Chapter 24

Clara felt her body trembling uncontrollably. Five years had passed. This was something she'd kept buried in her heart, something she'd deliberately avoided facing. If possible, she'd wished Lucas would never find out. It didn't matter if he hated her forever. "Did you really think that secretly returning the 50 million dollars could erase what happened?" Lucas had already found out about everything. The only misfortune was that he had discovered it too late. He recalled how Sally had called her to his bedside half a year ago, before she'd passed away. Her mind had been clouded from her illness, but she'd still vividly remember how she'd forced Clara to leave him. "You've been alone all these years, without a woman by your side. You always say marriage can wait, but I know you still have only her in your heart. Lucas, I don't get it. What's so special about her that you can't let her go?" Sally asked. Lucas had grown increasingly silent in front of Sally, but that day, he'd fi