Chapter 2 A Deal

Hadrian's face darkened instantly, and his indifferent eyes swept across the female body in front of him, "You seek death."

"Why should I divorce you? So that you can be with that shameless woman? I'm still the Dawsons mistress if I don't want a divorce."

For the first time, Clara rebelled and spoke her heart out.

"Clara, if you want the title of Mrs Dawson, that's up to you. But, you better not interfere in my personal affairs. I have nothing to do with you emotionally."

Hadrian is so cruel!

But Clara still loved him so much that she couldn't help herself.

She was even willing to step back and try to mend their relationship.

"I'll cook for you."

Clara said it all of a sudden, but Hadrian didn't react right away. His brain circuits don't seem to understand.

Hadrian ignored her and reached for the car keys on the small table by the sofa. Just walk out the door.

Again, she was the only one left in the empty mansion.

After she saved the pregnancy report, she put on an apron. She busied herself in the kitchen, only to cook delicious meals for herself.

Even if she didn't want to eat it, she had to feed what was in her stomach.

Her stomach was bound to get bigger every day, and she still couldn't find a way to talk to Hadrian.

If he heard the news of her pregnancy, he would either show the joy of being a new father or stare at her coldly and ask her to abort the pregnancy.

She made two plates of food and one bowl of New England clam chowder soup, which was very light.

This soup is made of slightly sweet-smelling salted clams and chunks of meat. She forgot to put the orange juice in to get rid of the fishy smell of the clams and ate them in one gulp. Nausea immediately invaded Clara's stomach. She immediately crouched down beside the trash can and threw up.

Somehow, her tears fell.

Clara clutched her stomach and was in great pain on the sofa. Without thinking, she contacted Hadrian.

The call quickly connected.

"Hadrian, my stomach hurts. Can you go home and take me to the hospital?"

There was a tinge of patience in Clara's voice.

The other end of the phone was silent for a moment and then answered, "Wait for me."

Hadrian had just left a club when he received a call from Clara. He thought she had found the answer, but he didn't expect it to be a bitter trick.

On the way home, Hadrian drove fast. He thought if her stomach hurt so much, then she didn't care, and if it was a big problem, the woman just needed to be taken to the hospital.

If Clara was deliberately playing tricks to win his sympathy, he definitely wouldn't let her go.

Whenever he returned to this villa, there would always be light in the house. The light waiting for him to come home.

If that person is his lover, then he will feel happy.

But, that person is not his lover.

Stepping into the living room, he saw Clara lying on the sofa with a pale face covering her stomach.

Hadrian walked over and touched her forehead; not hot.

After carefully measuring her pale face, he bent down and picked up Clara without saying a word.

Clara opened her blurry eyes and looked at the man in front of her, who was still a mess; she smiled slightly, "I'm not in so much pain anymore. I don't need to go to the hospital; please let me rest for a while."

Hadrian heard those words, put Clara back on the sofa, and looked down at Clara with a condescending look and arms crossed over his chest, "I must say, your tricks are very clever. I used to think you were stupid, but now it seems I was wrong. You are very clever."

"Do you think I purposely lied to you to get you back? " Clara never thought that she would treat Hadrian like this, "Yeah, I did it on purpose. You are my husband. I thought, what's wrong with sending you home? "

Now it was Hadrian's turn to freeze. He didn't expect Clara to admit this fact directly.

"You are so shameless!"

"If it can change your mind, then why shamelessly?" Clara raised her eyes and looked straight at Hadrian.

She didn't know where she got the courage to speak to Hadrian in such an attitude.

"Hadrian, give me a chance, okay? Let's try to be together for a month. If you still... don't love me after a month, then we're going to get a divorce. I can promise that." Clara gave up her pride. She begged the man to give her a chance.

In fact, Clara is very beautiful. With the kind of beauty that people envy, a small waist and long legs. From this angle, her eyelashes, nose and mouth are also dazzling.

Just as Hadrian was about to speak, his phone suddenly rang. He saw the caller's name, picked it up quickly, walked to the side, lowered his voice to the person calling, and said, "I'm at home. I can't come to your place tonight. Honey! Do it! I'll be at your place tomorrow."

That soft, magnetic voice was very similar to Hadrian's coaxed Clara earlier. Now, she heard voices like this again. She didn't like it; instead, she was disgusted.

Because the one who was treated gently was not her.

Clara got up, put on her sandals, and walked toward the stairs one step at a time.

She was too tired and needed rest.

Even though the stomach pain was gone, she still felt weak all over, and she didn't know why.

Se walked into the room, closed the door, took a deep breath, took out her pyjamas and walked to the bathroom.

Just as she came out of the bathroom, Hadrian stood at the door and asked coldly, "One month?"

"Well, one month. But you must go home every day and can't have sex with other women."

The two immediately came to an agreement.

Hadrian began his one-month stay the next day.

Only living in this house, but not sleeping together.

The two had split rooms a year ago.

Clara moved out of Hadrian's room and into a small room.

She suddenly became pregnant because one night, Hadrian drank wine and was brought back by his assistant.

She helps Hadrian back to the room, but Hadrian's sudden kiss scares Clara until she freezes in place.

After that, everything just went on.

But when Clara woke up the next day, the bed next to her was cold, and she knew Hadrian was gone again.

Slowly, he knew he would not be fine and stepped into Hadrian's room.

But now, for a month, she wanted to give it a try.

The man grabbed Clara's hand when Hadrian saw Clara walking into his room with the blanket. He said displeasedly, "I promised to stay together again for a month. But I didn't say I would sleep with you."

Clara's heart immediately froze. She smiled, embarrassed and explained slowly, "Well, I just went in the wrong direction."

