After leaving the Sinclairs’.
Claire rcer wandered aimlessly down the street.
For a mont, she had no idea where to go.
In the vast city of Rhonia, there was no place for her.
At twenty-four years old...
she had beco a pitiful, holess soul.
The rcer Family had long since cast her out.
She was just soone the rcers had taken in; she didn’t even know where she ca from.
And the so-called ’ho’ she shared with Gavin Sinclair had been filled with nothing but hypocrisy and pretense.
The fake marriage certificate from Rose Gable had deceived her for two whole years.
Two years...
’If only I could be as cold-blooded as the Sinclairs.’
’If I hadn’t married him with a grateful heart.’
’If I hadn’t naively tried to escape the misery of the rcer household...’
’...would my life have ended up this miserable today?’
"Adrian Sutton, am I just a pathetic joke?"
she asked Adrian Sutton, who had been silently accompanying her.
Adrian had wanted to go and hold her several tis, but he was afraid of scaring her.
He could only suppress the overwhelming urge with all his might.
’His Claire shouldn’t be humiliated like this.’
’The girl he had cherished in his heart for ten years shouldn’t be trampled on like this.’
He deeply regretted not bravely approaching her back then, not snatching her away from Gavin Sinclair.
He hated every single mber of the Sinclair Family.
And he hated himself.
’It was my own timidity and hesitation that hard her.’
He had naively believed that marrying Gavin Sinclair was a step toward her happiness.
But he never knew it was all a quagmire of bitterness built on lies.
"Claire..."
Claire rcer looked back at him, her eyes red as she gave a miserable smile.
"I’ve turned my life into a joke, haven’t I?"
Her red-rimd eyes, glistening with unshed tears as she smiled, pierced him to the core.
"Claire..."
"Don’t I seem just like a clown?" she asked again.
Adrian struggled to suppress the sharp pain in his heart, not knowing how to comfort her.
"No, Claire..."
Claire rcer wiped away a tear that had escaped and laughed self-deprecatingly.
"I’m just a complete fool, letting them wrap around their little finger."
"It’s my own fault for being so stupid. I can’t bla anyone else."
"But I just don’t understand. I don’t understand what I did wrong."
"My birth parents abandoned , my adoptive parents despise , and the Sinclairs humiliate ..."
"But I can honestly say, I, Claire rcer, have never done a single bad thing in my entire life."
"I haven’t wronged anyone. I really haven’t..."
Adrian could finally hold back no longer. He pulled her into his arms, hugging her tightly.
He patted her back soothingly, his voice impossibly gentle.
"I know..."
’His Claire was a very, very kind person.’
She would even help the elderly scavengers on the street.
The first day he saw her, a torrential downpour was falling over Rhonia.
She had given her only umbrella to an elderly scavenger on the side of the road.
She even went to the restaurant next door, bought him a bowl of hot noodle soup, and offered it to him with both hands...
Before leaving, she gave him the money from her pocket.
Even though the old man refused several tis, she still smiled and stuffed the money into his dirty, tattered pocket.
He would never forget the pure, genuine smile on her face.
It had not only ward that old scavenger, but also his own heart, which had been cold for seventeen years.
In the past month, her life had been turned upside down.
Gavin Sinclair’s betrayal, the truth of her own birth, the Sinclair Family’s scheming and humiliation...
It all finally beca too much for her to bear.
The emotions she had suppressed for so long finally erupted.
The tears finally fell, unstoppable.
Just like her heart now, which had plumted to rock bottom.
After so ti, Claire rcer’s emotions finally stabilized.
Realizing Adrian was still holding her tightly, she felt extrely awkward.
"Um... sorry about that. I kind of lost control of my emotions."
"It’s okay. You can always borrow my shoulder."
’The fact that she could cry and pour her heart out in front of proves she already sees as a friend she can trust.’
’Although my heart ached for what she’d been through, this also proved that their relationship had quietly taken a step forward.’
Adrian was rejoicing that he had taken another step closer to Claire.
when he heard Claire ask him a question.
"Adrian Sutton, do you think you might be my jinx?"
"Huh?"
Adrian was a little stunned.
His heart suddenly sank.
’Claire said I jinx her?’
’Does this an she doesn’t want anything to do with from now on?’
"You’ve witnessed all my most humiliating monts," Claire said.
Being cheated on and betrayed by Gavin Sinclair.
The rcer Family’s party to welco back Scarlett Jewel, where everyone was pointing and whispering about her.
And Mrs. Sinclair scheming against her, Rose Gable deceiving her with a fake marriage certificate...
Even them ruthlessly kicking her out of Crestfall Villa...
Adrian seed to have been there for all of it.
"But I also witnessed Mrs. Rowan’s affection for you and her appreciation of your talent."
"I could tell she genuinely loved the qipao you made for her."
"Otherwise, she wouldn’t have made you her goddaughter."
Thinking of Mrs. Rowan’s validation, the chill in Claire’s desolate heart finally ward a little.
"I’m very grateful to you, to Silas Rowan, and to Mrs. Rowan."
"Actually, I know this was probably Silas’s way of helping with the divorce, convincing Mrs. Rowan to put on a show for the Sinclair Family."
"Mrs. Rowan granted a great deal of dignity and was also trying to put pressure on the Sinclairs."
"But it seems like it was all for nothing... haha."
"My marriage certificate with Gavin Sinclair was a fake."
"And here I was, racking my brain trying to get a divorce, when it turns out I didn’t even need one."
"Did I make a fool of myself again?"
Adrian couldn’t resist reaching out to smooth her hair, which had gotten ssy while she was pressed against his chest.
His sudden, intimate gesture made Claire’s heart do a little flip, giving her a slight feeling of weightlessness.
She lowered her eyes awkwardly, staring at the tips of her shoes.
She missed the deep affection in Adrian’s eyes that he couldn’t hide.
"Don’t worry, Mrs. Rowan genuinely likes you. It wasn’t just a show for the Sinclairs to help you get a divorce."
Hearing this, Claire looked up at him, slightly surprised.
"How do you know?"
"Silas told ," Adrian said, his eyes flickering.
"Have you forgotten? I know Silas."
’He was now even more afraid to tell Claire his true identity.’
’The Sinclairs had deceived her so horribly.’
’After being through so much deception, her hatred for liars had only grown.’
’If she found out right now that he had hidden his identity from her...’
’The consequences... He didn’t dare to imagine them.’
’He couldn’t bear it.’
That was why he absolutely could not risk it.
He quickly changed the subject, asking her, "So, what are your plans now?"
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