick, how did you know I am in the

inform Dominick about what had happened. Now, the first thing Stephanie saw upon waking up was

eyes, he spoke in a restrained tone. “Everyone knows you’re in the

At that moment, a nurse walked in with a

“Ms. Reed, saving others is

looked at the nurse and then turned back to Dominick, who was standing at the foot of her bed,

even more

this cold weather caused you to suddenly feel sick, leading to your coma,” the nurse said earnestly. “Our chief doctor checked on you and said that the child inside you is only about 7 weeks. Your dive into the river last night was too much

hearing that, Stephanie’s face turned ashen, and she placed her right hand

you have no sense of safety as a mother? The fetus was greatly affected and

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can do is try to save the pregnancy. Please, let’s not have this happen