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.

since a

shouted repeatedly into the phone, her trembling voice suppressing her fear

anxiety.

“What?”

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

I’ll ensure you both enjoy your

a shiver down Claire’s

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

Courtney remain

he really

tinged with

she gripped her phone tightly. “What exactly

exactly do you want?” Claire had asked the

has no reason to exist.” That was

outskirts, her heart gripped by a

secrets known by him, she lacked the means to

wants you to keep Kevin by your side?” Courtney’s voice came

wanted Claire to cling onto Kevin?

“Kevin, you

u should go back.”

looked at him with a

on his chest. Luckily, they were in a hospital and could bandage it up quickly.

a month for the bruise to heal, and it was because of her

a bad temper.” Stephanie felt indignant when

“I’m fine.”

his head, glanced at his injuries, and suddenly felt inferior to Dominick, whether it was their background, career status, or fighting

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how to fight since childhood. You don’t need to compare

her, “I never expected you

of his generation in the

the past, you were always the best to me,” Stephanie,

taken aback by her words

you heard? Beauty lies in the eyes

“And now…” His gaz

upon her grew increasingly intense,

should go back. Your wife and daughter are waiting for you,” she urged again,

Their love was

one that seemed destined to

Kevin’s expression became complex and conflicted. He couldn’t pinpoint exactly when, but every time

I feel…” Kevin suddenly grabbed her

Stephanie said coldly, pushing

seemed to have something

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

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

glanced at Stephanie with a complex gaze. Before

is injured, so you should go

intensely. There was no awkwardness or anger on

about his daughter. For a moment, Kevin felt

as if she truly didn’t

when Claire returned to the country…” Kevin

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