Crossroads

Chapter 59

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

She raised her voice and shouted repeatedly into the

anxiety.

“What?”

Dominick really know about Stephanie’s taking

I’ll ensure you both enjoy your time

frigid, cutting words sent a shiver down Claire’s spine

unlikely. If he’s truly had known about it, then…” Courtney’s voice trailed off, tinged with a mix

Courtney remain unscathed if Dominick

really

voice was tinged with fear,

and she gripped her phone tightly.

you want?” Claire had asked the same

hands has no reason to exist.” That was

heart gripped by a relentless fear, as if she had provoked a ruthless

many of her secrets known by him, she lacked the means to retaliate and was forced

Courtney’s voice came from the speaker,

Kevin? Courtney was

“Kevin, you

u should go back.”

at him with a complex expression, urging him

a bruise on his chest. Luckily, they were in a hospital and

at least half a month for the bruise to heal, and it was because of her that

bad temper.”

“I’m fine.”

suddenly felt inferior to Dominick, whether it

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practicing how to fight since childhood. You don’t

his head, chuckling at her, “I never expected you to comfort

the eldest male descendant of his generation in the Wellington family. Plus, there was always a

to me,” Stephanie,

was taken aback by her words and looked at her with

lies in the eyes of the beholder.” It was probably

“And now…” His gaz

increasingly intense, his voice

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

Their love was

that seemed

time he heard

Kevin suddenly grabbed her

tinging.” Stephanie said coldly, pushing him

to ring incessantly. The caller seemed to have something urgent to let

fell at the amusement park and she’s been crying and asking for

her voice was audible even to Stephanie

complex gaze.

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

There was no awkwardness or anger on

speak so calmly about

was as if she truly didn’t care

Claire returned to the country…” Kevin

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