Even though Clarissa stayed with Catherine the whole night, her mind was somewhere else. She only had a few bites of her food before she got lost in her thoughts once again.
Naturally, her behavior did not go unnoticed by Catherine. But knowing that Clarissa had a lot on her mind, Catherine chose not to say anything.
After dinner, Clarissa accompanied the old folks to the beach for a stroll. To them, it was a lovely time as they laughed and chatted. To Clarissa, however, every second felt like torture.
It was past nine when they finally made it back to the hotel.
Even the short wait for Catherine to shower and get into bed proved to be arduous for Clarissa.
“Why aren’t you sleeping yet, Clare?”
“Oh, I’m not sleepy. Why don’t you go to bed first, Grandma? I’ll be at the balcony.”
As she watched her granddaughter walk away, Catherine sighed, not saying anything else.
Clarissa stood on the balcony, enjoying the view and night breeze. Before long, Matthew had also come out to join her, albeit on his room’s balcony.
Not only had he changed into a more comfortable outfit of T-shirt and pants, but he also seemed to be in visibly better spirits than before.
Clarissa immediately broke into a radiant smile when she saw him.
She realized how goofy she must look with such a big smile plastered on her face, but she didn’t mind it one bit. Seeing Matthew always brought so much joy to her that she couldn’t help but smile.
She wanted to say something, but the words were stuck in her throat. The more she tried to get them out, the more she hesitated.
In the end, she got so upset at herself that she stood rooted to her spot and pouted.
Matthew chuckled and shook his head. “It’s okay. We’ll just look at each other.”
But I want to do more than just look!
Despite craving physical contact with Matthew, she knew she could only contend herself with looking at him.
If the balconies were any closer, she’d have run over to join him without hesitation.
Alas, she didn’t have the superpowers to carry out that feat, so she could only watch him from a distance.
But with every passing second, it got more torturous when all she could do was look and not touch.
into her room, only to hear a sound asleep Catherine snoring
there weren’t any movements in
her in. The next thing she knew, she
wrapping her legs around his waist as she
of passion, it was like nothing in the world existed except for
their heavy breathing and sensual moans, they soon made
away, Clarissa clung
again, though his
didn’t take long
a tight embrace as he
“Matthew… “
sweet, sensual voice of Clarissa almost pushed him over the
held her down and growled softly, “It’s
asleep. She’s not going to know. I’ll head back earlier, so she
way things were going, it wouldn’t be long before
he was about to take it a step further, there
immediately pushed Matthew away and
how frightened she was,
okay, Clare. It’s just
“Oh? Dinner?”
heaved a sigh of relief. “I almost died of fright. I’ll
chastise Matthew for having his dinner so late when she found a rude shock waiting
of room service, it was Catherine who had
had also made his way to the door when he heard Clarissa’s loud gasp.
“Catherine!” Matthew exclaimed.
“Are you trying to drive me
Clarissa’s eyes as she hurriedly shook her head. “No,
she tried to explain herself,
hand in a bid to calm her down and turned his
much Clare cares about you. That’s why she promised not to marry into the Tyson family. She may have interacted with me, but she hasn’t broken that promise. I admit that my family has humiliated you and Clare, and I’d offer my sincerest apology if you’d accept it. One thing’s for sure, though. Clare
he could finish his words, Catherine held her hand up to him.
her calm demeanor a stark contrast
fast that Matthew had to
in hand, the two of them walked toward Catherine
you and Clare being together. Of course, I am partly to blame for this. I was too
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