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.”

hospital gown into a neat shirt and trousers,

glanced at Vincent and urged, “Hurry and check

a day apart feels like an eternity?

was allergic to mangoes, the doctor had

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

sinisterly. “Dominick, when I told Stephanie that you didn’t want to see her these past days, she was really upset and promised

seeing Vincent laughing so overly,

he imagined Stephanie’s

to leave the hospital through the lobby on

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

going viral is that the woman in it has a stunning figure,” the young man chuckled as he chatted on WhatsApp with

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

then reached out but couldn’t retrieve his phone as Dominic

to Dominick, about to ask what had

turned grim, and he furiously threw the phone onto the polished marble floor of the hospital lobby. He seemed as if trying to hold back an explosion of emotions. Dominick quickly pulled out his own phone and clicked open the anonymous message he had just

his phone as if he wanted to crush it. Afterward, Dominick turned back toward the

idea what had transpired, hurried after him.

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young man furiously grabbed his arm and raised his voice, demanding compensation, “Pay up!

sensed that something was seriously wrong with Dominick and wasn’t in the mood to deal with the young man, so he

think I’m

was held up by the young man and

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

elevator button furiously for the sixth floor with

doors dinged open again, he headed straight

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

thought in

hospital gown, and her face was pale and weak. She was really surprised to see

she noticed something odd about Dominick. Stephanie

asked, “Dominick, how did you

Dominick about what had

he spoke in a restrained tone. “Everyone knows you’re in the hospital. How could I

walked

“Ms. Reed, saving others is important, but you also

and then turned back to

even more perplexed. “Last

you were brought in 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 checked on you and said that the child inside you is only about 7 weeks. Your

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

is very fragile. How could you have no sense of

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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