Chapter 4

• Claire had just woken up from her sleep and the only maid who was serving her under William's order rushed in,
• “ Young Mistress! Miss Flora has come to visit you. ” she reported. However, seeing the disdain look in Claire's face she immediately added, “ If you don't want to see her I can tell her that you are sick.”
• After serving her for two years, this maid who was actually working for William had grown certain sympathy for her mistress and she knew the sudden visit of Miss Flora was only going to sadden her.
• “ It's okay! Let her in. ” Claire replied but before the maid could go out Flora kicked open the door and rushed in, “ Who do you think you are that I need permission to see you, huh? ” Flora snorted as she shoot a cold glance over the maid before turning to Claire Evans.
• “ Claire Evans, ah, Claire Evans! Every time I come to see you, I find your frail body laying on bed. Why the hell are you keeping with all this, huh? Why don’t you just die and free everyone? ” she said coldly however Claire remained silent.
• “ You know that he married you only to torture you, don't you? His hatred will never diminish for you. How long are you going to keep up with that? I feel so pity on you. Why don’t you just divorce him and leave? ” she asked angrily. Claire smiled bitterly before saying, “ Why don’t you ask him to divorce me then? I'll be glad to do that if he asks me to.”
• “ You- ” Flora bits her lips while Claire get up from the bed.
• “ If it weren't for you William and I would be married by now. It’s all your fault. He chose to marry you to vent his anger or else...” Flora paused as she noticed no matter how long she cursed her, she wasn't going to be affected. She then smiled devilishly as she changed her tone.
• “ Anyway, you are his wife only by the law. He doesn’t see you as his wife. You are just a toy to him to vent his anger and hatred. Even if he didn’t marry me, he still takes me as his wife. He cares about me. He loves me so much. I'm so content with my life.” Flora paused as she looked up at Claire's expression with the corner of her eyes.
• After seeing a satisfactory change in Claire's expression, she continued, “ Last week it was my birthday and he spent whole day with me. He took me to a surprise date and had bought me so many expensive gifts. Are you seeing this pearl necklace? It’s one of the gifts that he bought for me personally. ”
• Claire only smiled faintly. She could tell at a glance that she was lying. How could she not know when William had spent the whole day tormenting her, telling her how much he hated her? How would he have time to go shopping with Flora then? However, Claire remained silent. She would not talk to people she thought unworthy of her time. But Flora misunderstood her silence. She thought her words are affecting her. So she continued on blabbering, “ Ah, I forgot! I have heard that your birthday is on the same date as mine. Now, I'm feeling bad for you. I robbed your husband on your birthday and I'm sure William wouldn't have gifted you anything. I know him. He is so cold and ruthless to the people he doesn’t like. But, you are after all his wife. He should have gifted you something. ”
• “ Ah! Take this necklace as your gift. I was bored with it anyway. You can wear it now.” Flora took off the necklace from her neck as she raised her hands towards Claire, pretending to feel wrong for her. Claire only grit her teeth as she said with cold eyes, “ I don’t want it.”
• “ How could it be? You are his wife. You must have some desire that your husband would gift you something on your birthday. Just take it! Although he is not giving it to you, it was indeed bought by him. So, it can ease your longing heart, can't it? ”
• Flora forcefully pushed the necklace towards Claire which Claire refused to accept. In the end, the necklace fell off the floor and the pearls scattered around. Flora's eyes turned fury red as she snorted, “ You... You fucking bitch! You broke the necklace.”
• Before Claire could say anything, a hard slap landed on her soft cheek making her whole body fall aside
• “ Young Mistress... ” Claire's maid yelled in fear as she had hit her head with the bed's edge and it was now bleeding. Flora froze on her place while a cold male voice sounded from behind.
• “ What's happening here?”
• Flora turned back only to meet William's dark eyes. He asked, “ What are you doing here?”
• Flora gulped as she said hesitantly, “ I... I came here to see this bitch. I was only showing the necklace that you had sent me on my birthday and she... she was so jealous that she broke it.”
• William clenched his fists as he yelled coldly, “ Claire Evans! Only a shameless woman like you would be this narrow minded to actually... ”
• William's words stuck in his throat and his eyes bewildered in shock, seeing Claire's bleeding forehead. He clenched his fists as he shot a cold glance at Flora before rushing up to Claire. He picked her up in his arms and yelle
• d coldly, “ Move out... Everybody. ”