Want My Womb? I'll Make You Childless novel Chapter 87

Chapter 87

The police officer wasn’t sure, but Ethan knew exactly who it was. Who else in the military would call Clara at this hour but Ryan

Walker?

Watching Clara hang up, her eyes red–rimmed, her face wearing a serene and gentle expression he’d never seen directed at him before.

Ethan pushed open the door, his face a thundercloud, and strode inside.

Those few steps felt like an eternity to him.

Finally, he stopped in front of Clara, took a deep breath, and looked up to meet her cold gaze.

“What are you doing here?”

Clara glared at him, wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes. She was back to her prickly self, devoid of the gentle demeanor she’d shown during her call with Ryan.

“Did you come to see how miserable I am here?”

“Or have you found new evidence to convict me completely?”

Recalling what Ryan had just said, Clara felt nothing but bitter irony as she looked at the man before her.

Ryan, at least, was willing to believe her, while Ethan, the man who had been her husband for seven years, had always treated her like a criminal.

Seeing the lingering moisture in Clara’s eyes and her cold, distant expression, Ethan’s self–control shattered.

She could still be gentle with Ryan.

But when she faced him, her eyes were full of detachment, and even… hatred.

Realizing that Clara hated him, Ethan felt a sharp pain in his heart. He reached out and forcefully gripped her chin, forcing her to look up at him.

“Clara, do you think putting on this act will make me divorce you and let you go?”

“Let me tell you, don’t get your hopes up. I will never divorce you, not in this lifetime.”

He stared at Clara’s face.“Or maybe I should just send you to prison?”

“That way, you won’t have the chance to divorce me. You’ll be my wife for life.”

Clara slapped his hand away, stepping back, and sneered. “Ethan Carter, do you really think the Carter family can control everything in Chicago?”

“With the flimsy evidence you have now, the police can’t even convict me. What makes you think you can send me to jail?”

“You want evidence?”

Ethan scoffed, pulling out his phone and pulling up a surveillance video.

“This is the surveillance video from outside Grandpa’s hospital room. During that time, you were the only one who entered his room. Assistant Evans left, and there was no movement until the surveillance was tampered with.”

So what if Clara hadn’t harmed the old man?

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As long as Clara stayed by his side, he’d call black white.

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Ethan handed the phone with the surveillance to the police officer beside him, his gaze fixed on Clara. He watched Clara and said, word by word,

“She’s an Al developer. Tampering with surveillance is a piece of cake for her. She’s the only one on the scene capable of doing it.

“As a member of the victim’s family, I’m requesting that you file a criminal lawsuit.”

“The Carter family will pursue this to the end!”

Clara looked at him in disbelief, a chill running through her.

Ethan was actually pushing her this far!

Clara slowly closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, only a bone–chilling coldness remained:“Ethan, do you really think I harmed Grandpa?”

“What, scared?”

Ethan turned back to look at her, a stubborn glint in his eyes.

“As long as you promise not to divorce me, I’ll drop the case immediately.”

Clara didn’t hesitate for a moment, “Don’t even think about it!”

“Fine, very well.”

Ethan was completely enraged by her attitude, his face darkening, “Do you think that with Ryan Walker backing you, you can be so unscrupulous?”

“Then let’s wait and see in court. I want to see if you can still be this tough then.”

With that, he didn’t look at Clara again, turning and striding away:“Handle it as you see fit. The Carter family will never agree to a

settlement.”

Seeing this, the police had no choice but to step forward and say to Clara, “Mrs. Carter…Ms. Bennett, please come with us back to the detention room.”

Clara watched his retreating figure, her heart ice–cold. This was the man she married, her husband‘

“Ms. Bennett?”

Seeing that Clara didn’t move, the police reminded her again. Clara exhaled and followed the police back to the detention room.

Even if Ethan presented the security footage from outside the hospital room, it wouldn’t prove that she had harmed his grandfather.

All she could do now was wait–wait for the police to investigate and clarify the situation.

Clara sat in the corner of the holding room, not knowing how much time had passed, until the door opened again.

