CHAPTER 39

Chapter 39

Clayton laughed after finding out the reason. He stroked her hair gently. “Silly girl, I’m your husband, who you should learn to rely on, take advantage of, dominate, and ask for demands. You’re not alone anymore, okay? Don’t be polite to me”

Isabella tightened her grip. She was sincerely grateful for him.

“Thank heaven for sending this man to me, she thought

Clayton let her hold him. Although he did not know her thoughts, the sadness and loneliness that she exuded made him very distressed.

Clayton told himself, Even her biological father treated her like that. Perhaps she can’t immediately trust someone she has not known for long. I can’t rush things. I be patient as she is my little girl”

Isabella stood quietly while hugging Clayton. After calming down, she let go of him.

Clayton wrapped his arm around her shoulders. “Let’s go upstairs and apply some ice on your face. Otherwise, it will be all bruised tomorrow, and you can’t go out in public”

Isabella nodded.

Suddenly, she was stunned to see the strange place,

She stopped and looked around in surprise. Where is this?”

Clayton chuckled and shook his head, thinking. She’s so bewildered, but what to do?

“Follow me.” He walked on with his arm around her.

Isabella stood before the adding windows and saw the campus of University of Maulmore not far away with astonishment.

Clayton put one hand in his pocket and smiled at her. “Do you like it here?”

Isabella nodded.

Clayton turned to take a title deed from the closer and opened it.

Upon seeing her name on it, Isabella looked at Clayton with widened eyes. “W–What. What’s going on?”

Clayton put it back in the closet. “Keep it properly. It’s in this closet. This house is yours. I know you don’t like living in Cityview Manor. This is your home now. You can decorate it however you want.

Isabella was shocked, thinking. How did he know I don’t like Cityview Manor How attentive he is!”

Did

you buy me this house?” Isabella looked at Clayton, thinking that the gift was too valuable.

Clayton looked at her seriously. “As a woman, you should have a haven. After getting married, if you quarrel with your husband one day and get unhappy, there must be a place where you can cry.”

Isabella cried instantly. Such a sentence was so heartwarming to her.

“But this house must be expensive, right? Yvonne said that the clothes on me cost 4.000 dollars Clayton, I can’t spend your money like this. I’ll feel uneasy.” Isabella disapproved of it. She was unsure of her feelings yet. Hence, she could not take up so much from Clayton materially

Clayton sighed secretly, knowing that he could not rush things. He said, “You don’t need to be so meticulous about money. If you mind about this house, let’s keep an account. If you insist on dividing it so precisely, you can pay me back when you get the inheritance. Let’s pretend that you have advanced the money now, all right?”

“This man even made a perfect excuse for me! With that thought, Isabella wiped her tears and accidentally touched her cheek. It hurt so much that she gasped.

Clayton hurriedly opened the refrigerator to get ice. Then, he went to the bathroom to get a towel, wrapped the ice up, brought Isabella to the couch, and carefully applied it to her face.

Tabella instinctively gasped in pain upon feeling the icy sensation.

Clayton was distressed. “You silly girl. Don’t you know how to dodge it? Where else does it hurt! Is your scalp hurt? So much of your hair was ripped out. He naturally massaged her head gently.

fabella leaned on the couch and let him carefully apply the ice pack to her face, but her tears fell uncontrollably.

Does it hurt very much?” Clayton became more careful.

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Isabella shook her head and grabbed his hand to put the ice on her face.

“This is the second time I’ve been slapped for fighting back against Yvonne. It was a light stap. Isabella closed her eyes, enduring the chill and pain brought by the ice

“The first time, I was slapped a lot and fell down the stairs. 1 hit my head and broke my leg,” she said calmly as if she were talking about someone else.

Clayton’s heart tensed, and he instinctively held her hand.

“What happened later?” His heart ached.

Isabella continued, Tater, I was locked in that small room. The next day, Elsie secretly went to see me and found that 1 vomited everywhere and had passed out. She sent me to the hospital and found I had a concussion, multiple soft tissue contusions, and a fracture on my right leg. I was in a coma for more than a week. After gaining consciousness, I’ve been groggy all the time. I don’t remember many things about the past except for how I was injured”

d they treat her like that? While thinking, anger flashed in Clayton’s eyes, and he could not help l

but tighten his fist.

How could they treat

Isabella looked up at him. “Are you wondering why they treated me like that? Because my last name is not Ingram but Sorenson. Because I lost mny mom and granddad!

Isabella’s tone was filled with sadness and desolation.

“Do you hate them?” asked Clayton

Isabella paused and nodded slowly. She was not a saint and could not forgive easily.

“In the past, I just wanted to get married early and leave that place as soon as possible. I thought everything would be fine afterward. Now, I understand that they have never intended to let me go. They want to ruin me completely” Isabella was clear of Nathan’s auitude.

