Clayton stood up and faced Lizzy. "What are you doing here, Lizzy?" Goosebumps covered Lizzy's entire body at the coldness of his voice and gaze. "Clayton, I haven't seen you for ages. I missed you," she came forward to hug him but Clayton lifted his arm to stop her. "Didn't I make clear to you that I have no obligations to you apart from the monthly allowance?" Clayton said. Being humiliated in front of Emerald the orphan country bumpkin, Lizzy was livid and completely lost control. "Are you forgetting your promise to Alex just for this bumpkin brought by your father? You promised your brother to marry me." A blend of shock and anger was written all over Clayton's face. "Excuse me? When did I say I'm going to marry you? My brother didn't mention marrying you. He just asked me to take care of you and the baby."Interfering wasn't in the mind of Leonardo and Emerald so they simply watched Clayton deal with the woman."I will make it clear to you, I've never had the slightest fee

Shocked, Emerald abruptly folded her arms to cover her bosom, forgetting her injury. "Ouch!" She exclaimed in pain as pain shot up. "Babe," Clayton worriedly strode to her. "Be careful with your arm.""I'm fine," Emerald said under her breath trying to contain the pain. "I'll help you get dressed," said calmly, giving no sign of his wild heart beat. Slowly, he put her arms away from her bosom and helped Emerald put on her nightgown. Uneven red color stained Emerald skin from top to bottom. Though they were married once, Clayton hadn't seen her body at all. Unable to contain her embarrassment, Emerald closed her eyes. On Clayton's side, it took all of his self control to put out the fire in his body. "It's done," he announced with a labored breathing. Squinting her eyes before fully opening it was quite adorable. And it didn't help Clayton but only rekindled the fire he barely managed to put out. With one hand, Clayton cupped the back of her head and his other hand slithered

Ms Reed's complexion changed  from fair to red to white as a sheet. "If you want to keep your work, better treat my woman with respect and I don't want you giving her a look that she doesn't have the right to be here." Clayton said in a stern tone. Emerald's heart leaped looking bedazzled at Clayton's side profile. "I.. I am sorry, sir," Ms Reed stuttered, she wasn't expecting that Clayton would be sharp and spotted how she looked at Emerald. "Let's go babe," Clayton whispered and led Emerald to his office. Seeing the office evoke a memory in her. Gloom twisted Emerald's heart like a pair of strong hands wringing a cloth. She wondered how that person is doing now. "Where's your bathroom?" Emerald asked. Clayton led her to the bathroom. "You don't have to wait for me. I'm not going to disappear," Emerald said as Clayton planned to wait for her outside

Apart from the time she cried because of her injury,  Clayton had not seen Emerald cry. This time, she was weeping in anguish. Bewilderment mixed with sympathy swirled in his chest.  Clayton gently held her in his arms until she stopped crying. "I'm sorry, babe. But please don't ask me about them again." She said while her eyes were trained on the car window. "I will, babe," Clayton took note that her parents were a taboo for her. Perhaps, he could ask Jim the reason Emerald didn't want to talk about her parents. However, Jim and him were not close. Additionally, Jim didn't like him at all. He had to commission his private investigator to look into it. He has to know what caused that deep pain that she refuses to talk about her parents. Dusk has arrived as the sun fades, heralding the coming of the night, Clayton and Emerald were having a meal with Leonardo in one

Emerald's mind went into  overdrive. Who is the woman talking to Clayton? Is she Charlotte? Did she come back?Panicking, her hand trembled. "Ms Brown, please call me Mr Strong, it might bring misunderstanding between me and my fiancée." Clayton spoke coldly, he didn't care about the collaboration. He can withstand losing one business collaboration but losing Emerald, he doubted he could survive it.  He looked away from the woman and talked to Emerald, this time he let the people in the private room hear him. "Baby, you have to eat in time. The therapist will be there at two in the afternoon." Clayton's once cold voice while speaking to Ms Brown had turned considerably gentle and warm as he spoke with Emerald. "Is Constantine with you?" Overwhelmed, Emerald couldn't hide her doubt. She just can't tolerate that there is a woman fancying her man. She's extremely selfi