No Strings Attached

"Alright, it's settled then. Transferring your assets through a divorce is safe, and no one will suspect a thing. After all, the York family, the Campbell family, and Clara have lost a lot because of you. It's only fair to

compensate them appropriately."

The two of them then finalized the details of the divorce agreement.

Just then, Dawson came over and handed the divorce agreement to lan. "Mr. Hayes, we've found the cause of the explosion."

lan looked up and asked, "Was it a time bomb?"

"Yes, it's one of the latest miniature bombs. No bigger than a steel plate, but its lethal range extends to about thirty feet. This device was hidden inside a locket Liana gave to the child. According to the video, Ms. Clara wanted to tidy up, but she was interested in the beautiful locket and gave it a few more glances. Luckily, Mr. Casey noticed something was off, grabbed the locket, and ran to the yard. Otherwise, Ms. Clara and the child's lives would've been in danger."

clenched his fists tightly. Katherine had given Clara that locket long ago. Ian hadn't realized Connor had

the child were what lan cared about the most. Taking away someone's

would definitely settle this

next morning, Clara was awakened by a loud noise in her dreams. Following that, she felt blood

which bore the marks of time. She immediately knew something was wrong and placed

voice trembling, "lan, where's the baby?" Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ Find ɴøᴠel.nᴇt

her head with his large hand. His voice was hoarse. "Clara, there will be more opportunities for children in the future. What's most important now is that you

the child, Clara understood the implication in his words. She stared at him incredulously. "It can't be. I shielded him with a cushion. He can't be gone, lan. Are you lying

spoke,

her cheeks. lan

he looked at her. "Clara TM'm sorry I failed to protect you and our