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

be frightened. She raised her voice and shouted repeatedly into the phone, her trembling voice suppressing her fear

anxiety.

“What?”

urgent voice made Courtney rise from her seat. “Does Dominick really know about Stephanie’s taking away and our involvement

you hurt her again, I’ll ensure you both enjoy your time

a shiver down Claire’s spine as they

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

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

he really knows

tinged with fear,

gripped

Claire had asked the

of utility in my hands has no reason to exist.” That was

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

her secrets known by him, she lacked the means to

Kevin by your side?” Courtney’s voice came

cling onto Kevin?

“Kevin, you

u should go back.”

a complex expression, urging

the morning, Kevin had taken a solid blow from Dominick, leaving a bruise on his chest. Luckily, they

and he was the epitome of a refined gentleman. It would take at least half a month for the bruise to heal, and it was because of her

has a bad temper.”

“I’m fine.”

lowered his head, glanced at his injuries, and suddenly felt inferior to Dominick, whether it was

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fight since childhood. You

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

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 was always a difference between maternal and paternal grandchildren. Whenever anything was compared to him, these relatives paled

best to me,”

her words and

in the eyes of the beholder.” It was

“And now…” His gaz

increasingly intense, his

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

Their love was

seemed destined to

every time

feel…” Kevin suddenly

phone is tinging.” Stephanie said coldly,

caller seemed to have something urgent

the amusement park and she’s been crying and asking for you. Please

and her voice was audible

at Stephanie with a complex gaze. Before hanging up, he responded, “I

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

her intensely. There was no

so calmly about his daughter.

if she truly didn’t

when Claire returned to the country…” Kevin hesitated, wanting to