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!”

his words unhesitating. If there were a child, he’d probably drag her to get rid of it.

Clara’s heart shattered. She clenched her fists so tightly that

romance, not the nuptials. That if one of us got bored, we’d part amicably. Well, lan,

but no one could see the

his gaze piercing Clara. “Do you even realize what

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

before, believing that love was enough, that marriage didn’t matter. But she was wrong because lan’s heart had never truly been with

Clara’s chin. “Is this your way of forcing me into marriage? I must have underestimated you, or

boundless. “Think what you want. I’m moving out

his embrace. His hot lips found hers with precision, biting gently. His husky voice was laced with a cool disdain.

exploded with disbelief, her eyes widening. “What

his mouth curved in a mocking smile. ‘Setting up a scenario for me to save you, sticking with me even with no marriage on the table–wasn’t it all just to save

Bell family had indeed faced an unprecedented financial crisis. After 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

“So for these three years, all your kindness was

a relationship of convenience, Clara. Did you really think I was serious?”