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

clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug into her palms, the

we were all about the romance, not the nuptials. That if one of us got bored,

crisp, devoid of any hesitation, but no one could see the fresh wound bleeding

hands tensed, the veins standing out like cords, his gaze piercing

but I’m tired, lan. I’m

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

marriage? I must have

at him, her disappointment boundless. “Think what you want. I’m

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 return to

her eyes widening. “What three years?! What do you

me to save you, sticking with me even with no marriage on the table–wasn’t it all just to save the Bell family? Do you have any other reason that would

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 was willing to help because

years, all your kindness

irritation at her words. “Just a relationship of convenience, Clara.

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