Chapter 192 Deliberate Ambiguity

Harmony nodded. "Rio left for the company early in the morning. He's probably quite busy." Clarissa felt dubious. Busy? No matter how busy he was, surely, he could spare the time to visit her. Horatio was clearly being deliberately distant with her. Natalie had definitely put him under a spell, which was why he was becoming less and less interested in Clarissa. His relationship with Clarissa had been quite good up until Natalie appeared. Clarissa lowered her head and took small bites of oatmeal to hide the resentment in her gaze. However, she soon perked up again. It was fine. She would have plenty of time to fix this in the future. After moving into the Hurrell residence, she would have plenty of opportunities to meet with Horatio, and she would use every trick up her sleeve to seduce him. She refused to believe there was any man alive who could resist the temptation. Harmony noticed that Clarissa seemed rather unhappy. Recalling that Clarissa had mentioned Horatio just now, sh