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 trembling voice

anxiety.

“What?”

voice made Courtney rise from her seat. “Does Dominick really know about Stephanie’s taking away and

you hurt her again, I’ll ensure you both enjoy

sent a shiver down Claire’s spine as they

about it, then…” Courtney’s voice

Courtney remain unscathed if Dominick

really knows

voice was tinged with fear, shattering Courtney’s hopeful

complexion paled at the revelation, and she gripped

want?” Claire

utility in my hands has no

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

of her secrets known by him, she lacked the means to

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

to cling onto Kevin? Courtney was

“Kevin, you

u should go back.”

with a complex expression, urging him

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

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

a bad temper.” Stephanie felt indignant when

“I’m fine.”

felt inferior to Dominick,

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

his head, chuckling at her, “I

being distant relatives of the Wellington family, Dominick always outshone them. After all, he was the eldest male descendant of his generation in the

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

was taken aback by her words and looked at

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

“And now…” His gaz

intense, his

you,” she urged

Their love was

that seemed destined

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

I feel…” Kevin suddenly

phone is tinging.” Stephanie said coldly, pushing him

seemed to have something

park and she’s been crying and asking for you. Please come back

and her voice

Stephanie with a complex gaze. Before hanging up, he

daughter is injured, so you should go back soon,” Stephanie said calmly without

her intensely. There was no awkwardness

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

as if she truly didn’t care

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