Chapter 18

A full week had passed after they'd registered their marriage, and Clara hadn't seen Lucas. The Sables hadn't asked to see her either. In truth, she'd always had doubts about this marriage alliance. How could the Sable family ever accept her? Five years ago, the Zimmermans had faced a crisis. At that time, Clara's mother had been gravely ill, teetering on the brink of death. Lucas' mother, Sally York, had approached Clara and said, "You're not worthy of our family. Here's 50 million dollars. Take the money and leave Lucas." Clara had never been humiliated like that before. For the first time, she'd felt too small to face others. But at that moment, her family needed her. Her mother needed her. When she took the 50 million dollars, she lost Lucas, her first love. After that, Lucas clung to her relentlessly. She'd said everything she could to hurt him and finally made him give up. In the past three years, whenever she'd been intimate with Sebastian, she'd always thought of Lucas