No Strings Attached

Chapter 69

lan sat on the edge of Clara’s hospital bed, cradling her delicate hands within his own, continually bringing them to his lips for gentle kisses.

His mind was a whirlwind of the doctor’s words. He knew Clara couldn’t swim, but he had never realized she was phobic about water. It finally made sense why, whenever they had sex in the bathroom, Clara would never step into the tub no matter how he teased and coaxed her. Her fear of water ran deeper than he’d ever imagined.

lan gazed at Clara’s pallid face, his voice a raspy whisper. “Clara, what else don’t I know about you?”

He was oblivious to the missing chapter in her life seven years ago and to the man who held a special place in her heart. He didn’t even know if her previous kindness toward him contained even a shred of love.

Ian tenderly stroked her cheek, bending down to press his lips to her cold ones. “Clara, I want to know everything about you. Please wake up and tell me, can you do that?”

He had never before felt such an urgent need to thoroughly understand someone. He even felt a twinge of jealousy thinking about Anders, who had spent four years of college with her. Those must have been her most radiant days.

point of her life,

regaining consciousness, Clara envisioned a man in a starched white shirt and black trousers, his expression stern. He sat

looked at her.

told her he was blind and asked her to pick

of his time at the prestigious hf University,

the verge of a

a vast conglomerate, with assets

eyes, he was bidding farewell

woes as though they belonged to someone

captivated Clara. She descended from the roof, approached him, and placed the fallen