Tony

" Clara " Glory tried chasing after her but Xavier pulled her back .

" Since you can't stop her, you should at least send someone to drop her off, so that we'll have an idea of where she lives." Glory struggled to free herself from his grip.

Even Judith wanted to chase her but don't dare to make a move without an order from her boss, initially she thought she was packing to move back to the master's bedroom , who would have thought she has other plans, ' Boss is even more complicated than his wife,how could he bear to let her leave like this?,he didn't even make any effort to clear the misunderstanding between them, is this how the so called love work? .' with deep frown on her face Judith stole glance at Xavier, but as usual his expression gave nothing out.

" How will she be able to face the world alone?, if she couldn't find her way out of the estate alone," Xavier argued stubbornly, " don't stress yourself worrying about her life out there, what you should be more worried about now is that young fellow growing inside you, now come let me show you to your room."

Seeing how resolute he was, she reluctantly gulped down her words, but they didn't settle well in her stomach.

Everything was set.....

Clara walked out of the main gate of Glorious estate with her head held high,she refused to let even a drop of tears until she blended in with the darkness. But on getting to the dreamy maple tree, memories came flooding her head, she started visualizing a sweet couple cuddling under the tree , the lady was saying something while pointing at the orange sun, while the man patiently explained to her, these were all their good memories. She looked behind her and saw two people running down the hill, when the lady ran out of strength and couldn't continue running, the guy bent over and carried her, when he foolishly forget that the sun rises from the East and set on the north, she remembered how she made fun of him and also his promise to gift her a heart shaped Maple leaf…

Not to mention what they shared just yesterday, now she understood that whatever happened yesterday was him giving her goodbye memories that will haunt her once they part, she was too naive to understand and allowed herself to get carried away by his charms.

But it was also stupid of him, what was the need for all those charades since they will finally part in the end?.

It took her a long time to flag down a taxi, since it was already late at night, she gave the driver, the address to the hotel she will be passing the night in, five minutes later the taxi pulled in front of a four star hotel, she stepped out of it and the driver offered to help her with her luggage, since she was already exhausted she allowed him, when she got to the receptionist section she checked in and collected her room key, after bidding her a good night the driver left her luggage in the care of a male staff.

She was about opening her door, when she heard the last voice she never wished to cross paths with.

" What are you doing here ?" Her father asked in bewilderment .

Clara reluctantly turned to the direction the voice was coming from, only to see the old man approaching her with his arms intimately wrapped around the waist of a young woman whose clothes could barely cover her silicone breasts and ass, with eyelashes that could easily pass for a Sparrow's wings. Instead of answering his initial question, she hissed in disgust before asking " Does aunty know ? " She nodded at the plastic doll in his arms.

" Forget about that bi**ch she and her daughter got themselve an India dick to fuck while I was gone. She only left me a divorce paper, you know how greedy she is for material things." He grumbled earning a sneer from Clara.

"So Xavier was right?Everyone in her family is lewd. If he should witness this, he would make sure he taunts her with it until he gets tired.

He stared down at the big box in front of her and hurried forward, he slightly pinched her chin," what happened, the bastard sent you packing,huh?. " He jeered with his eyes shining brightly with mockery.

Embarrassed, she looked away, taking two steps away from him .

" Ha ha ha" he let out series of mocking laugh taking her silence for a yes, " I got it right ?, your face is always easy to read through, tsk tsk tsk, I told you before, you can only be arrogant for a short time, but I wonder what would have made him have a change of feelings so soon". He ran a scrutinizing gaze at her with a deep frown plastered on his wrinkled face before concluding " It should be a woman, right? That son of a b**ch!, when he found me, he was like a loving husband, beating and scolding me while saying I'm not fit to be your father, for making you worried,who would have thought that was just a charade thinking that my abandoned daughter finally got me a wealthy son-in-law not know… "

" What are you saying?" Clara interjected amusement shining in her brown orbs , " Xavier came to India himself just for you?" She wasn't paying attention to his nonsensical counter, until he mentioned being beaten up and scolded by Xavier, but why will Xavier take such trouble to find her uncle himself?,if this the case then the wound on him,how did he get it? .

" Aren't you aware?" He asked, seeing the confused look on her face." Seriously!, I thought you begged him to come find me, but that spoiled punk was something else. I must admit, he saw right through my plans when your uncle could not, he even brought people along with him to ruin my almost successful plan. Tsk tsk, I was so close to receiving that money but he just had to show up at the wrong time, I was too merciful to only stab his leg, I should have jab that knife right through his chest instead."

Clara took two steps back in disbelief looking at her father's hideous face so this was the truth, that night he left was not for his Flora, but to find her brainless father .

But the brainless man stabbed him instead, showing him how greedy he was.

But why did he not say a word about this to her?

Why did he let her go immediately when he found his Flora?If this is love,why did he bring another woman into their home?

But as a toy to release his sexual needs, what right does she have to ask all this question?He made it clear to her from the start, she was only a tool to seek revenge for Lilac?

" Have you divorced him yet ? " He immediately pushed the lady in his arms aside before grabbing Clara's hand . Unable to find her voice, Clara could only nod her response.

" Good!, very good that bastard, how could he just divorce on his own will , I must have a good talk with him about the conditions of the divorce ."

his eyes were sparkling with greediness .

