No Strings Attached

Two people were in the middle of a verbal tussle when a familiar voice suddenly pierced the air from outside. "Ian, Clara, get your butts out here!"

At the sound of that voice, everyone turned their heads toward the door. Paolo stormed in, his face a thundercloud of fury.

Seeing Edwin and lan practically hugging it out, he spat out angrily, "Edwin, do you have any idea your sister's been roughed up in jail, beaten black and blue? And it's all thanks to lan's goons. Yet here you are, playing buddy-buddy with him. How can you look Heidi in the eye after playing the protective brother for over twenty years?" sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ Findɴovel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Edwin's previously amused eyes turned ice-cold in an instant. His lips curled into a sneer. "If someone hadn't switched her out, she wouldn't even have the right to call me 'brother'!"

knew nothing about that mess. Why

Clara wouldn't have been in danger time and time again. Do you have any idea how bad it would have been if Clara had been in

Edwin defend Clara so passionately, Paolo's face turned

he bellowed, "So you'd throw Heidi to the wolves for some random dame? What's so special about Clara that you'd all go to the mat for her? No wonder the Bell family can't stand her. Just like her mother, she's a man-eater—a regular femme fatale. And don't you forget, she's lan's girl. No matter how nice you are to her, she

been sitting quietly on the couch, suddenly darkened with rage. She marched up to Paolo and slapped him squarely across the face.

when he was met by Marian's piercing glare. He stared at her in

son-in-law. If you slander Clara again, believe me, I'll have someone break

"Even if Heidi isn't a York by blood, she's called you 'grandma' for over twenty years. How can you all