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.

everything since a long

frightened. She raised her voice and shouted repeatedly into the phone, her

anxiety.

“What?”

from her seat. “Does Dominick really know about Stephanie’s taking away

ensure you

shiver down Claire’s spine as they

had known about it, then…” Courtney’s voice trailed off,

Courtney remain unscathed if Dominick knew about

he really

tinged with fear,

gripped her phone tightly. “What exactly does he

you want?” Claire had asked

no reason

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

so many of her secrets known by him, she

you to keep Kevin by your side?” Courtney’s voice came from the speaker, laced with confusion

onto Kevin? Courtney was

“Kevin, you

u should go back.”

looked at him with a complex expression, urging him to

Luckily, they were in a hospital and could bandage it up quickly. However, Stephanie felt conflicted seeing the bruise

half a month for the bruise to heal, and it was

a bad temper.”

“I’m fine.”

head, glanced at his injuries, and suddenly felt inferior to

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fight since childhood.

her,

being distant relatives of the Wellington family, Dominick always outshone them. After all, he was the eldest male descendant of his generation in the Wellington family. Plus, there

you were always the best to

taken aback by her words

in the eyes of

“And now…” His gaz

increasingly intense, his voice

she urged again,

Their love was

one that seemed destined

when, but every time he heard

feel…” Kevin suddenly

phone is tinging.” Stephanie said coldly,

The caller seemed to have something urgent to

you? Our daughter fell at the amusement park and she’s been crying and asking for you.

anxious, and her voice was audible even to Stephanie beside

gaze. Before hanging

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

scrutinized her intensely. There was no awkwardness or

about his daughter. For a

as if she truly

I only found out about my daughter when Claire returned to the country…” Kevin hesitated, wanting to explain some things,

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