Three years of loving him, three days to erase myself from his world novel Chapter 65

Clara suddenly spoke up, "I want ten million."

Isabella paused mid-rise, finding it ridiculous.

"What did you say?"

Clara looked up at her, neither haughty nor humble.

"I want ten million. I think to you, Isabella, matters concerning Julian and the future of Lowell Industries are worth far more than ten million."

Isabella stifled a gasp, temporarily rendered speechless by anger.

It wasn't that she begrudged the ten million.

It was the shock that someone who used to bow and scrape before her was now stepping on her head and threatening her!

This was a blatant insult!

Certain that she would compromise, Clara gave a cold smile and stood up to leave.

"Wait!"

Isabella stared at her back, gripping her bag strap tightly.

"I can give you ten million, but on one condition: for the next half month, you must keep this a secret. You cannot leave a single trace for Julian to find out."

Clara stopped, feeling as though every syllable she uttered took immense effort.

As if she were betraying herself.

"...Alright, I agree. But don't forget, I am only compromising for half a month."

However, if Julian found out on his own, that would be a different story!

Because in a few days, it would be their third anniversary.

On that day, he would open The Departure Dossier she left for him. What he would do then was anyone's guess.

Perhaps he would believe Seraphina was innocent and retaliate against her, and if so, she absolutely would not hold back!

Or perhaps he would see through Seraphina and apologize to her, regretting it just like Leo Miller said he would...

But that possibility was incredibly slim.

Clara took a deep breath and walked out of the café...

After she left, Isabella remained furious. Sitting in her chair, discarding her usual grace, she outright smashed a glass.

Just as expected from someone of low birth—impolite and unpleasant.

She never should have agreed to Julian dating her. She should have made him get together with the young lady from the Shen family!

"Alright then, I'm busy on my end, I'll hang up now."

Clara didn't press the matter. She hung up and quickly put the ring out of her mind.

Instead, she thought about how to deal with the despicable things Zane Sutton had done,

Thought about the Lowell family,

Thought about how she was going to get through the next half month...

It was quite painful and oppressive.

But in the adult world, there simply wasn't enough time to wallow in sorrow.

Clara let out a breath, trying to collect her emotions, and continued walking forward.

She hadn't expected it.

Two familiar figures suddenly stepped into her line of sight.

They were walking out of the hotel across the street.

A woman trailed coyly beside a man, talking to him.

The man looked handsome and showed not a hint of impatience.