Three years of loving him, three days to erase myself from his world novel Chapter 146

A chill ran down Clara's spine.

But right now, she had no choice but to agree. She forced a twitch of her lips, her fingers gripping the edge of the table tightly. "Fine, let's talk."

Officer Jenkins stood aside, waiting.

After a polite nod, Lester sat on the stool opposite Clara, pulled a contract from his pocket, and slid it toward her, speaking with impeccable courtesy.

"Ms. Vance, because of you, Ms. Shaw has suffered immense physical and psychological harm. However, considering you two worked together for some time, her intention is to avoid taking this to court..."

Listening to these words twisting black into white, Clara felt utterly disgusted and cut him off coldly. "Skip the hypocritical nonsense. Who would believe that?"

Lester paused, maintaining his polite smile. "Then I'll be direct. Ms. Shaw's proposal is that you apologize to her at tomorrow's press conference. As long as you apologize, the lawsuit will be dropped."

Heh...

Clara almost laughed out of sheer anger.

How magnanimous.

She hadn't done anything, yet she was being forced to apologize.

"Is this Julian's idea, or Seraphina's?"

Lester froze for a second.

But Clara had figured it out.

It was Seraphina's idea, and Julian had indulgently agreed to it!

He hadn't considered her situation at all.

Clara took a deep breath, nodding as her eyes slowly rimmed red. In that moment, she didn't know whether she should lament her own sorrow or marvel at the man's heartlessness.

But it didn't matter anymore!

Clara closed her eyes, exhaling deeply. When she opened them again, she directly tore the contract to pieces and threw them forcefully at Lester.

"Go back and tell them I will never apologize. If they want to sue me, I'll take them on. I will also be present at tomorrow's press conference."

Lester hissed, thinking she had lost her mind. He stood up, brushed the paper shreds off his suit, and, not bothering to waste another word on her, dropped a cold sentence:

"I hope you'll still have this backbone when you face the reporters and media tomorrow!"

He left.

Clara, however, was exceptionally calm—calmer than she had ever been before.

Officer Jenkins couldn't bear it any longer. "Ms. Vance, you might not realize, but the evidence is already clear, and public opinion online is entirely against you..."

Clara knew what she was trying to say: apologizing was better than fighting a lawsuit.

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