Mr Conrad Proposes to His Ex wife Again

Just as Clarence reached the garden, he heard someone calling out to him from his rear, “Clare.”

He turned around and saw Justin, who was wheelchair-bound, sitting not too far from him quietly.

Clarence walked towards him and asked softly, “You heard everything just now?”

Justin nodded in response before adding, “I did. You’re not at fault here. I would’ve done the same if I were you.”

Clarence replied, “You could’ve chosen to steer clear of this mess.”

Justin gave out a helpless smile, “All I can say is that it can’t be helped.”

He belonged to the Conrad family, after all, his mother had done horrible things to Stella, he could not just look away and pretend that nothing happened.

Since he knew that it had gotten out of control, the least he could do was delay the inevitable.

Clarence sat on a bench, looked at the sun and said, “If you could be asked, I’ll find you a place that’s more suitable for living after everything is concluded.”

“What about my mother?”

Clarence replied in a deeper tone, “She had done horrible things, she must pay for them.”

Justin sighed and said, “Clare, I know that after what she’s done, she’s irredeemable. I am also terribly sorry for what happened to you and Stella. But what can I do? She’s my mother after all, everything she’s done is for my good. I can constantly feel her desperation and pain in the past twenty or so years, but look at me, I can’t even be a good son for her.”

Clarence shifted his gaze and said, “I won’t do anything to her, all I want is just her to get the punishment that she deserves.”

“If possible, I hope that I can at least lighten her punishment myself.”

Clarence did not say anything in response to that.

Justin thought to himself for some time, before saying, “Clare, just do whatever you want, don’t worry about me, I’ll be alright. If you really succeed in taking them down, I’ll be free at the very least.”

He finished his last sentence in a relieved tone.

It was as if he had been waiting to say that for a very long time.

Clarence looked towards him as his eyebrows furrowed.

she had nuclear bombs for breakfast that day, spitting out vulgar words including but not limited to “bastard”, “disgusting”, and

since if it was not for that accident, and the fact that someone must be able to inherit the Conrad family’s assets,

at the doorway, looking at his parents

Justin who went towards him in his wheelchair, held his hand, and said in a warm

at him, his

the hospital recently, he was still not used to moving around in a wheelchair, and for

Clarence, “Come on now, don’t just stand there. I’ll bring you to your

give Clarence food, Justin had sneakily gave him supper at night. When Clarence

Conrad Group and revealed his outstanding talent, only then

family, only Justin treated him as a human,

his mother

balance between both sides of the coin as he struggled to

same applied to

of the blue, “Is Stella alright? I

she isn’t that big of

smiled, “I see that she’s been looking better lately, you must’ve been treating her well,

said, “I’ve already

of situations, usually the bystanders can see

looked at him and replied, “It’s true, people in the thick of it often find it hard to get out of it. But there are millions of ways to solve problems, so we don’t necessarily had to get on the path

Justin’s smiled stiffened, “Clare…”

is not a relief, it’s merely avoiding

downwards, not saying

and said, “I’m

in

leaving, Justin placed his hands on his senseless knees for a while before

is

just an excuse that weak and useless people

…

things around the workshop. When she had settled everything, it was around three to four

early, there was still

to her surprise, he did not answer the

That was weird.

family in the morning, and there was no way that he was going to stay