Love in Twilight

Chapter 56

Chapter 56 Gone Was the Money The moment Damien finished speaking, he unleashed all his rage

and hatred on Clarissa. When Clarissa woke up the next day, she discovered she was covered in

bruises.

Clarissa was convinced that she was not to be blamed for this incident. In the first place, it was all

Damien’s fault for being biased. He chose to only listen to Madelynn’s side of the story rather than

attempting to consult Clarissa. The thought only served to further stoke the flames of her anger.

After she got out of bed and washed up, she refused to talk to Damien at all. Instead, she grabbed a

huge shopping bag and dumped some of her clothes into it. She even stole both of their marriage

certificates. Clarissa wouldn’t be staying in this house tonight. After that, she flagged down a cab and

headed to the hospital instead of troubling Damien to send her there.

As expected, she bumped into Madelynn in the hospital corridor. The latter was in the midst of shooting

her movie.

Clarissa simply stood there silently. Madelynn could see that the latter wasn’t in a good mood with just

one glance. However, she wasn’t sure if Clarissa’s moody state was related to Damien.

After all, Madelynn had told him what happened on Monday. Typically speaking, if Damien wanted to

unleash his fury on Clarissa, he would’ve done it by now.

“Miss York, I’ll be the one doing the talking regarding my own matters from now on. There’s no need for

you to play the role of the messenger. I know you want to get married to him. Don’t worry, he’ll be yours

to take one day!” After that, Clarissa stormed off in a huff.

Everyone else who was present looked very confused. Madelynn had always maintained a gentle and

generous persona, so she was quick to explain the situation. “She’s my sister. Don’t worry, that’s just

how she is. Let’s hurry and shoot the next scene.” After that, Madelynn watched Clarissa enter a ward

with a cold glare. She remembered seeing the ward that Clarissa’s mother stayed in. The medical card

showed the patient’s name, Theresa Hale. Since Hale was a pretty uncommon surname, Madelynn

found it easy to remember. Back then, this woman was the one…

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Clarissa intended to spend the night in her mother’s ward. Tomorrow, she would return to ber bedroom

in the dorm.

Since her mother was staying in a private ward, there was a bed designated for her caretaker inside.

She passed the time conversing with Anne, so she didn’t feel lonely at all.

Madelynn: (What’s wrong with your wise? The moment she arrived at the hospital louay, demanded to

know what exactly I told you. She even claimed that she’ll entrust you to me once she’s gone through

the divorce witli you. Everyone in the crew made fun or ine because oi this, so I had no choice but to

claim that she’s my sister.)

Damien happened to be sitting on the couch at home. When he saw the text message, he couldn’t help

but purse his lips. A vein soon throbbed on his temple. He went ahead and reported to his grandfather.

“Clarissa won’t be home tonight, She wants to take care of her mother at the hospital, because she’s Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

scared her mother’s condition might plunge unexpectedly.”

Damien’s grandfather was a very understanding man. “Of course. One can never expect the caretaker

to be able to deal with many things.”

However, Damien wasn’t concerned about that. On Monday, just as Clarissa arrived at the company for

work, the landline phone on her desk started ringing “Come here.” Damien’s cold command rang from

the receiver. Clarissa was in the midst of being grouchy and angry at Damien. Since he wanted her to

go to his office, she would refuse to comply like a stubborn mule. Besides, there were many tasks to be

done on a Monday morning. Damien spent a long time waiting in his office, but Clarissa had never

shown up. In the end, he decided to give Howard a call. “Tell Clarissa to come to my office

immediately.”

Howard could feel numbness breaking out on his scalp. The reason Damien demanded Howard to call

Clarissa in his stead was because he was unable to summon her. If Howard failed to usher Clarissa

into Damien’s office, it would be his sole responsibility…

“Clarissa, Mr. Lawrence wants you to go to his office,” Howard said to Clarissa in a respectful tone.

“Let me finish dealing with this accounting sheet.” Clarissa was focused on the digital sheet on her

screen, and didn’t bother turning to look at Howard as she spoke. That accounting sheet was very

complex, which made Howard’s brain buzz anxiously. He called Damien and told him that Clarissa was

busy with her work. Damien took a deep breath in order to reel in his temper. Then, he said, “Tell her

she can forget about the money if she doesn’t come here as soon as possible.”

Howard didn’t understand the significance of that term, merely thinking it to be a private joke between

the married couple.

He was the head of the finance department, but he ended up becoming a lackey between the husband

and wife for the day.

After he passed the message to Clarissa, the latter was stunned for a moment before marking the

completed areas on the sheet. Then, she rose to her feet and made her way toward Damien’s office.

She knew very well the money Damien meant was the final payment of five million dollars. Clarissa had

spent so much time and effort into putting up a performance for the world. She couldn’t simply leave

without getting her reward

Even though she bought her computer without spending her own money and didn’t need to worry about

her financial situation anymore, she was still reluctant to ditch the final payment. After all, both of them

had agreed on that sum beforehand. Soon, Clarissa was knocking on Damien’s office,