Chapter 18
After leaving the restaurant, Clara didn’t go straight home. Instead, she went to see Selina.
When Selina saw Clara show up alone, a flicker of surprise crossed her face. “Where’s Durnon?”
“He had something to take care of after you lett. Since I’ll be starting at the company in a couple of days, I figured I’d come by and check it out first,”
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Selina didn’t think much of it. She had just wrapped up her work, so she happily showed Clara around the office. After work, the two of them grabbed dinner together, and only then did Clara head back to her apartment.
Once she was home, she checked her phone and saw that Damon had sent her a follow request on Instagram. Suddenly, his words from earlier came back to her.
“Since you’ve made up your mind about the divorce, I’ll respect that, I don’t deserve your love. I let you down, and I’m sorry. But we’ve been married for three years, Can we still be friends after everything?”
Friends? Why would Clara stay friends with Damon?
She couldn’t think of a reason for it. She thought they’d just part on good terms and leave it at that. So, she didn’t accept his follow request right away. Clara was just about to call it a night at 10:00 pm when she noticed another follow request from Damon, this time with a message. “There are a few clauses in the divorce agreement 1 need to go over.”
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Damon wasted no time and sent over the sections he wanted to revise, marking
since it had to do with the divorce, she accepted the request them in red.
Looking closer, Clare saw that he’d changed the original asset–division terms to an even 50-50 split. In other words, she’d walk away with half of Demon’s total assets once the divorce was finalized
It was like a sudden windfall, but Clara couldn’t shake the unease creeping up on her.
She sent him a voice message. “Let’s just stick to the original agreement for the asset division. You don’t have to give me that much because of the marriage law. I’d feel bad taking it.”
Damon’s reply came almost immediately as though he knew she’d say that. “I low you didn’t marry me for money. I’m not changing the contract to make it up to you. This is just what the law says. It’s what you’re entitled to, so don’t overthink it.”
Clara tried explaining, but Damon kept giving her the same response. Eventually, she got too tired to argue and just let it be,
Days went by, and Clara officially started her new job. She gradually got the hang of things at work. A month later, she got her divorce decree, along with a pile of property deeds, shares, and other assets.
Staring at all the zeros in her bank account, she had no idea what to do with it, so she just set it aside and carried on like nothing had changed. The harsh winter gave way to spring. As usual, Clara went to work
She had barely stepped through the door when Selina called her into the office for a meeting.” companies in their home country.
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topic was a potential partnership with several IT
During the meeting, Selina mentioned that she needed to pick an assistant to travel back and help with negotiations. Her eyes scanned the room before settling on Clara
“Clara, you’ll come with me!”
Clara was completely caught off guard. She’d only been with the company for only three months. There was no reason she should be given such a big. responsibility.
But since Selina had already made her decision, Clarah
Selina got straight to the point. “Clara, we’ll be meeting with four companies on this trip, but our main focus is Croft Group.”
had no choice but to agree. After the meeting, the two of them stayed behind.
Croft Group? The name stirred something in Clara’s mind.
She turned to Selina with hesitation in her eyes. “Damon?”
Selina nodded. She thought for a second before deciding to be upfront. “After our last gathering, Damon got in touch and asked to meet with me alone. That’s when we set things in motion for this project. He told me a bit about what happened between you two.
“Since it’s personal, I never brought it up. But now that we’re at a critical stage, I need your help to make sure everything goes smoothly. I know this might feel a little intrusive, but I hope you’ll understand.”