Clayton hugged her gently. “Little girl, don’t be sad. You have me from now on. Everything I have is yours. I’ll give you whatever you want. If I don’t have it, I’ll find and grab it for yout It’s okay if you want revenge against them. Let me know your plan. I’ll do it for you. I just want you to be happy!

understand?r

Isabella hugged him back.

She was so touched, even though his words were said to comfort her

She wished the time could freeze al

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moment forever because she felt loved.

“Boss, we’re here,” Kayson shouted as he opened the door.

The door came with a

password lock

lock. Kayson was the one who had set the password, so he naturally could open it

But after opening the door, he hated himself very much.

He blamed himself inwardly, “Why did I not look at the situation? I’m digging my own grave! Why didn’t I knock on the door? I wouldn’t have been doomed if I knocked! Now, I’ve barged in like this, I’m finished‘

He stood at the door with a sad face. “Boss, please go on. We’re leaving

“Get your ass in here!” Clayton’s voice sounded emotionless, making Kayson freeze in place

Hendrix kicked him in from behind. “Boss asked you to go in. What are you doing?

Hendrix was blocked by Kayson and did not see the scene inside. He thought Kayson had lost his mind again, so he pushed him away nonchalantly and walked in with the things.

He looked up and saw Clayton and Isabella standing next to each other. He was momentarily stunned, knowing that Kayson must have seen something he should not have seen. Hendrix secretly sighed. What a close call! Luckily, I was not the one walking ahead

He acted as if nothing had happened Johnny had trained them not to show emotions on their faces. Fortunately, he and Weston practiced it well, unlike Kayson

Hendrix put

the things by the wall. “Mr. Murray, these are all Mrs. Murray’s things. Mrs. Murray, please check if there’s anything else we missed. If there’s nothing else, Kay and I will go first.”

He pulled Kayson, who was getting dazed, away.

Isabella squatted and took the books from the bag slowly. Her tears streamed continuously.

She touched radhi book, and tears fell onto them. The papers were gradually covered with tears.

Clayton removed everything from the bag and sat on the floor to help her separate books, clothes, and groceries.

Isabella knelt on the floor, picked up books one by one, and piled them up neatly.

“These books are all old. When I got them, they were already old,” Isabella said calmly. She inexplicably wanted to talk about that day, while Clayton was a good listener who could make her feel at ease. “On the day I was admitted to the University of Moulmore, Yvonne lost her temper and smashed everything in her room. They only gave me 300 dollars a month for living expenses and forced me to sign a letter of guarantee. I couldn’t mention I was the Ingram family’s daughter at school or work part–time to earn money as I couldn’t disgrace the Ingram family

Isabella continued. “At the University of Moulmore, 300 dollars is barely enough for meals every month. Many books in the computer science department needed to be bought outside, but I didn’t have enough money. When I went home to ask for money, I argued with Yvonne. I ended up failing to get the money and was scolded by my father. I had to live frugally and later borrow the books from my classmates. There was a 24–hour library at the University of Moulmore, I would copy the books there all night long in order not to affect the rest of the students in the dormitory. When I got tired. I laid my head on the table for a short rest. One day, Gwen’s mother, Professor Janelle Carey, sow me. She was worried that buying new books for me would hurt my self–esteem, so she sent someone to ask those graduated students to send me the books I needed”

“So, that’s why you are close with Ms. Carcy!” Clayton piled up the last book

Isabella shook her head and slowly raised her hand. Under the sunshine, there was a shallow scar on her wrist. Isabella said calmly. “When I had the most difficult time, I thought of dying. It was Gwen who sent me to Professor Carey and saved me. Gwen said Grandpa and Mom were watching me from heaven, so I couldn’t make thein sad.”

She stood up. Clayton embraced her feeling depressed about what she had been through.

“Clayton, am I useless? T’m always being bullied and disrespected… Isabella felt desperately helpless, thinking, “My plan was always unrealized. I couldn’t even protect myself. How could I inherit Sorenson Multimedia, leit by Grandpa and Mom? How could I make Sorenson Multimedia bigger and stronger?

“Little girl, you have me from now on. Your mom and grandpa will watch over you in heaven. In the future, Ell accompany you to achieve your dreams and goals. No one will bully you again!” Clayton pressed Isabella’s head against his chest,

He would never let anyone bully her again. He would help her take revenge against anyone who had bullied her.

Isabella looked up at him and slowly reached to touch his face, but she stopped halfway. She smiled with tears in her eyes

His words were sweet and warm, which she had never heard before. She wanted to touch him, but she was afraid it would all vanish after the touch.

She was not used to owning something, so she was slightly panicky and insecure about him.

Even her biological father and her fiance, whom she had been in love with for many years, did not value her. She did not think such a man she randomly niet should be nice to her. She could not believe all that was real.

She told herself, ‘Isabella, you must guard your heart this time. Don’t let yourself get hurt or destroyed again!

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