Flash Marriage: Slow Down Mister novel Chapter 53

Horace raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Clara sideways. "Why?"

Realizing that her reaction was too direct just now, Clara was embarrassed and said in a hurry, "My mom is just starting to getting better. She needs to have a rest."

"Is that the reason?" Horace seemed to understand, "It's because your mother doesn't want to see me, right?"

Hearing that, Clara's hand holding chopsticks froze for a moment. She raised the corners of her mouth, "How could it be?"

"Why not?" Horace was calm. "I can see that your mother doesn't like me."

Unable to retort, Clara had to say awkwardly, "It's not your problem. It's my mother. She doesn't like rich people."

Horace raised his eyebrows.

Of course, he had investigated Clara's family background, so he knew that Helena had been called mistress.

Although Horace didn't say anything, Clara seemed to see through his mind. She smiled bitterly, "You know I'm the illegitimate daughter of the Middleton family, right? You must be thinking why my mother said she hated rich people on the condition that she was with Glenn before."

Horace didn't answer.

"Actually, my mother has never started a relationship with Glenn Middleton," Clara's face suddenly turned cold. "My mother and Glenn were classmates in college. Glenn has always liked my mother, but my mother didn't like him. However, Glenn was unwilling to give up on her. After getting married with Valerie Bennett, he still coveted my mother, and he asked someone to drug her and then he raped her, so my mother was pregnant with me. Although my mother hated Glenn, she thought that the baby was innocent, so she swallowed her anger and gave birth to me."

Horace looked at Clara.

He hadn't found out anything about it.

"Valerie hated Glenn's feelings for my mother, so she spread rumors everywhere that my mother seduced Glenn and said that my mother was a mistress. My mother doesn't know anyone in the upper class, and she can't fight back. She can only bear such a bad reputation and bring me up alone."

Speaking of what had happened in the past, Clara clenched her fists and her eyes were full of resentment.

She really hated Glenn. However, he was her biological father, which could not be changed.

Horace looked down at Clara. He put his hand on her fist and prized her fingers one by one.

Clara was startled. She looked up at Horace and smiled awkwardly, "Sorry, I got worked up."

"No," Horace was still very calm, but the light in his black eyes seemed to be much gentler than usual. "I'm glad that you've told me this."

He was really happy.

If he wanted to know these things, of course he could find them out. But it was different if Clara took the initiative to tell him.

Hearing that, Clara was stunned. She took a look at Horace and couldn't help laughing, "You are really a strange person."

Horace smiled and said nothing.

Indeed, after knowing Clara, he found himself behaving more and more strangely.

Everything went smooth in the next few days.

Finally, it was weekend, the day of the Kirkland family's banquet.

On this day, Clara got up early. The make-up artist and hairdresser had already been home. They had been busy all day long before they finally helped her with the hairstyle.

Horace had already prepared well and waited quietly in the living room.

Soon, he heard the clip-clop of high heels. He looked up and saw Clara coming down the stairs. He was stunned.