No Strings Attached

Chapter 67

The mention of children sent Clara into a towering rage. With a sudden burst of force, she shoved lan away She stumbled backward, her face a twisted mask of bitter cold and Irony. “Mr. Hayes, you’ve got the wrong gal. Your sweetheart’s upstairs. Go make babies with her. I’d rather die than bear your child.” She spun around and marched off toward the back garden.

The whole situation was absurd and ludicrous. Were he and Heidi in cahoots to torment her? One wanted a surrogate, and the other pressed for offspring.

“lan, you spineless jerk! Whoever you have children with is none of my business.” Clara thought to herself.

Seated alone by the pond, she licked her wounds in silence, replaying the tumultuous history between her and lan.

As she cursed lan and lobbed pebbles into the water, Heidi’s voice crept up from behind. “Ms. Clara, lan sent me to check on you. Are you alright?”

Clara snapped without a hint of courtesy, “Buzz off!”

sweetly. “Ms. Clara, I know this is hard to swallow, but think about it. Have our kid, and you’ll be set for life. What’s

that?

be the Hayes family heir. You might not marry into the Hayes, but if your child stays with the

away,

an attempt to provoke her, to have Clara push her into the

stoop lower

she cried out, “Ms. Heidi, there’s nothing between me with Mr.

a splash, and Clara fell into the

The script had gone off the rails, hijacked

when the cries for help broke out, “Someone’s in

dared to dive into the murky depths. The pond, a