Elegance defined the woman. Her long hair was combed back and styled into a chignon. A diamond hairpin held the hair knot in place. A pair of delicate pearl earrings underscored her gentle face and the matching necklace accentuated the royal blue cheongsam that wrapped her curvaceous figure. Rachel immediately recognized the woman. It had been four years since she last saw her, yet she hadn’t changed. She looked gentler than she was in her white gown back then. “Dr. Jimenez, it’s been a long time since we last saw each other,” Rachel said. Clara had seen Rachel from a distance. She just wasn’t sure it was her. And now, standing in front of her, Clara stood transfixed.
A few days ago, Clara had heard that Rachel was still alive. Still, it felt surreal seeing Rachel with her own eyes.
“Cousin,” Ameer addressed her politely. Rachel raised her eyebrows, surprised. Clara was Ameer’s cousin?
“Ameer’s mother and my mother are sisters,” Clara explained when she noticed Rachel’s confused look. “Clara, do you know Miss Bennet?” Ameer threw an inquiring look at Clara and then turned his eyes to Rachel.
friends.” Rachel furrowed her eyebrows. She and Clara knew each other but not so much that they would be regarded as good friends. Actually,
looked away. The first time that Rachel heard the word was from Carson. It didn’t make her feel uncomfortable. Carson was a
and a woman came to hurt her badly. That was
any affection she would have for others. “Oh, I see,” Ameer said as he
for a month now. There’s a project there that he
asking about Roger. He glanced at Rachel but found her showing no interest in what they were talking about. He felt
see them since I haven’t seen
s eyes darkened. She seemed to know
be a good idea to have a
Clara followed Ameer with her eyes and then looked
It seemed that she had no
She knew that look that Ameer had given Rachel. He was looking at Rachel the way Roger had at that time. Clara had no wish that there would be another one in
so that she could
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