No Strings Attached

On the other side of the hospital, lan had just reached for his phone with the intention of calling Clara, wondering why she hadn't returned yet when the door to his room swung open. Heidi, all smiles and without a trace of last night's ejection from the room, stood in the doorway, pushing Leonora in a wheelchair.

"lan, Leonora asked me to bring her over to check on you."

lan's good mood evaporated at their arrival. Annoyed, he snapped, "You just woke up, and you're already not resting. What are you wandering around for?"

Leonora, pale but with an unyielding spirit, glared at lan's wound and blurted out, "All for Clara, huh? Besides trouble, what's so good about her that you can't get her out of your head?"

A chill flashed in lan's eyes. "She's my girl, and how I treat her is my business. Living or dying for her is my choice, and I don't need anyone else's opinion!" Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the (ꜰind)ɴʘvel.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"lan, I'm your mother. Don't you even listen to me anymore?"

in the past, but since you played a part in the death of my child, you lost that right. If it weren't for the fact that you saved Grandma Rose, do you think you'd still be in the Hayes family?" Leonora, coughing from her

single question made both women's hearts skip a beat,

to diffuse the tension with a smile, "Leonora, I don't feel slighted. Even if lan

loyalty, patted her hand. "Don't worry, I won't let you

reached the elevator just in time to see

from her wheelchair and swung at Clara. Caught off-guard while looking at her phone, Clara was stunned by the unexpected blow. A fierce look

hitting you, you homewrecker. If it wasn't for you, my son wouldn't have nearly lost his life. You're a jinx. Why can't you just stay away from him? He doesn't want you, yet you are shamelessly clinging

stars dancing in her vision. She clenched her fist tightly. "Since you're well enough to make a scene, don't blame me for not

that, Clara's arm swung out, smacking Leonora across the face. A slap echoed through the corridor, leaving Leonora's ears ringing. She had never imagined Clara would retaliate. Trembling with rage, Leonora pointed at