No Strings Attached

Chapter 21

Clara tilted her head back, locking eyes with him. Her gaze was icy, her eyes rimmed with the faintest hint of

red.

“What if I am? Are you going to strap me onto an operating table and get rid of it, Mr. Bayes?

lan’s expression darkened as he stared at Clara’s gaunt cheeks for an eternity before he finally spoke Why wouldn’t you tell me something this important?”

A bitter laugh escaped Clara. “Would you want me to tell you early just so you take out child away as soon as you can? Is that it?”

“Clara, can’t you just listen to me for once? lan’s grip tightened on her chin

Her eyes, misty with unshed tears, met his “Mr. Hayes, you’re about to marry someone else and start a family Even if I were with child, would you even care?”

stared at her defiant face. No matter how much Clara struggled, he hold firm to

break free, but lan’s uncompromising voice stopped her. “Don’t worry, I’ll make sure

at his words lan was taking Heidi, the woman he loved, for prenatal care, all the while planning to

it be an even greater agony just for her unborn child to be discarded by its own father? With

“Don’t trouble yourself, Mr. Hayes. I’m not pregnant”

But before she could get far, she was swept off her feet. lan’s deep voice rumbled next

“lan, you don’t deserve to be a father!

then did he notice how much thinner Clara’s face had become. “I thought you were capable of taking care of yourself. How come you’ve let yourself go like this since leaving me? Can you even

growing huskier. “I told

laugh.

sound of Clara’s phone ringing. She answered it immediately, her voice transforming from icy to warm in