“Ah! I’m sorry, Mr. Kirkland! I’m really sorry!”
Harper, who ‘accidentally’ fell into Horace’s arms, said in a panic. However, even after she had said, she was still in his arms and even rubbed her chest against his.
She looked flustered, but there was all complacency in her eyes. She was so confident in her appearance and figure that she firmly believed Horace would definitely fall in love with her now that she had taken the initiative.
“Get off me,” Horace said coldly and slowly. He looked cold, but there was burning anger in his eyes.
Seeing that Horace didn’t do anything about it, Harper felt a bit disappointed and wondered how he could remain unmoved in front of such a beauty.
Getting off him in disappointment, Harper sat next to him and said, “Mr. Kirkland, I’m really sorry. Did I hurt you?”
Knowing what she wanted now, Horace didn’t reply and simply ignored her. He looked away and anger arose in his heart.
“Clara, is this what you wanted? You wanted me to be with another woman so bad?”
Seeing him in silence, Harper didn’t know how he actually felt about her. But thinking about her past experience with the rich guys, she felt confident again, thinking that perhaps Horace just hadn’t gotten her hint yet. Otherwise, how could he remain unmoved?
Moving closer to him, Harper was so close to Horace that her body almost touched his. “Mr. Kirkland, let me check it for you. I don’t want you to get hurt, I…”
Seeing that her hand was about to touch his clothes, there was disgust in Horace’s eyes and he said in a cold tone, “Don’t you dare move any closer to me.”
There was a domineering aura around him and Harper felt his gaze freezing and terrifying, forcing her to move away.
Horace rolled his eyes at her and turned to look out of the window with his hands clenched into fists.
Clara, just wait for it!
Although she was terrified by the horrifying look in Horace’s eyes just now, looking at his handsome profile, Harper didn’t want to give up.
She finally got a chance to be alone with him and she had to cherish it. Otherwise, she might never find someone so perfect like him again,
Putting on an aggrieved look, she said in a gentle voice with slight sobs, “Mr. Kirkland, I didn’t mean anything. I just wanted to see if I have hurt you. Please don’t misunderstand me.”
“You know what you meant,” Horace turned to look at her and said, “You’d better mean what you said. You will never get what you want from me, so I suggest that you give it up. If it happens again, I promise, you won’t be able to survive in Stratmont.”
Hearing his words in such a serious manner, Harper suddenly gelt a bit scared. She believed that he could do it.
Moving away from him, she dared not say a word and was worried Horace might fulfill his promise if she did anything else.
But how could it be? All the men that had tried to pursue her all used all kinds of tricks to win her favor, but it seemed that in Horace’s eyes, she was nothing. She had taken the initiative to get close to him, but he didn’t feel anything.
Thinking of this, Harper felt aggrieved and her eyes couldn’t help but turn red. They said nothing more after this. Horace was wearing an unhappy face while Harper cried in silence, just like this, they reached their destination, an island.
As soon as the car stopped, Horace stood up and got off, waiting for Clara with a sullen face. Harper, who got off the car after a while of hesitation, didn’t know what to do, but stood two steps away from Horace and waited for the others to arrive with him.
Soon, the second cable car came. As soon as Clara got off the car, she saw Harper standing next to Horace with red eyes and aggrieved face.
She was happy just now, what happened? Did Horace bully her or something? Thinking of this, Clara walked up to them.
“Harper, what’s wrong? Your eyes…” before Clara could finish her words, Horace had grabbed her hand and dragged her to the other side.
“Horace, what are you doing? Let go of me!” Clara struggled, not knowing where he was taking her. Did he lose his mind?
Without answering her question, Horace looked cold and angry and he held her wrist even tighter.
“Horace, let go! Where are you taking me?” Clara kept struggling all the way, but she was a woman and there was no way she could get rid of Horace’s grip. She only felt pain in her wrist from all the struggling.
Clara’s colleagues were discussing and guessing the relationship between the two of them when they saw this.
After a long time of discussion, they were surer of one thing, which was that Horace wanted to win Clara back.
Hearing their discussion, Diane looked terrible. Why was Clara so lucky? It had been five years and she could still make Horace fall in love with her?
She clenched her fists and her fingernails were against her palms. She couldn’t figure out how she lost to Clara and why she was always luckier than her in everything.
No! She couldn’t just sit around and watch that bitch win! Someday, she would teach her a lesson and kill her spirit!
Horace didn’t stop walking until he dragged Clara to the forest nearby. He looked at Clara with his eyes filled with anger.
Shaking off his hand, Clara looked angry as well. “Are you insane? Did I do anything?”
Seeing that she didn’t know where she did wrong at all, Horace was even angrier. “You are asking me what you have done? Tell me, why did you do that?”
“What did I do?” Clara shouted at him.
Horace took a few deep breaths before he said, “Did you leave me in the car with that woman on purpose? Why?”
This was what he was talking about? Thinking of how happy he was when he was chatting with Harper just now and how angry he was with her now, Clara only felt that he was such a hypocrite. Moreover, she somehow felt aggrieved.
“I wanted to set you up with her! What? You don’t like beautiful women?” Clara said with jealousy that she herself didn’t even realize. Horace, who was also angry at the moment, didn’t find it either.
Hearing her affirmative answer, Horace’s chest was burning with anger. She was really setting him up with another woman?
He held her in his arms and turned her back against the tree, then, without any hesitation, he lowered his head and kissed her on the lips.