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.

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

hit Shirley like a thunderclap, shattering all her dreams. She

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

own wife, Katrina. If that

her, would he have rushed to her side the moment he learned of her divorce? Would he have brought her and Ivy back to

these past years, Carlisle had given

his age and position.

Carlisle had never divorced Katrina and married her. To

for Ivy to marry Wren,

Shirley had always believed this. But now, his casual

way she thought he did. In fact, it was very likely he had

kind to her. Why had he given her hope, only to

a life of comfort. If she lost everything now,