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'!"

though. She knew nothing about that mess. Why make her

weren't for her, 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

Paolo's

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

these words, Marian, who had been sitting quietly on the couch, suddenly darkened with rage. She marched up to Paolo and slapped him squarely across the face. Her voice was venomous, "Paolo, who the hell do you think you are to talk about Clara

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

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

"Even if Heidi isn't a York by blood, she's called you 'grandma' for over twenty years. How can you all just turn your backs on her like that? Do you know how much she's suffering?