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 long time

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

anxiety.

“What?”

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

ensure you both enjoy your time

a shiver down Claire’s spine

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

Claire and Courtney remain unscathed if

really

was tinged with fear, shattering Courtney’s hopeful

at the revelation, and she gripped her phone tightly. “What exactly

you want?” Claire had asked the

in my hands has no reason to exist.” That was what Dominick

desolate outskirts, her heart gripped by a relentless fear, as if she had provoked a ruthless and unyielding

secrets known by him, she lacked

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

cling onto Kevin? Courtney was

“Kevin, you

u should go back.”

a

chest. Luckily, they were in a hospital and

toned and handsome, 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 that

him. He has a bad temper.” Stephanie felt

“I’m fine.”

inferior to Dominick, whether it

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

chuckling at her, “I

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 was

always the best to

by her words and looked at

“Haven’t you heard? Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.” It was probably something like

“And now…” His gaz

grew increasingly intense, his

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

Their love was

that seemed destined to

and conflicted. He couldn’t pinpoint exactly when, but every time he heard about Claire and their daughter, he felt a lingering frustration at

Kevin

Stephanie said coldly, pushing

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

where are you? Our daughter fell at the amusement park and she’s

sounded anxious, and her voice was

gaze. Before hanging up, he responded,

you should go back

scrutinized her intensely. There was no awkwardness or anger on

calmly about his daughter. For a moment,

if she truly didn’t

to the country…” Kevin hesitated, wanting to explain some things,