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.

you don’t want children yet, that’s

“I

awkward moment passed, and the room

the attention shift away, Clark pulled Nyla out of the living room. Once they reached the gazebo in the backyard, he released her.

and said, “I was just

“Should I call your father

and couldn’t handle stress. Nyla planned

You were the one

of guilt crossing his face before it was replaced by impatience. “I promised it wouldn’t happen again. If you don’t

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

was wrong. Just don’t mention divorce, and I’ll make it up to you. I love you. I can’t

How could he claim to love her while being with another

will never forgive

was her bottom line. She couldn’t pretend nothing

Otherwise, she would have made a bigger scene when she found out. As long as he refused to divorce her, she

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

laughed at his arrangement, a mocking look in her eyes. “Clark, do you

want kids now, so I agreed to wait two years. You want to work,

pretending. I don’t want kids because I want a divorce. I want

Since their wedding, she had been like a canary in his cage. He couldn’t let her

don’t agree, this marriage won’t end. Even

made Nyla step back, trembling with anger. She finally saw how selfish and disgusting he