Crossroads

Chapter 59

Dominick reclined against the car, adopting a leisurely posture. His eyes, partially veiled, lazily traced patterns on the car window with hist Fingertips, as if indifferent to the world around him.

“Not only did you deceive him, but you also orchestrated a plan to harm him in ways that he could never fathom…”

With each chilly, sonorous syllable, Claire’s complexion paled, as if the weight of Dominick’s words pressed upon her soul.

“No, that’s not true,” she protested, her lips trembling in denial.

“Stop your baseless accusations!”

Claire’s agitation grew, a mounting sense of dread and unease enveloping her in the confined space of the car. Desperately, she grasped at the door handle, wanting to escape.

But the door remained locked, trapping her within.

Dominick, disdain evident in his gaze, opened his eyes fully, fixing Claire with an unwavering stare through the rearview mirror.

“Ms. Peterson, according to this hospital report, you’re medically incapable of bearing children. So, may I ask, where did your daughter come

from?”

He casually tossed a bundle of papers toward her, his eyes ablaze with contempt and impatience. “While your daughter is truly related to the Nelson family, the DNA test shows that you’re not her mother…

“You first planned to get Kevin into legal trouble, then sought your brother–in–law’s help to save him, hoping to earn his gratitude so you could marry him and become part of the wealthy Nelson family. But Stella’s insistence that he marry another woman thwarted your plans. So you patiently bided your time abroad, waiting for the right moment to return with his daughter…”

“No! That’s not it”

With these accusations, Claire’s heart pounded with fear and apprehension.

‘No… he couldn’t possibly know,” she tried to comfort herself

Her thoughts spun in disarray.

This long–buried secret was unknown even to her sister, Courtney, so how could Dominick know about it so well?

Could it be that fateful year, he…

Startled, Claire looked up, meeting Dominick’s inscrutable and forbidding eyes in the rearview mirror.

Claire’s mind was in a mess, while she was drowning in fear and anxiety

The incessant ringing of her phone in her pocket jolted Claire back to the present.

Realizing she had been summarily dismissed from the car by Dominick, she turned her gaze toward the highway, where his vehicle had vanished into the distance, leaving her heart racing uncontrollably.

“Claire, are you alright?”

As the call connected, Courtney’s voice crackled with concern and urgency. “Why did Dominick look for you out of the blue?”

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Claire held her phone and said in a trembling, low voice, “He knows everything.

knows everything since a long time

her voice and shouted repeatedly into the phone, her trembling voice

anxiety.

“What?”

“Does Dominick really know about Stephanie’s taking away and our involvement in it?

I’ll ensure you

shiver down Claire’s

truly had known about it, then…” Courtney’s voice trailed off, tinged with a mix of complexity and lingering

Courtney remain unscathed

he really

tinged with fear, shattering Courtney’s

she gripped her phone

you want?” Claire had asked the same

utility in my hands has no reason to exist.”

by a relentless fear, as

she lacked the means

Courtney’s voice came from the speaker, laced with

onto Kevin? Courtney was

“Kevin, you

u should go back.”

with a complex expression, urging

a solid blow from Dominick, leaving a bruise on his chest. Luckily, they were in a hospital and could bandage it

refined gentleman. It would take at least half a month for the bruise to heal, and it was because of her that he had argued with Dominick, so

a bad temper.” Stephanie felt indignant when

“I’m fine.”

and suddenly felt inferior

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to fight since childhood.

chuckling at her, “I never expected you to

male descendant of his generation in the Wellington family. Plus, there was always a difference between maternal and paternal grandchildren.

best to me,” Stephanie,

by her words

heard? Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.” It was probably something like that

“And now…” His gaz

intense,

wife and daughter are waiting for you,” she urged again, emphasizing, “We’re both married now, and

Their love was

that seemed destined to

when, but every time he heard about Claire

feel…” Kevin

phone is tinging.” Stephanie said coldly,

to ring incessantly. The caller seemed

amusement park and she’s been crying and asking

and her voice was audible even to Stephanie

glanced at Stephanie with a complex gaze.

injured, so you should go back soon,” Stephanie said

no awkwardness or anger on Stephanie’s

calmly about his daughter. For a moment, Kevin

was as if she truly didn’t care about

my daughter when Claire returned to the country…” Kevin hesitated, wanting to explain some things, but it was