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.”

gown into a neat shirt and trousers, stepping

at Vincent and urged, “Hurry and check out

unconcerned about the new message, 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 back

doctor had him hospitalized for an IV

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

Stephanie that you didn’t want to see her these past days, she was really upset and promised she wouldn’t dare

laughing so overly, Dominick really felt like

lose his temper. Instead, he imagined Stephanie’s pleading look

walked side by side, preparing to

entrance of the hospital,

in it has a stunning

shouted defensively, “Hey, what are you

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

frowned in confusion and moved closer to

and he furiously threw the phone onto the polished marble floor of the hospital lobby. He seemed as if

couple on the phone screen and then suddenly clenched his phone as if he

having no idea what had transpired, hurried after him. “Dominick, what

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his arm and raised his voice, demanding compensation, “Pay up! You snatched my

with Dominick and wasn’t in the mood to deal with the young man, so he

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

was held up by the young man

and wondered, ‘What’s going on?

button furiously for the sixth floor with a menacing

open again, he headed straight for one

open with a bang, causing Stephanie,

in

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

noticed something odd about Dominick. Stephanie pondered, ‘It seems

did you know I am in

the chance to inform Dominick about what had happened. Now, the first thing Stephanie

looked into Stephanie’s eyes, he spoke in a restrained tone. “Everyone knows you’re in the hospital.

nurse walked in with a

Reed, saving others is important, but you also need to

nurse and then turned back to Dominick, who was

more perplexed. “Last

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

she placed her right

very fragile. How could you have no sense of safety

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miscarried,” the nurse replied 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