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.

everything since a long time

to be frightened. She raised her voice and shouted repeatedly into

anxiety.

“What?”

about Stephanie’s taking away

her again, I’ll ensure you both

shiver down Claire’s spine as they replayed

seems unlikely. If he’s truly had known about it, then…” Courtney’s

Courtney remain unscathed if Dominick

he really

voice was tinged with fear, shattering

at the revelation, and she gripped her phone

you want?” Claire had asked the

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

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

secrets known by him, she lacked the

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

wanted Claire to cling onto Kevin? Courtney was stunned to

“Kevin, you

u should go back.”

with a complex

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

handsome, and he was the epitome of a refined gentleman. It would take at least half a month for the

temper.” Stephanie felt indignant when

“I’m fine.”

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

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how to fight since childhood.

raised his head, chuckling at her, “I

of his generation in the Wellington family. Plus, there was always a difference between maternal and paternal grandchildren. Whenever anything was

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

aback by her words and looked

lies in the eyes of the beholder.”

“And now…” His gaz

grew increasingly intense, his voice tinged

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

Their love was

one that seemed

when, but every time he heard about Claire and their daughter, he felt

I feel…” Kevin

is tinging.” Stephanie said coldly, pushing

phone continued to ring incessantly. The caller seemed to have something

Our daughter fell at the amusement park and she’s

was Claire calling. She sounded anxious, and her voice was audible

a complex gaze. Before hanging up,

you should go back

was no awkwardness or anger on Stephanie’s

speak so calmly about his daughter. For a moment, Kevin felt

was as if she truly didn’t care about him

about my daughter when Claire returned to the country…” Kevin hesitated, wanting to explain some things, but it was