All Chapters of Unforgettable Fragrance : His Burning Desire: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

The dining room is set for a romantic candlelight dinner, with Italian cuisine, aromatic candles and a glistening chandelier. Clarissa Anderson, in her mid-twenties, sits at the table, holding a bouquet of amaryllis, anxiously checking the time. It’s nearly midnight, and her husband still hasn’t arrived. She sighs, realizing that she’s spent her whole life waiting – waiting for love, attention, and recognition from him. In three years of their marriage, she’s never asked for much, just a simple dinner together on this special day. Despite her sickness, she made his favourite meal and bought his favourite flowers, hoping for a rare moment of connection but it seems like her wish wouldn’t be fulfilled by him like always. As she feels dizzy and disappointed, she whispers, “Please come back.” She sighs again, inhaling the aroma floating in the air, with a smile playing on her lips. She appreciates herself for making the perfect scented candles, very right amount of fragrance

The next day, Clarissa sits at the dining table, staring at divorce papers deep in thoughts. A week ago, she destroyed the very same table which she decorated with all her love to celebrate her special day. The day she fell in love with Nicholas and gained confidence to survive. She strived to get his attention, his care, his love and till yesterday she never stopped her efforts but now she’s void of any emotions, just like the table before her, which is clean and empty without even a shred of clothing on it. It’s as if she never used it before. “Are you sure Clarissa?”Catherine asks, placing her hand on Clarissa’s which is resting on the table.Clarissa called her this morning to inform her about her decision of divorcing Nicholas and raising her child alone. She was shocked and confused at her friend’s sudden determination to divorce Nicholas. In a moment of confusion and concern over her friend, she drove to Clarissa’s house to confront her but was tounge tied after se