LOGINClaire was in her office trying to review contracts when her door opened and her secretary informed her that Paul wants to see her."Let him in". She said with a frown, wondering what brought him to the office.Few minutes later, a small knock sounded on the door and it opened and Paul walked in.She looked up and saw the tension in his face. "Paul? What's wrong?""Are you okay?" He closed the door behind him. "I heard Jeff showed up at your place drunk last night."Claire's eyes widened and she set down her pen. "How did you know about that?""Building security called me, I'm listed as your emergency contact, remember?""Oh! I forgot about that." Claire stood up and walked to the window because she couldn't sit still anymore."He had no right to show up at your home like that." He said, his voice tight with anger."Especially drunk, scaring you and Adrian in the middle of the night." He sounded so protective and Claire managed a small smile that quickly fell off."Adrian is fine." Sh
Jeff staggered home late after being thrown out by security, the house was dark except for the living room light.Irene was sitting on the couch waiting and fuming. She stood up when she heard the door open."Where were you?" She asked immediately he entered, her eyes shooting daggers."Out." Jeff's voice was flat and he headed toward the stairs."Out where? It's two in the morning." She said but Jeff ignored her and kept walking, Irene followed him up the stairs."Were you with her?" She finally asked the burning question in her mind."With who?" Jeff didn't stop walking."Don't play dumb, were you with Amber?"Jeff stopped on the landing and turned to look at her. "Her name is Claire."Irene's face went white and she gripped the railing to keep from falling. "What did you say?" She whispered l."You heard me, Amber Clark is Claire, your sister and my wife.""I am your wife." She snapped. Her breathing turned shallow and she shook her head, how could this happen? He has found out Amb
Jeff sat at the bar nursing his third glass of whiskey and staring at nothing while Richard watched him with concern."You called me out here to drink in silence?" Richard finally asked.Jeff drained his glass and signaled for another. "I need to ask you something.""Alright." Richard replied, still staring at him."Why would my grandfather make me sign divorce papers without my knowledge?"Richard went still. "What are you talking about?""Don't play dumb with me, you're Howard's lawyer, you had to know about it." Jeff's voice was rough and slurred. "He made Claire and me work together, gave us both equal rights to Anderson Corporation, and now I just found out that Amber Clark is actually Claire and I'm pretty sure the old man knew about it but didn't tell me." Richard didn't confirm or deny anything and just took a sip of his drink."And now I'm being told I was divorced from my wife without my knowledge." Jeff laughed bitterly. "What does the old man want from me? Was this some k
Claire got to her office to see a bouquet of rose flowers waiting on her desk. She loves rose flowers but who could have sent it to her?She noticed there was a card on it and she quickly opened it; "Please give me another chance. P.S Jeff She hissed through her teeth and dumped the flowers in the trash can and called the janitor to take out the trash.Jeff was coming into the office and bumped into the Janitor taking out the trash and his eyes widened."Whoa... Whoa...where are you taking that to?" "Ma'am Amber asked me to throw it in the trash outside"."What!" Jeff said and rushed into Claire's office."You asked them to throw away the flowers, why?"Claire stared at him coldly, "Because I don't like it. It belongs to the trash"."But you used to like rose flowers, you would decorate the house with it and...""That was then, not anymore...I am no longer that Claire, I am Amber now, get over it".Jeff was lost for words and he just stared at her while Claire was secretly trying to
Claire got home and walked straight past Eunice without a word."Claire? What happened?" Eunice called after her but Claire kept walking.She went into her room and closed the door, leaning against it as her legs finally gave out.She slid to the floor and pressed her hands over her mouth to muffle the sobs that tore from her chest.The pain was unbearable, seeing Jeff on his knees begging for forgiveness, hearing him say he loved her, feeling every wound she'd spent five years trying to heal rip open all over again.She had longed for him to tell her that he loved her all those years that they were married, waited for him to warm up to her but not once did he ever looked at her lovingly, he hated touching her and was always cold towards her because his eyes were only for Irene and now, years later, he had the nerve to tell her all those things but it's damn too late. She was already too hurt to even consider it.Claire crawled to her bed and buried her face in the pillow, letting the
The next day, Claire had barely gotten out of bed when she heard a knock.She frowned as she made her way towards the door, who could be knocking at this hour?She peered through the peephole and frowned when she saw Jeff standing there, "what the hell was he doing at her house?"She looked round to make sure that Adrian hadn't come down before opening the door."What do you want?" She asked."I need to talk to you". Jeff said and she hissed."Whatever it is should wait until I get to the office". She hissed."It couldn't wait, I need to talk to you...I need to show you something but you'll have to follow me to a place."Claire frowned at him, has he gone nuts? "I'm not going anywhere with you.""Ask whatever you need to ask here and get out of there because I am not going anywhere with you".Jeff took a deep breath, "Adrian...is he my son". Was the first thing that slipped from his mouth and Claire's breath caught."Are you thinking that I am your dead wife again?" She spat angrily e