A police officer led in a man in a suit and wire–rimmed glasses.

“Ms. Bennett, I’m Aaron Hayes, a lawyer commissioned by Mr. Walker to handle your case.”

“Don’t worry. I’ve reviewed the details of the case, and I’m applying for bail on your behalf.”

The officer beside him looked uneasy.“Mr. Hayes, this case involves the Carter family, and we…”

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“Officer,”

Aaron interrupted, adjusting his glasses.” According to the law, Ms. Bennett has been detained for over 24 hours, and the existing evidence only proves that she entered the room; it doesn’t prove any criminal activity.”

“It doesn’t meet the criteria for arrest based on evidence of a crime, so bail should be granted according to the law.”

He paused, then continued, “If the police insist on denying it, it would not only violate legal regulations but could also involve procedural violations. If my client files an administrative review, it could damage the reputation of the Police Station.”

The officer listened to Aaron’s words and weighed the situation for a moment before finally sighing, “Alright, we’ll process the paperwork right away.”

Half an hour later, Clara walked out of the police station doors.

The evening breeze carried a hint of coolness, brushing against her face and finally easing her tense nerves.

“Aaron, thank you so much for today.”

“Ms. Bennett, you’re too kind. This is my job.”

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Aaron waved his hand, his tone lightening slightly.“Don’t worry, I’ve sorted out the case. The current evidence isn’t enough to convict you. I’ll gather rebuttal evidence as soon as possible to clear your name.”

“Mr. Walker is still on his way back. He’s very worried about you. You should let him know you’re safe.”

Clara nodded. She knew that if Ryan hadn’t hired Aaron, she didn’t know how long she would have been stuck inside.

After saying goodbye to Aaron, Clara took out her phone, turned it on, and a barrage of text messages and missed call notifications

flooded in.

Probably having heard about what happened to the Carter family, Mia had called her countless times and sent many messages.

She replied to Mia, telling her not to worry, and then dialed Ryan’s number.

The phone was answered after only one ring, and Ryan’s calm voice came through:“Clara? You’re out?”

“Yeah, I just got out. My lawyer helped me get bail,” Clara said.

Clara’s voice softened involuntarily, tinged with gratitude.“Ryan, thank you. I’m sorry to bother you again.”

“Don’t be so polite with me.”

There was a hint of subtle concern in Ryan’s tone.“Are you still near the police station? I can have someone pick you up.”

“No need, I’m already home.”

Not wanting to cause Ryan any more trouble, Clara told a little white lie. “Be careful on the road. Call me when you get to

Hanging up, Clara walked forward into the setting sun, dialing Attorney Brown’s number.

“Attorney Brown, the situation at the police station is resolved. There’s no need to rush back.”

“I would like to expedite the divorce proceedings between Ethan and me.”

After this incident, she didn’t want to be entangled with Ethan for another second.

Chicago.”

“Rest assured, Ms. Bennett, I’ve already spoken with the courthouse. We should be able to schedule a hearing in the next few days. The court will send

you a

notification.”

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Satisfied with the response, Clara smiled and was about to put her phone back in her bag when it suddenly rang. The screen displayed

“Mia“.

Clara quickly answered the call, but before she could speak, she heard Mia’s tearful voice.“Clara! I’ve finally gotten hold of you!”

“You have no idea how scared I was when I heard the news! I thought…”

“Mia, I’m sorry, I made you worry.”

Clara’s voice softened.“The police confiscated my phone for the past couple of days, so I didn’t see your calls. I’m out of the police station now, and everything’s fine, so don’t worry.”

“That’s good to hear.”

Mia’s voice gradually calmed down.“Where are you now? I’ll come to find you, and we can have a good talk.”

“I’m at the park near the police station. Come over, and I’ll wait for you.”

Clara finished speaking and hung up the phone. She walked over to a bench in the park and sat down, watching the crowds of people passing by, waiting for Mia.

When Mia picked up Clara, she first drove her back to her apartment. After Clara washed up and changed her clothes, Mia saw Clara pick up her phone, preparing to buy groceries and cook, and snatched it away from her.

