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“Valerie doesn’t just make me feel guilty. She make he picked was terrible and fat afely inunc
Lucas feel guilty Inn Babinow
more fiested as she continued
Rebin alidn’t mention anything about Valerie’s plagiariten. After all, that was just speculation without solid proof but she could defechoty talk about intuel she’d witnessed firsthand.
thever saw Lucan hit her with my own eyes, but I do know they fought constantly after Valerie got pregnant,” Robin remarked
Clayton pressed his hand against his chest. That feeling of being cut with a dull kids over and over again was suffoc his stomach too
‚ and the pain was spread
Robin saw his face turning pale and didn’t have the heart to say more. “Marriage is sacred. You don’t just throw it away You made up, so maybe try working with her instead of against her. People can change if you’re patient with them.”
Clayton let out a bitter laugh. Valerie might not get better, but the Patel family and I are already falling apart fast, he thought.
“Thanks. I have one more question,” Clayton spoke slowly. “Her hand got injured before the art exhibition, but the paintings were already finished, right? They could still have opened on schedule. And if her hand really couldn’t paint anymore, wouldn’t that actually be great publicity?”
Robin clicked her tongue and mentally gave him a thumbs up. ‘That’s a lawyer for you–clear thinking and not easily fooled; she thought
“While Valene was in the hospital, the warehouse storing her exhibition pieces caught fire. By the time the fire department got there, all the paintings were destroyed. You want to know how ridiculous the cause was?” Robin shook her head.
“Mom” A girl’s voice interrupted Robin mid–sentence.
Clayton turned around and saw a little girl holding hands with a little boy as they stopped out of the elevator and walked toward them
Robin waved with a smile, looking at the little boy. “Frank, did you enjoy the movie?”
The little boy nodded sweetly.
“Mom, how’s Grandpa doing?” The little girl threw herself into Robin’s arms, acting cute and clingy.
Robin gently rubbed her daughter’s back. “He’s staying in the hospital for observation. Tonight, you sleep with Frank while I stay here to take care of
“Okay”
Clayton looked a bit surprised. “Your daughter’s already this big?”
Valerie and Robin were classmates, and Valerie’s daughter was only four years old, but Robin’s daughter looked about twelve.
“She’s from my husband’s previous marriage, Robin explained, holding her daughter’s hand in one hand and the little boy’s in the other.
“My husband works at the same company as Lucas. He thinks highly of Lucas, so when it comes to certain things, you should trust your own judgment.”
She was about to leave with the two children whes Frank suddenly said, “I need to pee.”
“You already went at the movie theater,” the little girl pointed out.
“I need to pee,” the little boy repeated, holding his stomach,
“If you need to go, then go. Take Frank to the bathroom,” Robin said with a laugh, ruffling her daughter’s hair. The little girl pouted but led the lit
to the restroom
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Alter Clayton thanked Rolsin, he slimwly walked back toward his hospital (auth.
Audrey and Cecilia were following behind the teen kids, and just as they turned the corner, they ran straight int
Claydon
“Tw” Audrey Thought. She exchanged a meaningful look with Cecilia, whos hensed and he
Clayton assumed
d they didn’t know each other and stepped directly into Audy’s path “Wuchey, I’ve finally seen Valerie’s true colors. I know we wrong” Ashe spoke, be reached out to grab her hand.
Audrey stepped back to mold him, her eyes filled with disgust. “Whether she’s an angel or a devil, the’s still your wife!
“No, that’s not true, I’m going to divorce her. We can start over Clayton desperately tried to win her back
He pressed his hand against his stomach, enduring the pain as he explained, “Valerie’s hand wasn’t actually injured because of you. She can sit paint just fine. She’s pulled this same trick before. Her hand is perfectly fine, and she’s no artistic genius either”
Audrey replied coldly, “That has nothing to do with me.“.
“Yes, it does,” Clayton explained hastily. “It absolutely does. If I hadn’t thought she lost her artistic talent because of you, I never would have kept defending her out of guilt.”
“Everything I did before was because I was trying to make it up to her for your sake. The person I’ve always loved most is you“-Clayton got it all out in one breath, leaving him gasping and pale–lipped.
“Do you even believe what you’re saying?” Audrey laughed bitterly and shook her head. “Clayton, you’re not regretting this because you finally se through Valerie. You’re regretting it because you realized Valerie can’t give you the benefits you want.”
Clayton fell silent. He wanted to deny it, but his stomach was twisting with such intense pain that he couldn’t get a single word out.
Audrey continued, “If Valerie could get you recognition from Samson Legal and make your business boom with money rolling in every day, you’d worship her like a goddess even if she were puro evil.”
“Why do you think so badly of me? I would never-“Clayton’s lips trembled from the pain.
“Yes, you would,” Audrey said firmly. “You knew perfectly well that Valerie was the one who scratched my car, but you still twisted the truth in front of Paul and blamed Jade instead.
“Too bad Paul was there himself and had a dashcam in his car, so your little scheme failed.”
Audrey raised her hand to stop Clayton from coming closer. “Whatever happened between you and Valerie, we can never be together because I’m already mamed.”
“That’s impossible.” Clayton’s voice was hoarse, his eyes bloodshot as he glared at Audrey with pure venom, “know you have feelings for me. You could never marry someone else.”
Audrey glanced down at his hands. Clayton was clearly having stomach spasms, pressing his fingers so hard against his abdomen that he looked like he wanted to dig right into the flesh to ease the pain.
“When you go get treated, make sure to see an eye doctor too,” Audrey said mockingly. “And maybe get your brain checked while you’re at it. Your delusions have reached terminal levels.”
Clayton bit down hard on his lip until blood appeared at the corner of his mouth, but he still refused to believe her.
came to the hospital because you were worried about me, so why won’t you admit it?” Clayton hissed.
“You obviously ca
“Everything before was my fault, I was wrong. I don’t care about Paul or that big guy. I can let all of that go. Just divorce him and we can start over
As he spoke, Clayton rushed toward Audrey with quick steps.
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Clayton had lost a lot of weight, but he was still six feet tall. Even if he was weak, Tim wa
Audrey’s instincts told her to dodge. She’d been training with Yarn and could
tal a man with mince plystral strength than most momen
colle a feje moves now. Dealing with Chyton would be eary.
id was trying to run between Audesty are
Just as she was about to make her move, a small ligure came rushing out from the side. It looked like the kid, Clayton, but he misjudged then positions
Clayton took a long stride forward and accidentally knocked the little boy straight into Audrey’s arms. He froze in shock and quickly stepped in his tracks
“Are you okay?” Audrey asked gently, one hand protecting Frank’s head and the other supporting his back
“Frank!” The little girl came running up from behind. She looked startled when she saw Audrey, then turned her gaze to Clayton, She’d overheard part of Robin and Clayton’s conversation earlier.
Since she hated Valerie, she automatically disliked Clayton too. And seeing Audrey again–first at the movie theater, now at the hospital definitely wasn’t a coincidence. She assumed Audrey had to be trouble too
She grabbed Frank’s hand immediately. “Come on, we’re going back.”
As Frank was being pulled away, he suddenly turned around and flashed Audrey a brilliant smile.
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