Love in Twilight

Chapter 63

Chapter 63 Heartbroken

Damien was changing his clothes in the bedroom,

He shot the pregnancy report and the ultrasound report a quizzical look. Even though they were forged,

they looked so authentic that one could confuse them for the real deal.

That thought made him pause in his actions. He seemed to have gone into a trance.

Clarissa entered the room soon enough. Her expression was no longer as dramatic and charining as it

was during the meal downstairs.

On the contrary, she appeared exhausted. The moment she entered the room, she didn’t waste any

time plopping herself onto the bed. Having gritted her teeth and overcame the challenge earlier, she let

out another breath of relier.

However, there were more important things for her to deal with later. Now that she was pregnant’, how

would she be able to get rid of the baby via a well-timed ‘miscarriage’? Clarissa mumbled softly, as if

she was talking to herself, “It’s a good thing Grandpa didn’t suspect us. I’m scared that he’ll be sad

once he finds out the truth.”

“So, are you pregnant or not?” Damien asked in a serious and cold tone. “Huh?” Clarissa opened her

eyes and stared at the man, who was five steps away from her. ” Why are you asking me that question

too? Shouldn’t you know the chances of me being pregnant?”

Damien would use contraceptive measures every time they were intimate together. Naturally, that was

what Clarissa meant by pregnancy chances

He also knew it was very easy for her to get someone to write up a pregnancy report for her.

However, he couldn’t help but yearn for an impossible reality in his heart. ‘What if…?’

Condoms aren’t one hundred percent effective in pregnancy prevention, after all.

“Who was the one who wrote up the report for you?” Now that Damien knew Clarissa’s pregnancy was

fake, his mood took a downward plunge. “My friend, Bethany. She, Lily, and I are best friends. We’re

like the Golden Trio,” Clarissa replied. “Oh?” The sight of Clarissa looking so relieved ticked Damien off

for some reason. “The Golden Trio? Which character would you be?”

“Me?” That topic caused Clarissa’s eyes to light up, as if she was reminiscing about her time in high

school with her best friends. “I’m the sassy and explosive friend in the trio!”

Following this declaration, she did a cool pose with her hands.

“Yeah, I can see that. You’re the type who goes around breaking hearts,” Damien snorted. “Huh?”

Clarissa didn’t understand what he meant. She could sense that Damien wasn’t in a good mood, and

thought to hersell, ‘Today is Grandpa’s birthday. Besides, we managed to overcome an obstacle

together, didn’t we? Why doesn’t he sound happy at all? He’s just as unpredictable as the weather in

June!’

“Ugh! What did I do this time?” Clarissa sounded quite upset. “Are you angry because of my brother? I

didn’t tell him about the marriage contract! He was the one who somnichow managed to land the

guess! What good would come to me if I told him all about it? The contract would automatically end the

moment I tell someone else anyway, so why would I go around doing that?”

Damien, however, stayed silent and didn’t reply to her. However, he did his best to torment Clarissa in

bed that night. Tears kept welling in Clarissa’s cyes while she was doing the deed with Damlen. “Why

are you doing this? Is it because I hurt Madelynn by claiming that I’m pregnant? Are you heartbroken

because of that?” “Yes! My heart aches so much right now, but it’s not because of her!” “Then what’s

the reason?”

Clarissa couldn’t help but think, ‘Whatever! You’d never be heartbroken because of me, anyway’

Damien, on the other hand, seemed to have been possessed by lust. He staunchly refused to reply to

lier; instead, he just kept kissing and sucking on her neck repeatedly.

On Monday, everyone in the company was gossiping heatedly about Clarissa’s pregnancy.

When Clarissa was about to pour lierself a cup of coffee in the pantry, one of lier colleagues even went

as far as to drop her some kind advice. “Clarissa, coffee’s bad for your health. You should drink some

milk or water instead.”

Once Clarissa returned to her desk, she found out that someone had left a new padded cushion on her

chair.

When people came across her, they didn’t dare to bump into her at all in order to prevent any unwanted

accidents from happening.