“You’re such a workaholic. After suffering so much, you’re still thinking about cooking?”

“Today, we absolutely have to eat out, to shake off all the bad luck. Come on, girl, your sister’s treating you to a fancy meal.”

Without waiting for Clara to refuse, Mia pulled her downstairs and headed straight for Aurum Court, the most prestigious French

restaurant in the city.

Just as they arrived at the restaurant entrance, and the car door wasn’t even fully open, a familiar figure walked into view.

Ethan Carter, clad in a bespoke charcoal suit, stood tall and erect as a pine, while Natalie Parker, snuggled in a pink fluffy coat, was by

his side.

Seeing Clara Bennett emerge from Mia Thompson’s red Ferrari, Natalie smirked, tightened her grip, and snuggled closer to Ethan.

Ethan’s gaze had been locked on Clara from the moment she stepped out of the car and hadn’t wavered since.

Upon learning of Clara’s release on bail, he had her followed.

He had no real intention of throwing Clara in jail; he knew the evidence he gave the police wouldn’t definitively prove she was the culprit. Even now, deep down, he didn’t believe Clara was guilty of harming his grandfather.

He was just too angry at Clara’s attitude toward him.

He just wanted to teach Clara a small lesson.

When Ethan learned that Mia, not Ryan Walker, was picking Clara up from the Police Station, he breathed a sigh of relief. Later, upon finding out that she and Mia had reservations at Aurum Court, he considered it and then invited Natalie to join him.

He wanted Clara to understand that he didn’t lack for female companionship, not if he didn’t want to.

He wanted to see her jealous, furious, even if she just threw a tantrum at him, as long as he was in her eyes.

But Clara only glanced at him indifferently, as if she were looking at an irrelevant stranger, then turned to Mia with a smile, “I heard the

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Beef Wellington here is amazing. Let’s go in.”

Watching them walk into the restaurant, Ethan’s face darkened, and he clenched his fist.

Did Clara no longer even hate or resent him?!

“Eth, let’s go in too.”

Natalie noticed Ethan’s tense body, a trace of resentment flashed in her eyes, and she tugged at his arm.

“I have something to do.”

Ethan shook off Natalie’s hand and gave her the dining voucher, “Go by yourself.”

Natalie watched his retreating figure, frozen in place, her face full of embarrassment.

After a moment, she turned her head towards the direction where Clara had disappeared, clenched her fists, her eyes filled with resentment and unwillingness.

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Inside the restaurant, Mia deliberately chose a secluded booth and couldn’t help but complain as soon as they sat down, “Is Ethan out of his mind?”

“First Olivia, and now he’s flaunting other women in front of you, does he think he’s a peacock, showing off everywhere!”

Clara picked up the menu, and didn’t say anything.

The waiter served the red wine, poured two glasses, and placed them in front of them.

Mia ordered their food, noticing Clara’s low spirits, and clinked her glass against Clara’s.

“Don’t bottle it up. Tell me, what’s really going on?”

Clara picked up her wine glass, took a sip of red wine, and waited for the cool liquid to soothe her tense vocal cords before recounting the events of the past few days.

The more Mia listened, the angrier she became, slamming her hand on the table, drawing several glances from nearby tables.

Lowering her voice, she couldn’t hide her fury.“That bastard Ethan Carter! When the old man had his accident, instead of investigating properly, he pushed you out and even got you thrown in the Police Station!”

“And he actually tried to use that to force you into staying married, as if he’s some irresistible prize?”

Mia thought for a moment.“Something feels off here, though.”

“This involves the old man’s life or death. Why would he use it to threaten you?”

“If he’s willing to drop the case if you agree not to divorce, isn’t that a little… childish?”

“Could it be that he knows you weren’t really the one who hurt the old man and he’s just using this to blackmail you?”

Clara was silent, downing the rest of her wine.

There had been too much going on lately, and she hadn’t really thought about it in detail. If that was the case…. then Ethan Carter was terrifying!

“I don’t know.”

Clara didn’t want Mia getting involved with Ethan because of her, so she changed the subject, “Let’s not talk about him.”

