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

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

anxiety.

“What?”

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

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

sent a shiver down

about it, then…” Courtney’s voice trailed off, tinged with a mix of complexity and

Dominick’s influence, how could Claire and Courtney remain unscathed if

really

was tinged with fear, shattering Courtney’s

the revelation, and she gripped

do you want?” Claire had asked

devoid of utility in my hands has no reason to

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 retaliate and was forced

you to keep Kevin by your side?” Courtney’s voice came from the speaker, laced with

wanted Claire to cling onto Kevin? Courtney was

“Kevin, you

u should go back.”

with a complex expression, urging him to

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

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

a bad temper.” Stephanie felt indignant

“I’m fine.”

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

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fight since childhood. You don’t need

chuckling at her,

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

to me,” Stephanie, sitting next to him,

by her words and

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.” It was probably something like

“And now…” His gaz

intense,

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

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

Kevin suddenly grabbed

Stephanie said

The caller seemed to have something urgent to let him

park and she’s been crying

sounded anxious, and her

with a complex gaze. Before

is injured, so you should go back soon,”

scrutinized her intensely. There was no awkwardness or anger on Stephanie’s

speak so calmly about his

she truly didn’t

to the country…” Kevin hesitated, wanting to explain some things, but it