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

thunderclap, shattering all her dreams. She stood

always treated Shirley with enough respect over the past

her, even disregarding his own wife, Katrina. If that wasn't love,

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

years, Carlisle had given her

age and position. A divorce at his level would likely invite unnecessary public criticism and he probably didn't want to drag her

Carlisle had never divorced Katrina and married

pushing for Ivy to marry Wren, ensuring that

that night, Shirley had always believed this. But now, his casual promise to Martha made her snap

In fact, it was very likely he had never intended

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

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