Chasing the Unexpected (Nyla)

Chapter 6

Nyla lifted her head to speak, but Clark grabbed her hand and smiled. “Grandma, we’re working on it!”

Nyla tried to pull her hand away, but Clark’s grip was too tight.

If he wouldn’t let her be, she wouldn’t make it easy for him either. She turned to Marie. “Grandma, I’m looking for a job right now, so having children might have to wait.”

The room fell silent.

Clark’s grip on Nyla’s hand tightened painfully, and she winced.

Damon glanced at Clark’s hand on Nyla, noticing the bulging veins, then looked away indifferently.

Clark’s aunt, Anne Sumner, sneered. “Nyla, don’t blame me for being blunt. You’ve been married for years. How can you not have a child yet? If it weren’t for Clark insisting on marrying you, do you think your family could have ever married into the Sumners?

“You should be grateful. If you don’t want to have Clark’s child, there are plenty of women who do. If someone else steps in, you’ll be the one looking foolish.”

Besides, Anne thought, “Who knows if Nyla is fertile?”

She sounded like she meant well, but her gaze at Nyla was filled with an air of superiority.

Marie frowned at Anne, disapproving. “Anne, enough.”

Anne pursed her lips but stayed silent.

Clark are still young. If you don’t want children yet, that’s

nodded. “I understand,

that, the awkward moment passed, and the room returned to its previous

Once they reached the gazebo in the backyard, he released her. “Nyla,

and said, “I was

I call your

and couldn’t handle stress. Nyla planned

dare! You were the one who cheated. What right do you

his face before it was replaced by impatience. “I promised it

was a communication breakdown between them and turned away. “I don’t

he softened. “Nyla, I truly know I was wrong. Just don’t

laughable. How could he claim to love her while being with

will never

bottom line. She couldn’t pretend nothing

to understand that he had to be patient. He believed she still had feelings for him. Otherwise, she would have made a bigger scene when she found out. As long as he refused to divorce her,

don’t want kids yet, we’ll postpone it to two years later. Since you want to work, I’ll have my

her eyes. “Clark, do you see

am I controlling you? You don’t want kids now, so I agreed to wait two years. You want to work, so I’ll

kids because I want a divorce. I want to work to sever

looked at Nyla’s stubborn face, displeased. Since their wedding, she had been like a canary

Even if you tell a lawyer I cheated, do

saw how selfish and disgusting he was. She had wasted eight years—the best years of her life, from