Their exaggerated consideration was strange to Clarissa, who was rather bewildered about it

Since Lily was the only one who knew about her supposed ‘pregnancy,’ Clarissa opened Whatsapp

and demanded answers from the former.

Clarissa: (Did you tell the entire company about my pregnancy?]

Lily: (Nope! Just now, a colleague asked me where I went on Sunday. I told her I had to deliver

something to you. She was like, “Did you go to Mr. Lawrence’s house? What did you deliver?” Since I

saw Madelynn there with you guys that day, I decided to tell her that I brought your pregnancy report

for you. !f Madelyno dares to bother Mr. Lawrence ever again, everyone in the company will know she’s

a pathetic homewrecker. If Mr. Lawrence dares to do anything with her, that means he’s cheating on

you. Either way, the internet will go viral with their news. Now, hurry and praise me! I did a great job,

didn’t !?)

Clarissa: (You’re such a tattletale!) This is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

Lily: (Not me! My colleague was the one who spread the gossip!)

Clarissa was rendered speechless at Lily’s shameless remark.

Lily knew the pregnancy was fake from the get go. The fact that she decided to publicize that matter

meant Clarissa would be backed into a comer It her stomach didn’t swell up froin the pregnancy in the

future, everyone would surely assume that she pretended to be pregnant in order to gain Damien’s

affection. By that time, she would be the scandalous main character on the internet instead of

Madelynn!

Thinking about the terrible future predicament, Clarissa’s stress levels rose. ‘What should i do? Won’t I

become a liar if this goes on?’

Everyone in the company seemed to be buttering her up right now, but in actuality, the real target they

wanted to please was Damien’s baby in her womb. In other words, they were trying to curry lavor with

Damien.

Clarissa was perfectly aware of their hidden thoughts.

However, she did tell Luke the truth. Since it was a marriage contract, she couldn’t afford to be

pregnant, as a baby would be a huge liability for her. She was still young. Not to mention, she was

destined to become an accountant in the future. Il slic had a kid following her around, How could she

marry and find a better, far more lucrative job in the future?

What was more, Clarissa had an inkling that Damien was very cold when it came to this maller. He

would most likely refuse to help think up solutions for her to ‘lose’ her baby through ‘miscarriage.’

While she pondered about this, the training course decided to shoot her a text message at that very

moment.(From now on, the date of the New East Corporation’s training course will be set on every

Monday instead of the usual Fridays, Mr. Lawrence will still be teaching this week’s course. Everyone,

please submit the assignments he has issued last week to the group.)

Soon, Lily texted Clarissa on Whatsapp.

Lily: (Hey, it’s Mr. Lawrence’s lecture again!)

Clarissa couldn’t help but frown. ‘Isn’t he tired (rom giving lectures all the time?’

More than twenty assignments were uploaded to the group chat after that.

No one dared to slap out on the assignments the CEO had personally assigned, after all.

When it was class time, Clarissa and Lily chose to sit in the back row as usual.

Damien continued to lecture on the stage. He mentioned he would be out on a business trip in two

weeks, which was why he decided to start his lesson this week. Moreover, he was worried everyone

might have forgotten to complete their assignments that were assigned last week.

Lily: (Where’s he going for his trip?)

Clarissa: (How the hell should I know? Maybe it was a last-minute decision.)

Then, Damien started commenting on the assignments that were handed in earlier. After all, the topic

of the role of public relations during an emergency was incredibly important.

“Only Clarissa did a decent job in last week’s assignments. As for the rest of you, redo the

assignments!” Damien sounded very serious.

All the people signed up for the training course were intelligent and talented folk the company recruited

from all corners of the world. But in Damien’s eyes, they were all reduced to newbies.

His harsh reprimand caused the entire classroom’s temperature to go down by a few degrees. Lily (I

guess that’s the perks of having a private tutor, huh? The rest of us don’t have the luxury of affording

one.)

She looked very dejected at the idea of having to redo the assignments.

Clarissa (Nonsense.)

However, Clarissa couldn’t help but feel happy and warm on the inside. Her eyes glowed as she listed

her head and looked at Damien.

Coincidentally, the latter also turned to look at her. Clarissa quickly bowed her head and looked away

as a result.