Chapter 86

On the way back from the airport, Clara and Elio remained silent.

Clara had been avoiding Elio’s emotions, but this time he was determined to get a response. from her.

After returning to Elio’s place, as soon as Alex entered his own bedroom, Elio spoke up again, “Now, can you tell me why you refuse to accept me?”

“Stop it! Let’s end this topic here. I want to go check on Alex,” Clara said, standing up to leave, but Elio grabbed her wrist.

“Are you rejecting me because you have feelings for someone else?”

“…”

someone you

not a question but a

realization, Elio could tell!

bothering me,” Clara’s tone carried some weariness. “Let’s not bring up this matter again in the future. We are not suitable

never been this persistent before. “Is it that you don’t like the type of man I am, or are you more concerned about my parents?

of elders, I am not a good girl! I don’t want to be criticized or gossiped about my past, so I won’t get married, nor will I have a boyfriend.”

know you had no choice back then. I

your family, friends, and colleagues? Maybe they won’t openly gossip or even congratulate you, but they will surely talk behind your back. They will question who Alex’s biological father

faced many difficulties while raising Alex on her own, and she had persevered. Now she had no intention of marrying anyone, not even Emmett. Once the contract ended, she would disappear completely from Emmett’s world. The only thing she hesitated about now was Aiden. Everything else

asked. “If that man proposed to you, would you still

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