Flash Marriage: Slow Down Mister novel Chapter 283

"What does Laura have to do with all these?" Horace didn't know why would Clara suddenly bring up Laura.

Clara looked at Horace and asked, "Laura told you that I was assaulted, didn't she?"

"Yeah, Laura told me. But..." Horace didn't want Clara to think that Laura was deliberately driving a wedge between them. "She only told me what she saw when she went to save you because she felt sorry for what happened to you. It just slipped out of her mouth. She didn't do it on purpose or something. She sympathized with you so much that she even cried uncontrollably when she told me that. " Horace tried to defend Laura.

"She was faking it. She was lying! She told you that to mislead you, to sabotage our relationship!" Hearing Horace speaking for Laura, Clara almost exploded. "Doesn't Horace know that Laura is a total liar? How can he believe what she said!" Clara thought.

"Clara!" Horace lost the usual gentleness in his voice. "Laura and Logan saved you. You can't just decry her like that."

Although Horace knew exactly where Clara was coming from, he couldn't condone Clara's unreasonable petulance. It was not right to wrong the one who came to her rescue when she was in need.

"Laura didn't save me!" Clara was wrought-up. She raised her voice as she told Horace what really happened that day. "Laura was behind all that! She bought off those four beggars! She even said that she would record it when I was being assaulted and post it online! It was all her…"

"Enough!" Horace interrupted her sternly, "Clara, the doctor did an examination on you. You were assaulted. Laura didn't make it up. How can you blame it all on her?"

"Laura and that doctor are in it together," Clara added. "Horace, you have to believe me. Laura orchestrated all these! She's evil! You can't take her word for it. "

Hearing that, Horace was disappointed in Clara. Why was she being so unreasonable? Was this still the Clara he knew?

Horace tried his best to hold back the impatience and annoyance and kept telling himself in his mind that Clara was probably acting this way because she was traumatized by the accident. He couldn't be mad at her right now. What she needed was solace.

After taking a few deep breaths to calm himself down as much as possible, Horace said, "Clara, there is nothing between Laura and I. We are just friends. I won't leave you for her. So can you just stop being so unreasonable? "

"You think I'm being unreasonable?" Clara didn't expect that instead of trusting her, Horace even thought that she was blaming Laura for no reason.

"It couldn't be Laura." Horace was a little impatient. "She wouldn't do that. We grew up together. I know what kind of person she is. I trust her."

"So, what you are saying is that you think I'm lying?" Clara's eyes welled up. "You are taking her side then, right? You would rather just trust her unconditionally than give me the benefit of the doubt."

"It's not that I don't believe you. I just think that you are blinded by jealousy now. Clara, please. Can you just... stop?" Anger was building up in Horace's heart. He just couldn't stand Clara acting like this anymore.

Clara stopped defending herself and just stared at Horace in silence. Tears rolled down Clara's cheeks. She couldn't tell how was she feeling right now. It was more like a sloppy stew of sadness and disappointment.

"Blinded by jealousy, huh?" Clara sneered. "So this is how he sees me. I thought he's the one who knows me the best."

Clara took back her gaze and left Horace's office. There was no point arguing with him. He wouldn't believe her anyway.

Horace wanted to go after her, but his pride kicked in at the last minute.

He was still mad at Clara for saying all that. How could she put it all on Laura when there was no substantial evidence at all?

In fact, he was more disappointed than angry. Clara thought that he didn't trust her. But had it ever come across her mind that she had never had faith in him either? If she really believed him, she wouldn't have suspected that there might be something going on between Laura and him.

After leaving the Solrace building, Clara walked aimlessly on the street. Now she finally figured out the reason why Horace didn't want this baby. He must think that the baby in her was not his child!

She found a bench and sat down, didn't know what to do next.

Since Horace didn't believe her words, he definitely wouldn't accept this baby and would probably ask her to do an abortion. "I want to keep the baby.

Would he make me abort this baby just because there's a slight possibility that he may not be the father?

Why wouldn't he believe what I said? What if I am pregnant with his baby? Has he ever thought of that?

He never doubted Laura. He literally just told me how well he knows Laura. He is probably still hooked on her."

The more she thought about it, the more she wanted to cry.

"Forget about it." Clara tried to shook the thought out of her mind.

She gingerly stroked her belly with both of her hands, swearing that she would protect her baby. She would never abort this baby even if Horace might divorce her for that. She would raise this child by herself and give it a lot of love.

"I can do it!" Clara cheered herself up. "I have to be strong for my baby. So, stop crying like one. I have to work hard and live hard, otherwise, how can I take care of this little thing?" She thought to herself.

Then, Clara dried up her tears and stood up from the bench, planning on going to the hospital to pay Helena a visit.