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

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

anxiety.

“What?”

really know about

hurt her again, I’ll ensure you both enjoy

a shiver down Claire’s spine as they replayed in

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

Claire and Courtney remain

really knows

was tinged with fear, shattering Courtney’s hopeful

and she gripped her phone tightly. “What exactly does he

you want?” Claire had asked the same

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

gripped by a relentless

known by him, she lacked the means to retaliate and

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

Kevin? Courtney was stunned

“Kevin, you

u should go back.”

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 could

he was the epitome of a refined gentleman. It would take at least half a month for the bruise to heal, and it was because of her that he had argued with Dominick, so Stephanie

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

“I’m fine.”

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

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childhood. You

her, “I never expected you to comfort

the Wellington 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

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

aback by her words and looked at her with

the eyes of the beholder.”

“And now…” His gaz

upon her grew increasingly intense, his voice

back. Your wife and daughter are waiting for you,” she urged again, emphasizing, “We’re both married now, and we can’t go back to the

Their love was

one that seemed destined to

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

Stephanie, I feel…” Kevin suddenly grabbed

phone is tinging.” Stephanie said coldly, pushing him

to ring incessantly. The caller seemed to have something

you? Our daughter fell at the amusement park and she’s been crying and asking

She sounded anxious, and her voice was audible even to

with a complex gaze. Before hanging up, he responded,

you should go back

her intensely. There was no awkwardness or anger on

his ex–wife, she could speak so calmly about his daughter.

if she truly didn’t

when Claire returned to the country…” Kevin hesitated, wanting