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.

since a long

raised her voice and shouted repeatedly

anxiety.

“What?”

really know about Stephanie’s taking

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

cutting words sent a shiver down

Courtney’s voice trailed off, tinged with a mix of complexity

how could Claire and Courtney remain unscathed if Dominick

really

tinged with

revelation, and she gripped her phone

you want?” Claire

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

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

known by him, she lacked the means to retaliate and was forced into

Courtney’s voice came from the speaker, laced with confusion and

to cling onto Kevin? Courtney was stunned to hear

“Kevin, you

u should go back.”

him with a complex expression, urging

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

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

He has a bad temper.” Stephanie felt indignant when she

“I’m fine.”

inferior to Dominick, whether

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since childhood. You don’t need to compare

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

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

to me,” Stephanie, sitting next to him,

was taken aback by her words and looked

shrugged casually. “Haven’t you heard? Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.” It

“And now…” His gaz

increasingly intense,

urged again, emphasizing, “We’re both married now, and we can’t go back to the

Their love was

seemed destined to

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

Kevin suddenly grabbed

phone is tinging.” Stephanie

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

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

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

Stephanie with a complex gaze. Before

daughter is injured, so you should go

scrutinized her intensely. There was no awkwardness or anger on Stephanie’s

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

as if she truly

about my daughter when Claire returned to the country…” Kevin hesitated, wanting to explain