Crossroads

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-un like this?" me up The room was roughly 300 square feet, without windows or a balcony, a completely sealed box. The center of the room was divided by a thick glass wall. Inside the high-density, bulletproof glass wall, Courney was like a caged animal, furiously pounding on the glass, shouting and cursing.

"Ms. Peterson, you'd better calm down and cooperate with us.

The guard's voice, low and menacing, came from behind the alloy electronic door to the right of the glass wall.

"Go fuck yourself! Get me out of here, now!"

Courtney was frantic, kicking the glass with a deafening boom.

The whole space felt suffocating, making it impossible to think straight. The walls glowed an ominous red, adding to the sense of agitation and uncase. Courtney's clothes were tom, her hair a mess, her eyes blazing with hatred.

She screamed with all her might, pounding her fists in frustration. "Dominick, what the hell are you trying to pull! You better watch your step, goddammit, or III kill your precious Stephaniel

"Let me out of here! What gives you the right to lock me up! Fuck, let me gor

"What reason do you think I have to detain you?" Dominick, sitting directly across from her, finally spoke, his face contorted in anger.

Courtney glared back, eyes blazing with rage. "You fucking monster! You'll get what's coming to you, you hear me? Dominick, don't think you're Invincible. Someone will take you down eventually Her relentless rant didn't faze him. He was simply growing tired of her.

"Gary is awake," Dominick suddenly said

's crazed demeanor instantly shifted to shock and then silence Courtney's

"What do you want to know, Dominick Courtney seemed to give in, adjusting her emotions as she asked him with trembling lips.

Before Dominick could respond, she started laughing hysterically at his stern face, her laughter dripping with sarcasm. "What could the heir of the Wellington family possibly not know? You brought me here to interrogate me, and it turns out there are things you don't know... It's amazing that there are things in this world that are beyond your control!"

Dominick's face grew even darker and more menacing as he listened to her laughter..

"About what happened to Stephanie, was it you?" he asked directly, his patience wearing thin.

Courtney's laughter abruptly stopped as she looked at him.

She took two steps back, straightening her clothes and adjusting her hair with a proud tilt of her chin. "So, it's about Stephanie again," she said with a mocking tone.

She looked at him, narrowing her eyes, scrutinizing every subtle change in his facial expression Courtney knew that every time she mentioned the name "Stephanie", it seemed to have a magical effect, causing his brow to instinctively furrow slightly.

"Dominick, why are you getting close to her? Courtney regained her usual calm composure and asked him, running her fingers through her long hair as she prepared to leave after their talk.

Dominick pressed his lips, a strange flicker passing through his deep eyes. "Did you have anything to do with what happened to her when she was pregnant?" he coldly repeated.

Courtney was a very proud woman and didn't want to answer his question. Suddenly, she noticed a hint of panic hidden in the depths of his eyes, which she found both amusing and ridiculous.

Even someone as cold and ruthless as Dominick was starting to panic.

"Dominick," Courtney sneered, leaning forward, "don't tell me you didn't know Stephanie's mother was the homewrecker who tore your family apart. Your dad almost divorced your mom, Mary, over that hussy Madison. And Mary took all her anger out on you Let's face it, your messed-up childhood is all Madison's fault She gaveed at the man opposite her, sizing him up. Dominick, the golden boy, was perfect, too perfect. The problem was that he was also cruel, secretive, and intense, not exactly husband material Today, she was determined to see just how deep his secrets ran, a mocking smile playing on her lips.

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"Oh, and I heard that Mary went crazy and found a man of her own. She even teamed up with him to abduct you. Poor little Dominick, only five years old at the time, chained like a dog and dragged around. But a five-year-old should remember what happened back then... Courtney burst into laughing.

Dominick's frosty stare bore into her. His lips slightly parted as if words of fury were about to spill out. His fists clenched, veins bulging.

With a deep breath, he gritted his teeth and forced his rage down.

No one dared speak of the abducting case in Wellington Villa.

It was a dark mark on the family's history. That winter, snow fell heavily, and the weather was exceptionally cold during the thaw, Dominick ran and ran, but the strides of a five-year-old could only carry him so far. The sounds of pursuit thundered behind him. Did he feel fear? He couldn't remember. All he could recall was the coldness, chilling to the bone. The cold made his wounds throb and itch, their edges raw and swollen. His whole body was numb.

In the end, he miraculously escaped from the abductors. When the Wellingtons found him, his clothes were tattered, his body covered in bloodstains, and he had pneumonia, nearly dying.

Everyone avoided mentioning it, thinking was a shameful secret. His grandfather had sensed something off about the abducting and eventually. found the perpetrators, but they were dead ends, leaving no trace of who was behind it, Even now, his grandfather still didn't know that the mastermind behind his abduction was none other than his own mother.

Dominick never spoke of it, and time buried it deep. His father eventually reconciled with his mother, who remained the dignified lady of the Wellington family.

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"You do know quite a lot. Dominick didn't get angry. He responded to her in a calm, indifferent manner.

Courtney was shocked and couldn't believe it. She thought revealing his scar would unleash his fury,

"Dominick," she challenged, "didn't you get close to Stephanie just to hurt her?"

Courtney was determined to provoke him and brought up the name he cared about the most, emphasizing Her mom is so despicable, and it she turned the Wellington family upside down. You couldn't find Madison, so Stephanie became your target. You must hate her so much!"

Dominick sat there with a thoughtful look in his eyes, but he didn't sa say a word.

His calmness only fueled Courtney's rage. She lunged forward, pounding m her fists against the glass wall between them. Her beautiful face contorted with anger, teeth gritted. "Dominick, you should hate her! You should despise her!!"

A loud bang echoed.

She slammed her fist into the glass wall with a force that would have rivaled a professional fighter. Courtney was strong, and the glass spiderwebbed under the impact.

Her knuckles instantly swelled and bruised, and her eyes were burning with rage and confusion. She glared at Dominick on the other side, and he just stared back, impassive..

"Why. Why did you fall in love with someone like Stephanie?" Her voice dropped, thick with disbelief. Courtney paused before letting out a bitter laugh. They were both fools for love, it seemed.

"Dominick, do you know that you are so much like your father?" she asked, looking up. "He was so obsessed with Madison; he lost his damn mind. this Sawyer was just a a pawn in the game. And in the end, Madison ran off with some other guy. The Clark women don't know a thing about love. You know she doesn't get you. How much longer are you gonna waste your time on Ms. Reed?"

Dominick's face was cold as he stood up, looking at her. The rest of my lifetime..." he murmured.