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“How’s the preparation for your new company going?”

Talking about her own stuff perked Mia right up. They ate and chatted, knocking back quite a bit of wine. Halfway through. Clara got up to go to the restroom.

Coming out of the stall, she saw Natalie Parker standing at the sink, touching up her makeup.

Clara ignored her, washed her hands, and was about to leave when Natalie stopped her.

“Clara, how does it feel to be sent to the Police Station by your own husband? Is it exciting?”

Clara turned back and looked at her calmly, without a word.

“What’s wrong? Don’t dare to answer?” Natalie stepped forward, blocking her way, her voice rising a little.

“Or do you feel ashamed? Yeah, you’re Mrs. Carter, yet now you’re a suspect in the attempted murder of the old man. How awful does

that sound?”

Maybe it was because the Carter family had filed criminal charges against Clara, or because the Carters didn’t suspect her at all, or

maybe it was Ethan’s cold attitude toward her.

Natalie dropped the pretense.“Oh, sorry, I forgot. Eth has never acknowledged your status at all. Outsiders don’t even know you exist as Mrs. Carter.”

Clara had a high tolerance for alcohol, and instead of clouding her mind, the alcohol sharpened it.

Thinking about Natalie’s behavior after the old man’s accident, along with the tampered security footage….

She stopped in her tracks, looked up at Natalie, her eyes icy cold.“You cut the oxygen tube in the old man’s room, didn’t you?”

Natalie’s smile froze on her face, her expression shifting, but she quickly regained her composure.

“What if I did? What if I didn’t?”

“Right now, everyone in the Carter family, including Eth, thinks you did it. What does it have to do with me?”

She leaned closer to Clara, her voice lowered, like a demon tempting her.

“I’m curious, don’t you want the old man dead at all?”

“If he dies, you’ll not only get shares in the Carter Group, but no one can stop you from getting a divorce, right?”

“I don’t want that.”

Clara’s voice was soft.“Because the old man and I had already agreed that whether something happened to him or not, I would divorce Ethan Carter.”

“But you, even if I divorce him, with the way he treats you now, he wouldn’t marry you, would he?”

“It doesn’t matter.”

Natalie smoothed her hair and smiled.“I never wanted to marry him, not back then, not now.”

She looked at Clara, a wicked smile playing on her lips.“Let me tell you something.”

“I was the one who took the old man’s money and left him back then, all so he’d remember me forever.”

“I didn’t expect that he would blame you for my leaving, resenting you for seven years.”

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“I’m so sorry, but I’m quite satisfied with his reaction.”

“You probably don’t know this, but that child you conceived through IVF before was also mine.”

A sharp pain shot through Clara’s heart. Ethan really did use her to have a child for Natalie!

But none of that mattered now. Clara didn’t want to argue with Natalie any longer. She took a voice recorder from her bag and waved it in front of Natalie’s face.

Ever since Attorney Brown got her out of jail, he had been worried she would say the wrong thing, reminding her to carry a voice recorder at all times to record her conversations with the police. This would make it easier for Attorney Brown to review her case later

and overturn the verdict.

She didn’t expect to actually use it.

Clara turned on the voice recorder, playing Natalie’s words, “You probably don’t know this, but that child you conceived through IVF before was also mine,

repeating it publicly two or three times.

She chuckled at Natalie, “Thank you for helping me divorce Ethan and secure his assets. You’re really adding fuel to the fire.”

With that, Clara ignored Natalie’s ashen face and attempt to snatch the recorder, pocketed it, brushed past her, and strode away.

Natalie was left standing there, clutching her bruised shoulder, her eyes filled with such venom they seemed ready to drip.

Back at the booth, Clara had barely sat down when Mia handed her a phone displaying a newly received message.

“Did Ethan and your son undergo genetic testing?”

“My company has established a partnership with an international testing center and I just received their results.”

“It’s now confirmed that both father and son carry a genetic mutation, and it’s hard to say when it might manifest.”

“And there are currently no effective treatments for this condition worldwide.”

“So, their fate will be…”