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.

he knows everything since a

shouted repeatedly into

anxiety.

“What?”

made Courtney rise from her seat. “Does Dominick really know about

hurt her again, I’ll ensure you both enjoy

frigid, cutting words sent a shiver down Claire’s spine as they replayed in her

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

Dominick’s influence, how could Claire and Courtney remain unscathed if Dominick knew

really

tinged with fear, shattering Courtney’s

she gripped her phone tightly. “What

Claire

hands has no reason to exist.” That was

desolate outskirts, her heart gripped by a relentless fear, as if she had

of her secrets known by him, she lacked the means to retaliate

by your side?” Courtney’s voice came from the speaker, laced with confusion and

Kevin? Courtney was stunned

“Kevin, you

u should go back.”

at him with a

from Dominick, leaving a bruise on his chest. Luckily, they were in

of a refined gentleman. It would take at least half a month for the

him. He has a bad temper.”

“I’m fine.”

felt inferior to Dominick, whether it

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to fight since childhood. You

head, chuckling at her, “I

the Wellington family. Plus, there was always a difference between maternal and paternal grandchildren. Whenever anything

the best to me,” Stephanie, sitting next

taken aback by her words

lies in the eyes

“And now…” His gaz

intense, his voice tinged

wife and daughter are waiting for you,” she urged again, emphasizing, “We’re both married now, and we can’t go back to the

Their love was

seemed

Kevin’s expression became complex and conflicted. He couldn’t pinpoint exactly when, but every time he heard about Claire and their daughter, he felt a lingering

I feel…” Kevin suddenly

Stephanie said coldly, pushing

phone continued to ring incessantly. The caller seemed to have

daughter fell at the amusement park and she’s been crying

Claire calling. She sounded anxious, and her voice was audible even to Stephanie beside

a complex gaze. Before hanging up, he responded,

daughter is injured, so you should go back soon,”

intensely. There was no

speak so calmly about

truly didn’t care

my daughter when Claire returned to the country…”