No Strings Attached

Chapter 70

The sanatorium was the epitome of exclusivity and confidentiality. Every patient’s Information was locked behind Ironclad nondisclosure agreements. Patients were known only by their assigned codes, stripped of their names.

She could only remember his code, Number 99. And he knew her only as Number 11. He didn’t even know what she looked like, or what her voice sounded like. Should they cross paths in the vast crowds of the world outside, he wouldn’t recognize her.

These scenes flashed through Clara’s mind like a movie. She kept searching for the man who made her heart race, but he always vanished just as he appeared.

She longed to hold him, yet she could never quite reach him. In desperation, Clara clutched at something fiercely, refusing to let go. Her voice was a soft whisper, “Please don’t go, will you?”

lan’s heart took a heavy hit, skipping a beat in that very moment. He gazed at Clara’s anxious and pale face, and a genuine smile broke across his features.

persuasive. “Alright, I’ll

with Heidi at her side. The sight that greeted them darkened Leonora’s already sour expression. Leonora had never heard lan speak in such tender

firm grip on her hand. He lifted hist

asked me to check on things. I’ve heard what happened. Clara was jealous of Heidi, and tried to push her into the pond, but Heidi dodged, and Clara fell

looked at Heidi, “Is that

brimming in her eyes, Heidi nodded, “lan, I really didn’t push her. She fell on her own. If I hadn’t been quick, it would have been me. You know I suffer from depression,

chimed in, “Thank goodness

storm gathering in lan’s eyes intensified, his gaze upon them frosty. “Done