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Valerie hadn’t expected Clayton to ask that question at that moment. She kept silent, tears streaming down her face in large droplets as the played the part of a fragile woman on the verge of breaking down,
1 need Clayton to feel sorry for me, to sympathize with me, to pity me. I absolutely can’t let him know that I’m lying, Valerie thought to herself.
Valerie weakly raised her bleeding hand, crying as she reached out to touch Clayton’s lace. “Clayton, I’m causing you trouble again.” Before she could Finish her sentence, she fainted.
“Wyatt, drive faster,” Clayton said.
Wyatt glanced at them through the rearview mirror and scoffed coldly. “My car can only go so fast.”
Clayton gently hold Valerie’s bleeding hand, his lingeling doubts once again overshadowed by worry.
Wyatt increased the speed as much as he could while still ensuring salety.
As they neared the hospital entrance, Wyatt said, “The Patel family has been going through a rough patch lately. Watch what you say and do”
Clayton understood what Wyatt was implying and quickly replied, “Valerie won’t cause trouble like Audrey did. Don’t tell Mom about this yet. I’ll handle
Valerie, who was being held in Clayton’s arms, fluttered her eyelids. Clayton was too anxious to notice that she had been awake the whole time, and he rushed into the emergency room with her.
Carson, having Reard the news, also hurned over and handed Clayton a cup of water he had fotched from the water dispenser, “Don’t worry, I just checked. She only has some minor injuries. No blood vessels are affected.”
Clayton took a sip of water, and his tense nerves began to relax
Carson sat down beside him. “What exactly happened?”
Valerie had been brought in wrapped in a blanket, and the marks on her body were too obvious. Either Clayton had been with her last night, or he had gone to see her early in the morning; otherwise, he wouldn’t have discovered her suicide attempt.
Clayton had only fragmented memories of the previous night.
He suspected that Audrey was the one who submitted the evidence against his father. He had gone to Kinsia House to confront her, but was turned away. Later, Valerie came to pick him up. When he woke up, he was lying beside her.
Clayton had a dream in which he had sex with Audrey. She told him she loved him and would never leave hims
Clayton scratched his unruly hair, which he hadn’t had time to tidy up. “It’s nothing. She has low blood sugar. She fainted when she got up and cut her hand on some glass.”
He didn’t want to marry Valerie, but he also didn’t want to ruin her reputation, Carson wasn’t fooled by Clayton’s brief explanation, but he didn’t expose
the lie either
In fact, Carson hoped Clayton would keep getting more and more entangled in the web of lies he had spun himself.
“I’ve arranged for a double room for her,” Carsod said as he got up. “I don’t have anything else to do here, so I’ll head back to work.”
Clayton nodded. He followed the nurse who was taking Valerie to the ward and then took out his phone to call Zoe
The law firm was busy, and Valarie needed someone to take care of her, so he had to ask Zoe for help first.
Clayton had originally intended to scold her for not doing a good job with the cleaning, but since he now needed to assign her extra work, he swallowed
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sense of panic and unease before.
“You rest well I’ll come back after work, Clayton said before turning and leaving the room, without arranging for a caregiver to look after her,
It was Saturday, and Audrey was giving Ivan a tutoring s
session.
wan had been staring at the clock all morning, suspecting that it had stopped. At the sound of a knock on the door, he rushed to open it. “Ms. Henderson Let’s have two extra lessons today,” he said eagerly.
“Oh, you’re such a keen student,” Audrey teachi
Brooke greeted them with a smile. “I’ve asked the maid to prepare a couple of extra dishes. Stay for lunch.”
“Mrs. Gomez, when will the guest arrive? 11 steam the fish in advance, Zoe said as she emerged from the kitchen, surprised to see Audrey “Mrs. Patel?”
“You two
two know each other?” Brooke asked, slightly taken aback.
Audrey replied calmly.”
“Zoe used to work for my ex–husband”
Zee’s expression grew even more astonished. Ex–husband? They’re divorced? Mrs. Patel used to be so good to Mr. Patel. How could they have split up? it must be because Mr. Patel wanted to legitimize his mistress and left Mrs. Patel, she thought indignantly.
“Mrs. Patel, you’re such a good person. Mr. Patel will regret leaving you for that woman,” Zoe declared.
“It was me who left him. Whether he regrets it or not is not my concern,” Audrey said.
Seeing that Audrey was not at all embarrassed, Brooke finally felt relieved
“The questi invited today is Ms. Henderson, Zoe, since you know Ms. Henderson’s preferences, prepare a few dishes that she likes, Brooke instructed
Ivan, who had been standing by the door, looked gloomy
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