Chapter 49

• Edward's POV
• Imogen and Eleanor were furious, but I had never felt so contented. When I heard Clara divorced me and gave birth to a baby with another man, I lost all my happiness. I believed she was only pretending on that TV show. Now I realized she was genuinely searching for a father for her child. I felt regretful and self-hating. I was the source of her pain. I had to get myself together and sort things out.
• I could not focus at work for days. Instead of heading home, I found myself cruising around Clara's part of Bristol. I could see Oliver was a regular guest at her house. I watched him come in and out, hand in hand with James. It gave me this strange feeling of despondency. The look in Oliver's eyes as he gazed at Clara was so open. She was aware of it. She had not rejected him, and she had allowed him to go and come as he pleased. My heart ached with grief, fear, and anger. Why did she love so many men? Furthermore, I had directed Harvey to tell his family about Oliver and Clara. Why hadn't the Whitfield family done a thing?