Two Times the Charm by Mr. Wilson

Chapter 411

With a tight clench of her hand and her teeth biting down hard on her lip, Clara felt an agonizing pain slowly welling up in her heart.

She thought she could have maintained her calm, even in the face of the prospect of Emmett being together with Leah. But then why did it still hurt so much for her?

“My boy, you haven’t gotten over her, have you?” Sophia’s words hit like a sledgehammer. She quickly pulled her son aside. “Don’t waste your pride on a woman like that. Kick her out of the Melendez family now! It’s been humiliating enough having her around, and now you’ve given her a job in our house? Are you trying to give me a heart attack? Every time I see her face, I feel

sick!”

“Well, then I’ll have her work with me and keep her away from you.”

“You’re missing the point entirely, son. She…”

Before Sophia could finish speaking, Emmett interrupted her curtly, “I have my reasons for my decisions. You brought Leah back without consulting me, didn’t you?”

loss for words. “I did that for your own good. Leah is the biological mother of the two children, and if you two could be together, it would be good for everyone

and after a moment, he spoke in a low voice. “I know what I’m doing, and I don’t need you to interfere. You better

dare to vent her anger on him. Instead, she turned her ire towards Clara, who

you to serve us dinner? Hurry up

when Sophia suddenly called out to her. “Also, I better not see you during dinner! I don’t care whether you pretend

“Yes, I understand.”

let down my son’s affection for you, even

remained clenched tight, her nails digging

she hadn’t anticipated that her self-esteem would

she had no power to

Dinner began.