No Strings Attached novel (Clara and Ian) novel Chapter 265

“I know how much the idea of not being able to have children means to you, but that day, seeing everything you did for me, I just couldn’t help wanting to be with you.

“I was planning to wait until you were discharged from the hospital to tell you. If you couldn’t accept it, we could part ways.

“Ian, let’s give it a shot, okay? If it turns out I really can’t get pregnant, I’ll leave on my own. I wouldn’t want to make things difficult for you.”

Her voice was shaking so much as she spoke. It felt like her heart was bleeding out.

Ian’s throat tightened painfully, and he pulled her close into his arms, kissing away the tears on her cheeks.

How deeply must this silly girl love him to still think of his feelings even after her own body had been hurt? Throughout it all, she never once complained that the hurt was indirectly caused by him.

Ian’s heart ached as if it were being torn apart. As he kissed Clara’s cheeks, his voice was hoarse with emotion. “Clara, are you trying to break my heart? How much have you suffered in silence? Were those herbal teas bitter? Did it hurt every time you saw a child?”

“Clara, tell me, does it hurt?”

The thought of her drinking bitter herbal teas for three months, the image of her eyes welling up with tears whenever she saw Roger’s daughter – it sent sharp pains through every nerve in Ian’s body.

He held Clara tightly, his hot lips kissing her face ceaselessly.

Her eyes, wet with tears, fluttered slightly. “Ian, let’s just try, okay? I don’t want to be the black sheep of the Hayes family, nor do I want to give up on us too easily. I’ll take my medicine, go through treatments. I want to believe in miracles, to have a child that’s ours.”

“If the heavens don’t bless me, and no matter how hard I try, I can’t get pregnant, I’ll leave on my own. I won’t cause you any trouble, okay?”