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.

and persuasive. “Alright, I’ll

at her side. The sight that greeted them darkened

slowly let go of Clara but kept a firm grip on her hand. He lifted hist eyelids lazily and asked coolly, “Do you need anything?”

afraid you won’t believe her, so she 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 in by mistake. She brought this on herself.

expression was unreadable as he looked at Heidi, “Is that

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, and a shock like that could

goodness

gaze upon them frosty. “Done talking? Then