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."

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

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

Heidi in line first. If

the first time, the two friends who had grown up together were at each other's throats,

faced with the truth, Edwin painfully closed his eyes for a moment. He knew that lan must have done a DNA test. So, Clara was indeed his mother's daughter, his long-lost

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

you also need to consider her feelings. This isn't something to rush

he let Clara claim her rightful place now and

his eyes moistened once more. When he thought of all the hardships Clara had endured, and the

he sat alone in his room, taking

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