Flash Marriage: Slow Down Mister novel Chapter 264

Horace just said Laura saved her and he was going to thank her which meant he had believed Laura for what she said. If Clara told him that it was Laura who kidnapped her, then what would he think of her? To frame Laura?

"What's wrong? Is there something you want to say to me?" Seeing that Clara was teetering on the edge of saying something, Horace asked gently.

Clara decided to not tell Horace about this at a second thought and tell him later after she figured it out with proof.

"No, I'm just thinking how lucky I was that Logan saved me at the last minute, or I was not sure what would happen."

"Lucky?" Horace didn't understand why she would use this word.

"Yeah, was I not lucky?" Clara was confused about Horace's question, "Logan made it in time and saved me, otherwise..."

Clara remembered the scene at the warehouse with tears as she said it. She looked down with her tears rolling down to the quilt, bit her lower lip, and said with a deep breath, "Otherwise I would be raped."

Hearing her words, Horace was more puzzled as it seemed that she wasn't raped according to what she said.

But Laura said she saw her there looking like being raped when she arrived. And the doctor had already checked, then what was going on? Clara seemed like she didn't remember what happened before.

Seeing her crying, Horace still had doubts, but he didn't want to upset Clara again by asking more.

Horace wiped the tears on her face with his thumb gently despite his doubts, "Don't cry, we won't talk about this again. Get some rest, okay?"

"Okay." Clara nodded slightly and held back her tears by closing her eyes.

Horace helped her lie down carefully and took another tissue to wipe her tears, "Get some sleep and everything will be fine."

Clara might be tired after crying this much, she fell asleep in a while, grabbing his hand.

When she was asleep, Horace slowly pulled out his numb arm and kneaded it. Looking at her asleep, Horace held the bedside, kissed her cheek, and said in her ear gently, "I love you, no matter what."

He looked up at her for a bit, tucked her in nicely, and then stood up to leave.

Horace saw Isaac standing outside when he walked out.

Isaac was already at the hospital but saw Horace in Clara's ward so he waited outside as he didn't want to interrupt. Seeing that Horace had walked out, Isaac took a step forward hurriedly and said, "Sir, the board..."

"Come to the doctor's office with me." Horace turned around and walked towards the doctor's office before Isaac could finish his words, Isaac had no choice but to keep up with him.

At the office, Horace found that doctor, told him what happened before, and asked anxiously, "Doctor, what's wrong with my wife? Why does she not remember what happened before?"

Seeing that Horace was looking for him, the doctor was afraid that he had got busted. But now he was relieved hearing Horace's words, which meant Horace still trusted him.

"Maybe the patient doesn't want to accept it subconsciously, which thus causes selective forgetting, or she feels shameful about what happened and doesn't want to tell you so she pretends as she has forgotten." The doctor listed a few possibilities, which, though weren't what happened in this case, could still be able to convince Horace.

Those weren't true in this case but actually would happen to other girls in the same situation. The fact was that Clara wasn't raped so there wouldn't be selective forgetting or pretending, which could absolutely not let Horace know.

"But either way, you should seek no further. As a woman, she is under a lot of pressure after being raped, selective forgetting and pretending are ways to reduce stress. If you force her to recall, she might break down by the overwhelming pressure."

The doctor repeatedly warned Horace for fear that his lies would be spotted.

As long as Horace didn't ask, his wife wouldn't talk about it as wall, so then he would get his money.

"I see." Horace nodded with discretion, "Thank you, doctor."

"Well, take good care of your wife, take a walk with her and try to make her happy. Actually, it is not a bad thing to forget about bad memories. After all, not everyone gets to forget it."

"I'll keep that in mind." Horace thanked this doctor again and then left.

Seeing that Horace had left, the doctor patted his chest with great relief. He almost couldn't finish his words while looking at Horace as there was a particularly powerful vibe from that man.

But Horace was in the middle of this and couldn't see it clearly as he cared too much, so he was again fooled by the doctor.

After walking out of the office's door, Isaac was still worried and said, "Sir, is this normal? Do we need to have Mrs. Kirkland checked by other doctors? Just in case..."

"No." Horace interrupted Isaac. He didn't want Clara to get checked about this anymore as he didn't want to upset her again or hear others gossiping.

"Don't talk about this from now on, like it never happened."

"Yes, sir." As a man, Isaac understood him in some way.

"What did you say about the board?"

"The board of directors is in the boardroom right now, and it is a mess. And they are asking to see you and give them an explanation."

Horace knew that the board wouldn't let him off the hook after such a serious thing, he had no choice but to rush to Solrace.

Horace felt the tenseness the minute he got there.