Clara was leaving the office when she received an unexpected phone call from her father, Glenn.
Glenn said, "Clara, I heard your mother woke up. Has she been well lately? Has she been hospitalized again?"
Clara replied, "Mum has woken up and is okay; she needs to recuperate now."
Glenn reminisced.
Back then, Helena, her dark hair fell to her shoulders, and her red lips were as beautiful as a red spider lily. He had fallen in love with her at first sight.
However, the Middleton family's business had always had dealings with Valerie's family. At that time, the Middleton family faced a severe crisis and dared not offend Valerie.
He had no choice but to abandon Helena at the beginning. He hoped that she would forgive him.
After all these years, his daughter Clara has always held a grudge against him for his treachery, and Valerie has not let go of Helena and has never let him get close to her.
Now that Helena has woken up, he misses her and just wants to call her and hear her voice.
When Glenn was holding the phone and didn't know what to say, Valerie came to Glenn's side at some point, and she snatched up the phone.
"Hello, is this Clara? It's Valerie. the family is having dinner together this weekend, and you must come."
As soon as Clara heard Valerie Bennett's voice on the phone, hatred rose in her heart again. How come her wishy-washy father had fallen in love with this aggressive woman?
Clara didn't want to go to dinner; she had had enough of the family treating her like the last time she went to dinner; she avoided it if she could.
So, she said, "Sorry, I'm afraid I have to work late on Sunday."
Valerie smiled coldly and said, "Overtime? Don't worry. Your brother-in-law is your boss, isn't he? Just ask him to spare you a night. I don't care. You have to come this Sunday."
Why did she have to come, and would Valerie be so kind as to invite her?
Clara couldn't refuse her and had to agree.
Valerie hung up the phone with satisfaction and gave Glenn a blank look as she said, "Don't look for Helena again. Just pretend that she hasn't woken up."
Glenn wanted to ask more about Helena, but when Valerie hung up the phone, he also bowed his head and kept quiet, thinking that he would ask about her secretly when his daughter returned for dinner on Sunday.
Horace saw Clara's troubled face and knew that the person on the other end of the phone must not be friendly.
Horace asked her, "What about I go with you?"
Clara hesitated momentarily and said, "Forget it. I'd rather go by myself."
It wasn't that Clara didn't want Horace to go to her father's place. It was just that knowing the situation at home and the faces of those people, she didn't want Horace to get involved in such a family.
Clara wanted to have a little more dignity in front of Horace, who was sure to protect herself from what would be another tangled drama.
On Sunday, Clara arrived at the Middleton house as promised.
The door to the Middleton house was closed, and Clara gently clicked on it.
The housekeeper came out to open the door and invited her in.
Valerie was sitting on the sofa having tea with Ashlee and Darren sitting opposite her.
Valerie stood up smugly when she saw Clara coming. She said, "What took you so long to get here? The whole family was waiting for you."
Darren looked back, and his heart fluttered when he saw it was Clara.
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