Your Love Is But a Dream

Chapter 71

Chapter 71

"I'm here to see someone," When said, his voice betraying a tension he didn't usually feel-not even during million-dollar negotiations. "Could you call Clara Salford for me?"

Frank froze for a moment and gave Wren a once-over before he asked, "And what are your relations with Ms. Salford?"

Wren's voice caught, rough and hesitant. For some reason, saying the word brother felt impossible at that moment.

After a pause, under Frank's increasingly suspicious paze, Wren finally forced the words out. "I'm her brother. Could you please let her know I'd like to see her? Frank didn't look surprised. Clara and Wien didn't look like they were from a small town like this. Their appearances and demeanors stood out too much. While they didn't share an obvious physical resemblance, they were both strikingly attractive in a way that didn't fit the local mold.

And really, someone traveling all the way out here just to see her couldn't possibly have no connection to her.

Thinking of Clara, a delicate-looking young woman who had suddenly left the city to teach in a remote school, Frank couldn't help but wonder. Everyone had speculated about what had brought her here, and seeing Wren, he guessed it might have been a family argument that pushed her to leave.

after a moment. "I'll pass along

to walk around the campus freely. It's aately thing

to see Clara immediately, but he understood. He didn't want to disrupt her work or give her another reason to push him away. "Thank you," Wren said quietly, stepping aside to wait near

finished their warm-up exercises and games and began their free activity period. Many of them noticed Wren standing by the

Wren surveyed the school grounds.

he had imagined, and

up in comfort, never wanting for anything. He had made sure of that.

the classroom, Clara had adapted remarkably well. After the initial nerves, she found

peppering her with questions. Their enthusiasm was evident, and it

packed up their things and headed home, cheerfully saying goodbye

carefree goodbyes filled Clara with a sense of contentment she hadn't expected. When she returned to the teacher's office, she found Ninu and

Ryan's and, trying to convince him to have lunch with her. The school had a small kitchen to provide

soon as Nitsa spotted