Chapter 153
Two Times The Charm Novel (Clara and Emmett)
âI didnât say that.â
âBut you did!â Clara stepped back, âActually, you should have dug up the dirt about me and Taylor a long time ago, right? Even though the Atwood family. tried to erase our past, you would still have ways to find out! Thatâs why you showed me this project proposal, to see my reaction!â
Emmett didnât expect her to be so smart. He was lost for words.
âSo, what do you want? Spit it out, Iâm listeningâ Clara put down the files in her hand, looked at Emmett squarely for the first time, her gaze unflinchingly firm, âDo you want me to tip off Taylor, warn him not to cooperate with you, then suddenly Taylor remembers our past, remembers me, and eventually ends up with me?â
Emmett knitted his eyebrows.
Clearly, he was not thrilled with this scenario.
Seeing his silence, Clara continued, âSince youâre not satisfied with this outcome, what else do you want to see? Should I pretend I never saw this document? Or promise you I wonât help Taylor, and wonât have any contact with him? Is that what you want?â
âClara, calm down.â
âHow can I calm down? Emmett, if you were constantly tested, could you stay calm?â Clara stepped back, âWe share a bed, but you have never trusted me!â
Emmett clenched his fists and stood up. âDo you think I donât want to trust you? But your past with Taylorâ¦â
âIâve told you, thatâs all in the past!â
âBut you two have a child!â Emmettâs fist slammed hard on the desk.
He had been patient enough! He had never been so anxious! Clara thought he didnât trust her, but the root of the problemâ¦was that he didnât trust himself!
He didnât believe that his feelings for Clara could outweigh her past with Taylor!
If Taylor regains his memory in the future, would Clara rush back to him?
âA child?â Clara was shocked by his words, âWhat are you talking about?â
âYour son, heâs Taylorâs, right?â Emmett turned his face away, Iâve checked. There were no other men in your life! Even though the Atwoods tried to make Taylor completely forget you and covered up your past, your pastâ¦everything except the part where you got pregnant and had a child, is still intact!â
âYouâve been careful not to let me see your child, is it because he looks a lot like Taylor?â
Clara opened her mouth to respond, but found that nothing she could say would be appropriate!
Emmettâs suspicions sounded reasonable, and if she didnât know the truth, she would have been persuaded by his reasoning.
âClara, does Taylor know about the child?â
Clara paused, then shook her head, âNo.â
âSo, you plan to never tell him?â
Clara pressed her forehead, âItâsâ¦not what you thinkâ¦â
âThen tell me, what is the truth! Apart from Taylor and me, did you have any other boyfriends?â
Clara really wanted to tell him⦠her only boyfriend was himâ¦.