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."

didn't even notice your secret was discovered. If you had, Clara wouldn't have been in such

you can just marry

ground. "If you want to claim Clara back, keep Heidi in line first. If she tries to harm

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

the truth, Edwin painfully closed his eyes for a moment. He knew that lan must have done a

finally spoke with a calmer tone. "When Grandpa Reed left, Clara was devastated. Can you imagine how much

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

If he let

eyes moistened once more. When he thought of all the hardships Clara had endured, and the lavish affection Heidi had received since childhood,

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

on his door, who informed Edwin that his father, Paolo, had arrived. Sᴇaʀᴄh