No Strings Attached

Chapter 3

Hearing those words, lan’s expression turned icy in an instant. His dark eyes fixed on Clara with an intensity that felt like a physical force. “I’ve told you before I’m not the marrying kind, Clara. If you couldn’t handle that, you shouldn’t have agreed to this.”

A faint redness tinged the corners of Clara’s eyes. “It was different before, lan. It was just the two of us. Now, there’s a third.“–

“She can’t threaten you.”

Clara let out a self–deprecating chuckle. “She just makes one call, and you drop everything for her, leaving me in the dust. Tell me, lan, how is that not a threat?”

A flash of anger sparked in lan’s eyes. “You’re making a mountain out of a molehill over a little menstrual pain?”

“What if it was more? What if I was pregnant?”

“Don’t try to trap me with talk of a kid. I’ve always been careful!”

words unhesitating. If there were a child, he’d probably

heart shattered. She clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug into her palms, the

bitter. “You once said that we were all about the romance, not the nuptials. That if one of us got bored, we’d part amicably. Well, lan, I’m

but no one could see the fresh wound bleeding in her heart.

cords, his gaze piercing Clara. “Do you even realize what you’re saying?”

tired, lan. I’m tired of a love that’s divided among three.”

foolish before, believing that love was enough, that marriage didn’t matter. But

into marriage? I must have underestimated you, or maybe you’re just that full

him, her disappointment boundless. “Think what you want. I’m moving out today.”

her back into his embrace. His hot lips found hers with precision, biting gently. His husky voice was laced with a cool disdain. “Are you not afraid that the Bell family will

eyes widening. “What three years?!

a scenario for me to save you, sticking with me even with no marriage on

lan got involved with her, he had indeed thrown a lot of business their way, pulling them out of the mire. She had thought that lan was

asked, “So for these three years, all your kindness was just an act, with

“Just a relationship of