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.”

changed out of his hospital gown into a neat

Vincent and urged, “Hurry and check

much that a day apart feels like an eternity? You’ve ignored her for two days, and

allergic to mangoes, the doctor had him

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

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

overly, Dominick really felt like hitting

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

to

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

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

what are you

retrieve his phone as Dominic was six feet and one inch tall.

in confusion and moved closer to Dominick, about

moment, 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 trying to hold back an explosion of emotions. Dominick

stared intently at the couple on the phone screen and then suddenly clenched his phone as if he wanted to

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

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

Dominick and wasn’t in the mood to deal with the young man, so he shouted, “How much do you want? Name

out shouting. “Don’t think

was held up by the young man and couldn’t leave

anxiously at Dominick’s retreating figure and wondered, ‘What’s

pressed the elevator button furiously for the sixth floor

again, he headed straight for

with a bang, causing Stephanie, who was inside,

in

and her face was pale and weak. She was

odd about Dominick. Stephanie pondered,

did you know I am in

for over ten hours and hadn’t had the chance to inform Dominick about what had happened. Now, the

he looked into Stephanie’s eyes, he spoke in a restrained tone. “Everyone knows you’re in the hospital. How could I not

a nurse walked in

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

was still a bit foggy. She looked at the nurse and then turned back to Dominick, who was standing at the foot of her

more perplexed.

Swimming vigorously in the river in this cold weather caused you to suddenly feel sick, leading to your coma,” the nurse said earnestly.

ashen, and she placed her right hand on

have no sense of safety as a mother? The fetus was

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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 baby could