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

shouted repeatedly into the phone, her trembling voice suppressing her fear

anxiety.

“What?”

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

her again, I’ll ensure you both

cutting words sent a shiver down Claire’s spine as

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

could Claire and Courtney remain

he really

was tinged with fear,

and she gripped her phone tightly. “What exactly

you want?” Claire

of utility in my hands has no reason to exist.” That

a

she lacked the means to retaliate and

your side?” Courtney’s voice came from the speaker, laced

cling onto Kevin? Courtney was stunned to hear

“Kevin, you

u should go back.”

looked at him with a complex expression, urging him

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

least half a month for the bruise to heal,

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

“I’m fine.”

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

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how to fight since childhood. You

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

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

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

aback by her words and looked

you heard? Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.” It was probably something like that back

“And now…” His gaz

grew increasingly intense, his

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

Their love was

seemed destined to

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

Stephanie, I feel…” Kevin suddenly grabbed her

phone is tinging.” Stephanie said coldly, pushing

The caller seemed

and she’s

anxious, and her voice was audible even to Stephanie beside

Stephanie with a complex gaze.

injured, so you should go back

scrutinized her intensely. There was no awkwardness

ex–wife, she could speak so calmly about

if she truly didn’t care about him

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