She hugged the blanket and returned to her room, embarrassed.

She gently touched her stomach and comforted her, "It's okay, kid. We still have a month."

Clara was totally naive to think that a month might change the relationship between the two.

*

But when she finished shopping with a big bag of vegetables and returned to a taxi, the woman opened her cell phone in the car. She saw the scandals of her husband and others.

The title that becomes the headline is very interesting.

"Love between the young master of the Dawson family and film and television star Dona Lee unfolds."

It was also accompanied by a photo of the two of them eating in a special room of a luxury restaurant. Even though the light was dark and not clear enough, Clara could recognize the man in the black suit as her husband at a glance.

Looking back at the news, on May 10, 2022, just the day before, she was admitted to the hospital to find out that she was pregnant.

Clara knows Dona, a female artist who has won a Rose Entertainment Award. She is 26 years old and belongs to the great and beautiful female artist. She has several works, plus she has won prestigious awards. Dona was in the entertainment circle and became a famous artist.

The Dawsons are a large and powerful family in America. Not only rich but also has a background that makes people shy. What woman wouldn't want to catch a big fish like the Dawsons?

Now the scandalous relationship is suddenly revealed. For Dona's career, it's a boost to the skies!

But Clara wouldn't hold it in, so she changed her mind.

As she stood at the gates of the Dawson Group with the lunchbox, her heart beat non-stop.

She had never been to Dawson's company. First, her education level was not high, and she could not understand their business dealings. Second, as Hadrian had said before, she wasn't allowed to go to the company to find him.

But today, she couldn't help but come.

The clerk at the front desk is a very soft and beautiful girl with subtle makeup and a sweet smile. Seeing Clara's arrival, she got up and asked politely, "Good afternoon; who are you looking for?

"Hadrian."

"President Hadrian? Do you have an appointment?"

Clara shook her head.

The receptionist politely replied, "Miss, I'm sorry. You can't see him if you don't have an appointment."

"I... I... his wife, can you let me go up?" Clara never mentioned the relationship between the two in front of anyone. So, suddenly the words came out, and she stuttered and lowered her head bashfully.

The receptionist opened her mouth in shock. She knew that women from all walks of life often came here to meet Hadrian, either claiming to be girlfriends or friends.

But no one dared to claim to be President Hadrian's wife as a reason to meet him.

The staff at the reception desk had never heard that President Hadrian was married. So she must be a swindler.

So the staff at the reception desk ruthlessly refused Clara's request.

With a heat-resistant lunchbox in her hands, Clara was helpless and had no choice but to sit on the sofa in the rest area on the left side of the first floor. The woman sat stupidly, waiting for Hadrian to come down.

She couldn't dial Hadrian's number, so she could only wait.

Time passes quickly.

When she finally saw Hadrian come out of the elevator, Clara happily walked forward and grabbed Hadrian's arm, "Hadrian, are you hungry? I brought you your favourite sweet and sour beef ribs and grilled prawns too."

Hadrian quickly grabbed her arm, grabbed Clara's hand impatiently, and walked out of the gate.

Seeing no one was around, he asked angrily, "Why are you here? Who asked you to come?"

"I came alone. I'm tired of being home alone, and your stomach isn't feeling well, either. I specially cooked your favourite dish. This is for you. It's almost dinner time. So you can sit down and eat. "

Clara didn't see Hadrian's displeased face.

The woman tried not to think about it. She wanted to try her best to change the bad situation between them.

Hadrian grabbed Clara's lunchbox. "Come back quickly."

Clara and Hadrian slowly walked together.

Hadrian pressed the elevator and quickly entered the elevator to the floor where he worked.

While Clara saw a black lunch box lying quietly in the trash.

After sending a message to Hadrian, Clara returns home in despair.

In Hadrian's office, on the top floor, to be precise.

Hadrian, immersed in reading the documents, suddenly saw the screen of his phone light up.

On the screen was a message from Clara:

[Your stomach has a bad condition. Remember to eat on time. I'm going home]

*

When the house is empty, it looks very lonely.

Clara was sitting on the sofa, wiping the dust off the picture frame with a cloth.

This wedding photo was taken in a high-end studio the day they got the marriage certificate.

In the photo, both of them are clearly smiling happily. Hadrian put his arm around Clara's waist, and Clara shyly rested her head on the man's broad shoulders.

Clara still remembers that when she took wedding photos in the studio, she grabbed Hadrian's hand with happiness on her face, and she said, "Mr Dawson, please take care of me in the future!"

Hadrian touched her soft hair saying, "Miss Allen, please take care of me too."

"We'll be happy forever, right?"

"Emm, forever." Where did the word forever come from? It's only been two years, and the man is already thinking about getting a divorce.

If there is a big gap in the marital relationship between them, it is still possible to be repaired.

What if the third party came to provoke?

Hearing the doorbell ring, Clara ran to the door and opened it.

This is the start of an annoying situation.

Her husband was drunk and turned into a mess, and the person who helped him get back was the media's rumoured girlfriend, a major artist, Dona Lee.

Dona wore a tight red lace dress with wavy light brown hair. Her eyes were already pretty and had some eyeshadow smudged around them, making them look bigger and brighter.

Clara had to admit that she was absolutely beautiful.

She smiled slightly with a thin layer of peach red lips and looked at Clara, "Sorry, Hadrian drank too much. By the way, I'll take him. Which side is the room?"

Clara saw that her slender left hand was placed ambiguously around Hadrian's waist, like a ridiculous scene in a TV drama where a third party came to the house triumphantly to provoke the real mistress.

But Clara wasn't like that at all.

She pushed Dona away with all her strength, supported the unconscious Hadrian, and glared at Dona fiercely, "He's my husband, so I won't bother you."