Flash Marriage: Slow Down Mister novel Chapter 285

Seeing that Laura finally agreed, Helena hurriedly stepped aside to make way for her with a content smile on her face. "Yeah, I'll go. I won't waste your time."

Without sparing another look at Helena, Laura walked straight into the house as she murmured, "So freaking annoying. Who does she think she is?"

Helena watched as Laura closed the door, and left the Hutchinson family's residence reluctantly.

Clara, who just witnessed all that, didn't come forward to stop Helena. Instead, she just stood there watching Helena's leaving figure, deep in thought.

She felt a little uncomfortable and suspicious when she recalled the way Helena talked to Laura.

Why was Helena so concerned about Laura?

She went to Laura's death anniversary despite the fact that she was seriously ill that day. She even slapped Clara for Laura.

At first, Clara thought that it might be because Helena had watched Laura grow up and had been taking care of her since Laura was little.

Now that Clara knew she wasn't Helena's biological daughter, she became more and more suspicious of Helena and Laura's relationship. Helena didn't really act like a housekeeper around Laura.

She acted more like Laura's... Clara was shocked by her own thoughts. It couldn't be, could it? But that was the only reasonable explanation.

"What are you doing here?" A voice sounded from behind and shocked Clara out of her trance.

Clara turned around in a panic to find Logan standing right behind her.

She breathed a sigh of relief. "You scared me."

Logan curiously looked in the direction Clara was staring at but found nothing. "What are you doing here?" Logan smiled as he repeated his question, taking in the cute expression on Clara's face.

Clara was relieved when she saw that Helena had left. She wouldn't know how to explain Helena's presence if Logan had seen her.

"To see you." Clara made up a random excuse.

Hearing that, Logan asked in confusion, "Me? What's matter? "

"Nothing. Happened to drop by." Clara was trying to up a detailed story in her head. "So I wanted to see if you are home or not. It's a nice day to catch up. Don't you think?"

"Oh, is that so?" Logan doubted. He noticed that Clara was avoiding eye contact when she said that and thought that she might be lying.

But he believed that Clara had no malicious intentions no matter what she was trying to hide from him.

For some reason, Logan felt close to Clara the first time he met her. Every time he saw her, he wanted to make her happy. He felt ineffably happy every time he saw her smile.

But Logan knew very well that he was not into Clara romantically. Clara was more like a... a family member to him. He wanted to protect her from harm, wished her to be happy all her life, and hoped to see her smile every day. However, he didn't have the kind of possessiveness that men usually had towards women.

"Well, of course it is," Clara responded. "I was just thinking about going in when you just popped up from nowhere. "Are you free right now?"

"Yeah." Logan nodded.

"Do you want to grab a coffee?" Clara wanted to take the opportunity to pry on him about the relationship between Helena and Laura.

"Sure. Any specific places you want to go?" Logan readily agreed.

"You call the shots," Clara answered. She didn't really go to cafes that often.

Logan nodded, turned around, and walked towards his car. Clara hurriedly followed. Logan took her to a cafe that he usually went to.

The two each ordered a cup of coffee, then sat down and start catching up.

"How is Aunt Helena doing?" Logan asked when Clara was just thinking about how to segue into this topic.

"My mom is doing fine." Clara decided against the idea of telling Logan that Helena had leukemia. "It's just that she said she missed your sister since they haven't seen each other for so long."

"Really?" Logan answered. He then smiled and said, "Laura has always been Aunt Helena's favorite. I'll take Laura to visit her when I'm free."

"Thanks." Clara smiled back.

Gently stirring the coffee with a spoon, Clara asked, "I also think my mom really likes your sister. Have they always been this close?"

"Yeah." Logan nodded, "Aunt Helena has been taking care of Laura this lovingly for as long as I can remember. Speaking of which, Laura is actually the reason she came to work for our family. "

"How come?" Clara asked eagerly, looking nervous.

Logan was a little puzzled seeing Clara's expression. But he brushed it off, thinking that she might just be curious. "Laura was once kidnapped in the delivery room when she was just born. Our whole family was going crazy because we couldn't find her.

In the end, Aunt Helena brought Laura back. My parents offered to give her a sum of money as a thank-you, but she wouldn't take it. There was nothing we could do.

Years later, she came to our house to apply for a housekeeper job. My family recognized that she was the one who saved Laura. Seeing that she was living in poverty, they wanted to give her some money to express their gratitude.

But she turned it down again, saying that it was nothing. She also said that we could just give her the job if we really wanted to thank her.

My family agreed. Since then, Aunt Helena took on the responsibility of taking care of Laura. Laura was technically brought up by Aunt Helena." With that, Logan took a sip of the coffee leisurely.

Clara, on the other hand, was left in confusion. She couldn't figure out how on earth did her mother find Laura.

"Did my mother tell you how she found your sister?" Clara asked, looking curious.

"Well..." Logan thought about it for a moment but didn't manage to recall any of the details.