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.

knows everything since a

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

anxiety.

“What?”

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

ensure you both enjoy your time in

shiver down

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

Courtney remain unscathed if

really

voice was tinged with

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

Claire had asked the

no reason to exist.” That was what

the desolate outskirts, her heart gripped by a relentless fear,

so many of her secrets known by him, she lacked

you to keep Kevin by your side?” Courtney’s

Kevin? Courtney

“Kevin, you

u should go back.”

him with a complex expression, urging him

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

at least half a month for the bruise to heal, and it was because

him. He has a bad temper.” Stephanie felt

“I’m fine.”

and suddenly felt inferior to Dominick, whether it was their background, career status, or fighting

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since childhood. You

raised his head, chuckling at her,

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 paternal grandchildren.

you were always the best to

her words and looked at her with

heard? Beauty lies in the eyes

“And now…” His gaz

her grew increasingly intense, his

for you,” she urged again, emphasizing, “We’re both married

Their love was

that seemed

complex and conflicted. He couldn’t pinpoint exactly when, but every time he heard about Claire

I feel…” Kevin suddenly grabbed

is tinging.” Stephanie said coldly,

incessantly. The caller seemed to have something urgent to

at the amusement park and she’s been crying and

She sounded anxious, and her voice

complex gaze. Before hanging up, he responded, “I

go back

scrutinized her intensely. There was no awkwardness

speak so calmly about his

was as if she truly

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