Your Love Is But a Dream

Chapter 298

Clara nodded indifferently. "Okay."

She didn't spare Wren another glance and turned to walk back inside.

Wren stood frozen, watching Clara walk away. Though only a few steps lay between them, it felt as though an insurmountable distance had opened up. It was like sand slipping through his fingers. No matter how hard he tried to hold on, nothing remained.

Shirley lay awake in bed, tossing and turning throughout the night. She had planned to wait for Carlisle to come back from Martha's, hoping to comfort him and show him her tender care so that his heart wouldn't wander toward other

women.

But as soon as she reached the upstairs hallway, she overheard faint voices arguing from inside the room.

By that hour, the maids had already gone to bed, and no one noticed her. Shirley gathered her courage and pressed her ear to the door to listen in.

promise Martha that he would never marry her. He had never even considered divorcing Katrina and had even asked

a thunderclap, shattering all her dreams. She stood there

outside, Carlisle had always treated Shirley with enough respect over the past four years. He had almost

his own wife, Katrina. If that

Carlisle hadn't been clinging to old feelings for her, would he have rushed to her side the moment he learned of her divorce? Would he have

Carlisle had given

title not because he didn't want to, but because of his age and position. A divorce at his

Carlisle had never divorced Katrina and married her.

Ivy to marry Wren,

had always believed this. But now, his casual promise to Martha

her the way she thought he did. In fact, it was very likely he had never intended to

couldn't understand why he had been so kind to her. Why had he given her hope, only

accustomed to a life of comfort. If she lost everything now, how would