No Strings Attached

lan fell silent for a moment before he finally spoke up, "Did you figure it out?"

Edwin, seething with anger, gritted his teeth. "Ian, I thought of you as my best mate. You were the first person I told when this whole mess started. Not even my family knew. I trusted you. Why did you lie to me?"

"You knew darn well that Clara is the one I've been looking for. Why didn't you tell me?" His voice was close to a roar.

He had always believed that lan was helping him find his sister, but he never imagined that his so-called friend would conceal the truth from him.

lan's voice remained as cold as ever. "And what if I have told you? Could you have controlled yourself and not acknowledged her? Do you realize how much that would hurt her?"

"So by not telling me, you think there's no harm done? She still nearly got killed because of Heidi."

you were careless. You didn't even notice your secret was discovered. If you had, Clara

get too cocky. Clara is my sister. If you think you can just marry her, you've got to get past both

to claim Clara back, keep Heidi in line first. If she tries to harm Clara again, I'll make sure it'll

the two friends who had grown up together were at each other's throats, and the air around them was thick with

faced with the truth, Edwin painfully closed his eyes for a moment. He knew that lan

tense silence, lan finally spoke with a calmer tone. "When Grandpa Reed left, Clara was devastated. Can you imagine how much more pain she would feel knowing her beloved

you're coming from, but you also need to consider her feelings. This

He still hadn't found out who was behind his mother's car accident. If he let Clara claim her rightful place

sister yet unable to acknowledge her, Edwin felt his eyes moistened once more. When he thought of all the hardships Clara had endured, and the lavish affection Heidi had

phone, he sat alone in his room, taking a long time to digest

informed Edwin that his father, Paolo, had arrived. Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ Findɴovel.ɴet