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

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

anxiety.

“What?”

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

her again, I’ll ensure you both enjoy

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

Courtney’s voice trailed

Courtney remain unscathed if Dominick

he really knows

tinged with fear, shattering

and she gripped her phone tightly. “What exactly

you want?” Claire had asked

no reason to exist.” That was what

a relentless fear, as if she had provoked a ruthless

so many of her secrets known by him, she lacked the means to retaliate and was

side?” Courtney’s voice came from the

Kevin? Courtney was

“Kevin, you

u should go back.”

at him with a complex expression,

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

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

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

“I’m fine.”

at his injuries, and suddenly felt inferior to Dominick, whether it was their

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

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

them. After all, he was the eldest male descendant of his generation in the Wellington family. Plus, there was

always the best to me,” Stephanie, sitting next to him,

by her words and looked at her with

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

“And now…” His gaz

increasingly intense, his

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

Their love was

that seemed

conflicted. He couldn’t pinpoint exactly when, but every time he

Stephanie, I feel…” Kevin

phone is tinging.” Stephanie said coldly,

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

amusement park and she’s been crying and asking for

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

complex gaze.

you should go

her intensely. There was no

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

truly didn’t care

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