He Lost Me to His Best Friend novel Chapter 70

Yardley's mind was a chaotic mess, but he still refused to back down.

"If Scarlett feels wronged, I'll make it up to her now. But what about you? Why did you help her just now? Why did you fast-track her resignation? Aren't you just making things worse at a critical moment? You're my sister. Why are you siding against your own family?"

"Making things worse? Yardley, is there water in your brain?"

Clarissa looked up, her gaze as sharp as a blade, piercing straight into Yardley's chest.

"I fast-tracked her resignation so she could take some time off and calm down! If she keeps being triggered like this, she brought a knife today, who knows what she'll do tomorrow!"

She paused, a pang of guilt washing over her as she thought of the niece she had never met.

"Our family handled her childbirth horribly. Especially Mom—what kind of garbage was she spewing outside the delivery room?!"

"Scarlett probably hates every single one of us right now. I gave her a little support to try and ease the tension between you two."

"Otherwise, with the state she's in right now, do you really think she's going to sit down and communicate with you? The fact that she didn't plunge that knife into your heart is already a mercy!"

Yardley stood as if struck by lightning, staring dumbly at his sister as if he didn't even know her. His throat tightened, and he couldn't force out a single word.

Clarissa stood up, adjusted her collar, and tossed her head toward the door.

"What are you standing there for? Let's go."

Yardley blinked in confusion. "Go where?"

Clarissa rolled her eyes. "Let me ask you this. Do you still want to save your marriage or not?"

Yardley answered instantly. "Of course I do."

Clarissa grabbed his arm. "Then figure out a way to make it up to her. Do something useful."

Yardley looked completely lost. "Like what?"

Clarissa rolled her eyes so hard they nearly stuck there. She pinched the bridge of her nose.

Clarissa suddenly felt a heavy knot in her chest. She quickly went back to her office, grabbed her bag, and walked out. She drove straight to the most exclusive baby boutique in the city and bought a massive pile of infant supplies.

Assuming Scarlett was still living at Orchard Villa, she drove straight there.

But she arrived to an empty house.

It was only then, from Leah, that she learned Scarlett had moved out on the day of the Christening Party.

Such a massive event had happened in the household, and yet, despite going home every day and seeing Yardley at work, not a single person had mentioned a word of it to her.

It was as if Scarlett and her daughter were completely invisible, nothing more than thin air.

Clarissa's face darkened. Her emotions flared into pure outrage, and she marched fiercely back to the main house.

Even she felt how freezing cold this massive family was, let alone a woman like Scarlett, who had just dragged herself back from the brink of death to give birth.

She suddenly understood why Scarlett had snapped so completely. Put anyone else in her shoes, and they would have gone crazy too.