Two Times the Charm (Clara and Emmett) novel Chapter 65

Clara finally finished sorting out all her stuff.

Thankfully, Emmett didn't insist on her living with him under the same roof, which meant Clara still had some level of freedom.

After showering and changing into her pajamas, Clara immediately took out her phone. The first message she saw was from Elio.

She quickly hid in the bathroom and called him back.

"Hey, where have you been? I thought you got kidnapped or something!"

"How could I be kidnapped? I'm broke and not exactly a looker," Clara sighed, "I'm just buried in work. So busy I didn’t even have time to check my phone!"

"Alex is really worried about you!" Elio hesitated, then added, "I'm also worried about you."

Clara sighed again, "You? Worried about me? You really expect me to believe that?"

"Is it wrong for me to worry about you? Jeez, you're such a piece of work! You don't appreciate anything! From now on, I won't worry about you anymore. You can do whatever you want! I'm hanging up!"

Clara quickly said, "Wait! I'm sorry! Put Alex on the phone, I want to talk to him."

"You only care about your son, and not about me!"

"..."

Despite his complaints, Elio passed the phone to Alex.

Hearing his mother's voice, Alex was thrilled.

"Mom! Why didn't you answer your phone? I was so worried!"

"Buddy, mom's fine! I'm just trying to make some extra bucks to buy you burgers, okay?"

"Mom, you're the best! But Mom, you don't have to work so hard! You could just marry Mr Milburn! He's loaded, he can buy me burgers every day!"

Just as Clara went speechless, Elio burst into laughter on the other side of the phone, "Alex, I knew those burgers I bought you weren't for nothing!"

"Mom, I'm serious! Mr. Milburn bought me lots of burgers, and his house is huge, he's definitely wealthy!"

"You cheeky kid..." Clara had to say, "Elio, could you stop spoiling him?"

She was not blind to Elio’s feelings towards her.

But considering her current situation, where did she have the time or energy to date?

When she initially agreed to have a baby for someone else, she decided that she would not have any relationship with any man! She didn't want to be a burden to anyone, nor did she want to disrupt anyone's life!

Elio's family was wealthy, and he was quite handsome. If he were to be with her, it would really be unfair to him.

He deserved better.

Clara walked out of the bathroom.

Just as she stepped out, she heard someone knocking at the door!

Clara quickly walked over to open the door, there stood Emmett.

He was wearing black pajamas, which... surprisingly looked quite appealing...