Clara looked at Logan and nodded. Then she put down her bag and lay down on the sofa.
She felt sore all over after running back and forth. These were all because Horace used to dote on her so much that she became too delicate.
Logan didn’t care about her unladylike appearance. He stepped forward and handed her a glass of water, looked at her, and said, “Back home!”
Clara was, after all, a woman, and Logan was worried if she lived alone. He wants her to live with him like before.
But Clara, who has gone through a lot of things, is no longer the kind of youthful little girl.
“No, it’s fine for me and Neo to live here.” Clara smiled at Logan and declined his kindness.
“Well, since that’s the case, I won’t force you.”
Logan knew that his sister was very stubborn, and once she made a decision, she would not change it.
“Let me know when you need anything. Even if you need money.”
Then Logan said a lot of things to her and even told her many tricks to get rid of perverts.
He talked for over an hour and she couldn’t stand it anymore.
She said, “I remember that I got something to do. I gotta go. See you.”
Then she picked up her bag and ran outside.
Logan intended to distracted her attention, hoping that she would be less obsessed with the matter of Horace.
It seems that he did well. Logan smiled.
He stared in the direction Clara left and thought about something.
“Ah.” Clara managed to escape from Logan’s house and took a deep breath of fresh air.
She felt refreshed.
She looked at the time now, called a taxi, and rushed to the company.
When she asked for leave, her boss only allowed her to take one morning’s leave. It was already half past twelve.
If she didn’t hurry up, she would most likely be late in the afternoon. By then her boss would rip her apart.
The busy life made her forget the sadness of losing Horace for the time being, but occasionally she still missed him late at night.
The rest of the time, she devoted herself to work and spent time with Neo.
Her life gradually got on the right track, and later, she never cried again because of Horace.
Although she also thought about using the magazine to find Horace, in the end, it was fruitless.
Nevertheless, she still tried again and again, in case she could find him.
Clara posted a missing person notice on a small spot in the magazine.
It was about Horace.
Because he was too famous, even the notice only occupied an inconspicuous patch of space in the magazine, the news ran fast and was soon spread all over the city.
Everyone in the city now knows that Horace had disappeared and abandoned his wife and children.
But this was only their understanding, and Clara didn’t explain it. She knew that Horace didn’t care about that.
As long as she could find him, then it would be a good way.
However, the magazine has been sent out for about a month, and there is still no news.
She knew deep down that if Horace wanted to avoid them, he would never be found.
During the period, she tried to go to a private detective, but the result was the same.
Horace seemed to have disappeared from this world.
Clara waited for him while taking care of Neo.
Watching Neo grow up, she found her face gradually became wrinkled. Only then did she realize that she was already getting old.
And Horace had been gone for a year.
Hadn’t it been long enough for him to reflect on things? Why didn’t he come back?
Neo once asked her questions like this, but she just told him that his father had gone somewhere far away and he would come back soon.
She told him this every time he asked and he slowly stopped asking.
The two of them just waited and waited.
“So, the company would celebrate its tenth anniversary tonight, will you go?” The colleague on the side asked Clara.
Clara put down the pen, raised her head and thought about it, then nodded.
It had been a long time since she had been to a dinner party and since she had gone out.
It was the first party after Horace had left for two years and Clara thought she had better attend it.
And seemingly the whole company was supposed to be there.
“Yes! Then let’s go together.” The colleague heard that Clara was going too, so she thought of going with her.
None of them have ever gone out with Clara and now they finally have this opportunity, how can they not be excited.
They joined the company a few years later than Clara and she was regarded as their senior.
“Sorry, I still have to pick up my son, so I can’t go there with you guys.” Clara said apologetically. Although she could go to the party, she still had to send Neo home safely first. Only in this way will she feel reassured.
They have a babysitter at home so it shouldn’t be a big problem for him. And Neo had always been a sensible and well-behaved kid.
“Well, okay.” The two colleagues were a little disappointed that they couldn’t get there together.
When an old employee of the company said that Clara’s husband was Horace from the former Solrace, they became envious.
But their work still had to be completed.
Thinking of this, they all lowered their heads and started to work.
Clara went to pick up Neo when it was time to get off work, and then took him home.
Because the dinner party was quite late, she ate some with Neo at home and chatted with him for a while. Then she asked the nanny to take care of themselves and left.
On the way, Clara always felt that something was quite off and unsettling, but she didn’t know why.
She thought it was because she hadn’t attended the dinner party for a long time.
She is wearing a long black dress and cool makeup, which made her look like an aloof goddess.
Many newcomers were stunned when they saw Clara dressed so beautifully for the first time.
She felt everyone was looking at her, and instead of being awkward like some little girls, she smiled back at everyone generously.
There were even a few male staff who came up and invited her to dance, but she rejected them all.
She was afraid that Horace would be jealous when he found out about this, so she might as well stay out of any potential troubles.