Chap 130

Chapter 130

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“I’ll let you know if we need your help.” Luisa said, her voice coming out sharper than she intended.

Clark’s smile dropped, but he restored it almost immediately, and an awkward silence settled over the table for a few seconds until he broke it with another ferrible joke. A few minutes later, their food was brought to them.

“Luisa, are you sure everything’s okay? You haven’t taken a bite yet,” Thalassa asked, noticing Luisa was just poking her salad with her fork after she and Clark had already been eating for a while.

“Everything’s fine, Lassa. Don’t worry,” Luisa replied, forcing herself to take a forkful of salad to ease Thalassa’s

concern.

But she could feel Clark’s eyes on her every few seconds. Not wanting to raise his suspicions, she forced herself to finish everything on her plate, acting as normal as she could.

When they were done, Clark paid the bill. Just as Luisa thought they were about to leave, he excused himself.

“Will the ladies excuse me? I need to use the restroom for a bit.”

Thalassa nodded for him to go ahead. Clark got up and walked off towards the washrooms

“Clark, your phone…” Thalassa called after him, but he was already too far away to hear.

Once Clark disappeared from sight, she turned to Luisa, her expression curious. “What was that earlier, Luisa? You were a bit rude to Clark.”

planned to talk about it with her when they returned to the office, but she couldn’t contain her anxiety any longer and blurted out, “Lassa, you need to get

face tightening. “Luisa, what

returning, Luisa leaned in. “He’s dangerous, Thalassa. He’s not the good person we thought he was. I’m certain

this coming from? Is it you or Alden, or

“Thalassa, Alden didn’t—”

pushing me to give Clark a chance. And now, suddenly, after Alden visits you, Clark’s dangerous?

if he’s only coming to see you because Kris put him up to it, maybe I was

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you also think the only reason a man would want to be with

just don’t like the idea of him using you to get

the day before our collection was destroyed, what really were the chances that Clark would’ve randomly suspected that something like that was going to happen when

remember?”

accuse Kris.

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but what if he used that as a perfect excuse to set Kris up?”

“Since when did you become such a

her hair, Luisa muttered, “I’m not defending him. I don’t care about him I care about you, Lassa, and I don’t want anything bad to

flickered in her eyes, and finally, she asked, Did Alden give you any proof that Clark was behind

head. “No. But… I

exhaled slowly. “I’m sorry, Luisa. Yes, maybe Alden is trustworthy and he’s only telling you this because that’s what Kris told him and he believes it. But I don’t trust Kris Miller. Not a single

silent when

leave now,” Clark said, picking up his phone before scanning their faces.

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