" Good! "

She glared at the man ,who was supposed to be a father to her, she was sent out of her home and her father said it was good he's even looking for ways to get hands on her share from her.

He was hopeless, she shouldn't have expected something reasonable from him .

" I have already negotiated with him through my lawyer, all that's left is for him to send the papers. " she lied.

" What did you say ?, negotiate with him ? How much ? How many houses ? How many cars ? Where did he buy the estate?What exactly did he give you? "He asks desperately.

" Nothing! " Clara uttered glaring at him with bone chilling eyes, she roughly jerked his hands from her arms.

" Oh gosh, how did that crazy bi** ch gave birth to such a stupid daughter ? to divorce with nothing... " he yammered furiously that if they were not in a public area, he would have slapped Sense into her .

" I can't ask for this much don't you have a conscience?,our family owe him a lot ? She retorted aggravatedly.

" And what do you mean by that? " he asked furiously.

" Our family owes his family a life I believe, you should know this more than anyone. "If her uncle was aware of this she is sure he knows more about it.

She wanted to know more about this but was afraid to ask, she was not sure if she could swallow the truth, but since he spent half of his life to avenge her, the truth should be a really bitter reality .

He was stunned but his cunning eyes moved, covering the fear in them , "then if that was the case he shouldn't have divorce you so easily didn't he marry to seek revenge for that girl ? now tell me why did he divorce you "

She knew how greedy and persistent he could be, so she closed her eyes and replied to him expressionlessly " he was sick of playing around with me." Then she strode off, there was nothing left to talk about with such a man.

He ran his hand on his chin,' is he really sick of playing around with her?, if that's the case why did he risk his life to find me back in India? ,no ,there should be more than meets the eyes in this matter, I'm certain she's keeping something away from me .'

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When she got to the room , she closed the door behind her and allowed her tears to roll down her cheeks. She poured out all her feelings that night .

The next day she got up and took a day off from work as she arranged her new apartment for her taste. This place was more suitable to raise her baby then the last one.

Her life continued, no kinsmen, no friends, no family, just she and her baby. She paid more attention to her health, after moving in, since she was now on her own.

She faced life like the strong woman she was.

She busied herself with renovating the restaurant, not long the small restaurant became a waiting area while she opened a mini mart, that sells only baby items and everything pregnant and women who just but to birth will be needing just next to the restaurant.

She employed more people, who will be in charge of running the two businesses while she goes to work and when she's off from work, she will assist them. She was so busy that she had no time to be sad or lock herself up thinking about him or her .

Thanks to her work with the Davis Enterprise, she could now calculate profit and loss but she discovered that she was not really doing a great job managing her small business and now she needs someone with more knowledge of business to manage it, but who?, she finds it difficult to trust people and she doesn't want to bother Alex with this things .

One sunny day a tall figure walked into the store with no intention of buying anything, he stood at the door looking around like a lost puppy.

" Sir, do you need my assistance to direct you to the mothers section or the babies?" One of the sales personnel asked politely but she got no response from this unkempt looking man.

" Okay why don't you pick a seat ,at the waiting center I will go get you what you want, if you tell us. "The lady didn't give up, she seems to have experienced situations like this even though their customers were mostly women, on some occasions some men do drop by to get things for their wife.

But this particular customer seemed strange. He didn't say anything, instead he knocked at the counter.

Clara,who was busy with some files, heard this and looked up with a frown that immediately turned into surprise " Tony Malcolm! " She almost screamed that name while jolting up from her chair. Judith said she couldn't contact him but he appeared in her shop instead .

" Do you need a shop manager ? " He asked curtly .

Clara nodded and immediately handed him the job requirement she just printed out and pushed some documents towards him .

" When would you like to start? " she asked with a smile.

" Now," he was still indifferent to her ,but his eyes were fixed on her stomach Hidden behind the counter, 'was my instinct wrong?, Why isn't it getting big?.' he wondered, still trying to get a better glimpse of it.

Hearing his answer, Clara immediately dragged him to her seat, if he becomes the manager then she has nothing to worry about.

" They are documents in the drawer down there, it has our account record for the months, if you can?Please help us with it although it's really very poor ."

" Ma'am, is it really fine to give him those confidential documents without conducting an interview on him?. " The waiters and sales personnel were dumbstruck by her actions, thinking that she just employed an unkempt looking stranger without any interview .

" Don't worry he's a good friend of mine his name is Tony Malcolm , henceforth he will be our shop manager and if he runs away with my money then I think I can still accept that, since I owe him a lot." She replied, smiling at them.

The next day she went to work at the company, Ryan arrived later after she finished with breakfast, with something neatly wrapped in a bag .

" I heard that pregnant women usually take this for breakfast. " he dropped it infront of her

" Uncle, I just finished having my breakfast, and I'm not sure I can eat more, thank you. "She politely declines the food.

"Okay, I will ask them to put it in the fridge, when you get hungry you can send it to the kitchen to be heated up,it will serve as lunch. " he knows that she was avoiding anything that would make her rely on him, since she was still not over what happened in the past.

After the meeting Clara realized that her uncle, who should be signing some important documents, was busy looking at her, as if he had something to say but didn't know how to start .

She exhaled softly, just go ahead and let it out, I'm not comfortable with your eyes digging holes in my skin. " She scoffed.

Ryan chuckled at her adorable expression "it's good you are getting better at observing people."