What Chanel now knew was that Frank and Iris Benson had a fling in the past. If she exposed this, what would happen? She also had to think of a way to frame Clarissa.
When Clarissa saw that Chanel had calmed down, she went home. Bethany was still there.
“Oh, you’re finally back. You’re a busy little bee, aren’t you? Are you going to spend the night here?” Bethany asked.
This reminded Clarissa of Iris. She wanted to tell Damien about it.
“No, I’m not. I have to talk to Damien about something,” she said primly.
“Alright, alright, drop the act. You just want to share a bed with him,” Bethany said as she munched on some snacks.
“Stop that! I really have something important to tell him. I bet you’re the one who wants to share a bed with a man. Oh, wait. You’re interested in Caleb, aren’t you? I’ll send all the photos I have of him to you.” After that, Clarissa sent Bethany the photos. “Just a heads up, though—he pursued me for a period of time, but nothing happened between us. I hope you don’t mind.”
“Bah! Everyone’s had a first love.”
“Also, his mother is Damien’s housekeeper, so I hope you don’t look down on him. Though he and Damien can be considered friends, it doesn’t really change anything.”
“I’m going to marry him, not his mother. I don’t really care who his mother is. All I know is that my future husband is pretty good-looking.” Bethany started drooling at the photos of Caleb.
“It’ll take him a couple of years to come back. A lot of things could be different by then.”
Bethany’s expression grew serious. “That’s not going to be an issue, because nothing’s happened between us yet. Now, if we were already in a relationship, then that would be a problem.”
“But you’ll be thirty in two years…” Clarissa didn’t want to be so truthful, but she had to.
Bethany stilled. “You’re not allowed to talk about that!”
“Even if I don’t say anything, it doesn’t change the fact that you’ll be thirty.”
“So what if I’ll be thirty by then? I’ll still be able to win him over! I bet he’ll be wonderful in bed,” Bethany said. She was practically drooling.
Clarissa changed and packed an overnight bag. “I’m leaving.”
She had just reached the door when she received a message from the faculty of finance’s official WhatsApp account.
Faculty of Finance: [The lecturers chosen to participate in the visit to Lotharia next month are Professors Don Mclaurant, Clarissa Johnson, and Jesse Nell. Further details will be announced tomorrow.]
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