NovelEnglishChapter 34 Chrestyly
Chapter 34: Claire’s POV
| stared directly into Jordan's eyes and waited for ssort of explanation.
“The idea wasn’t for anyone to get hurt. After | saw how sad you were, | thought hiring you would help you
regain your confidence and it meant I'd be able to spend more twith you. And then | saw your work and |
was genuinely in awe and | saw the opportunity for my company’s salvation.” He shrugs as if this was reason
enough to steal my work, publicly auction it and then butcher it to harbor funds.
“Jordan, I'm really shocked. | never thought you'd have to be a person that | watch my back around too.” | say as
| look directly at him.
“Claire, | never meant to hurt you. I've loved you since college..” | stare at him in disbelief and try to recount
what he had just said to me. This is how you'd treat a woman you “loved”? You exploitedfor money and tried
to tie my hands so that | couldn't leave.
“I think your idea with love is infatuation. Running after or fantasizing sthings that just can’t be. I'm sorry.” |
say as | look down at my hands.i was disappointed in what he had done but | was more disappointed in myself
for letting it happen.
“But we can be. We've had fun Claire. | can make you happy and you can helprebuild my company. It's not
impossible.” He says as he tried to grab my hands. He grabs them out of desperation rather than Leo grabbing
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtthem while trying to steady my emotions. A tell-tale sign that | had been blinded by idea of my potential
independence and blinded by the pain I've endured the last couple of weeks.
“I think it's best we remain strangers. | don’t trust you with my work and | can’t have a relationship with
someone | don't trust either.” | get up to leave and feel Jordan grab my wrist. “So that’s it? | pour my heart out to
you and beg for your help and you're just going to leave?” He looked almost mad. Desperation was eating away
at him. This wasn’t about me. This was about what he was losing.
“Please let go.” | ask as | feel my wrist start to hurt. | didn’t want to cause a scene but | did feel a a little
intimidated. He squeezed my wriest a little tighter.
“What about my blueprints?” He asks with a determined face. He was trying to sway things in his favor. He didn’t
care about me. He cared about what my departure would do to his business. “Jordan, let go of me!” | pull my
wrist away and lose my balance. | bump into someone’s chest and turn to see it is none other than Leo. | would
say that | was grateful to see him but | can see the look on his face. He had witnessed the whole ordeal and from
the way he stood - he didn’t like what he saw. Jordan looks up at Leo and for a second, | see the color drain from
his face. Either Leo was the one to have bruised his neck or he was planning to do far worse.
“Claire, I'll escort you hnow. Go wait in the car.” He says without taking his eyes off of Jordan.
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Chapter 34 Claire's Pov
“Leo, it’s okay. Let's just leave.” Jordan may be a lot of things but leaving him to hash things out with Leo was
more punishment that he could bare.
“Go wait in the car.” This tit cout as more of a command and his voice had deepened. a command and
his voice had deepened. | think better than to try my luck and stay back to witness what might happen. | scurry
to car and wait until Leo returns.
“Is everything okay?” | ask Leo as he opens the car and gets in quietly.
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