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!”

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

clenched her fists

smile bitter. “You once said that we were all about the romance, not the nuptials. That if one

one could see the fresh wound bleeding

hands tensed, the veins standing out like cords, his gaze piercing Clara. “Do you even realize what you’re saying?”

to hear it from me, but I’m tired, lan. I’m tired of

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

your way of forcing me into marriage? I must have underestimated

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

exploded with disbelief, her eyes widening. “What three years?! What

you, sticking with me even with no marriage on the

thrown a lot of business their way, pulling them out of the mire. She had thought that lan was willing to help because he

“So for these three years, all your kindness was just an act, with no real

at her words. “Just a relationship of convenience,

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