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

be frightened. She raised her voice and shouted

anxiety.

“What?”

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

again, I’ll ensure you both enjoy your time in

cutting words sent a shiver down Claire’s spine as they replayed

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

and Courtney

really

with fear, shattering

paled at the revelation, and she gripped her phone tightly.

you want?” Claire

has no reason to exist.” That was

by a relentless fear, as if she had provoked a ruthless and

known by him, she lacked the means to retaliate and

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

onto Kevin? Courtney was stunned to hear

“Kevin, you

u should go back.”

with a complex

a solid blow from Dominick, leaving a bruise on his chest. Luckily, they were in a hospital

a refined gentleman. It would take at least half a month for the bruise to heal,

has a bad temper.” Stephanie felt indignant when she

“I’m fine.”

felt inferior to Dominick, whether it was

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

his head, chuckling at her,

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

past, you were always the best to me,” Stephanie, sitting next to him,

words and

in the eyes of the beholder.” It was probably something like that back

“And now…” His gaz

intense, his voice tinged

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

Their love was

seemed destined to

but every time he heard about

Kevin suddenly grabbed

tinging.” Stephanie

continued to ring incessantly. The caller seemed

Our daughter fell at the amusement park and she’s

anxious, and her voice was

a complex gaze. Before hanging up, he

should go back soon,” Stephanie

no

she could speak so calmly about his

as if she truly didn’t care

returned to the country…” Kevin hesitated, wanting to explain some things, but it was