6 Clara...

As Juliette heads back to work, everything seems to be normal. But suddenly, there was another ruckus.

"When can we have some quiet times?" Juliette sighed.

"It's hard to be quiet when the CEO is coming over." Her colleague said.

"Eh... really?" Juliette was curious as to why the CEO is coming over now.

"Juliette! The CEO is coming up now!"One of her colleague was so eager to meet the CEO that one of her mascara almost falling off.

"Lisa! Your mascara is falling off." Juliette laughed a bit.

"There. I fixed it for you." Juliette said

"You're the best!" Lisa smiled.

As Darien entered the office, his eyes were immediately fixated on Juliette. Juliette smiled and bowed.

"Sorry if I caused a ruckus around here. I just need to borrow Juliette. Is that okay?" Lisa oohed and pushed Juliette forward.

"Just for this afternoon." Darien gave Juliette a wink.

"Sure Sure! Go ahead." The manager told Juliette the work will be fine and she will take care of it.

"The CEO is so goodlooking... ugh.. I want him as my future husband." Another colleague said.

"Go back to work everyone." The manager told everyone to calm down.

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"Sorry for asking you to come out in the middle of work." Darien apologized.

"It's fine. There wasn't really much work to do. What do you want to talk about?" Juliette said.

"I... want to ask you something. Do you know anything about Clara?" Darien asked.

"Your fiancée? I am not too sure." Juliette scratched her head.

"You seem to know when we were at my office." Darien told her.

"Mr. CEO, I know you've mistaken me for your fiancée but I really don't know about anything. I lost all of my memories from more than 8 years ago so I don't think I will be any help." Juliette told him.

"I'm sorry for forcing you, Juliette. It's just... hard to accept... I never saw her dead body nor did I go to her funeral. People always tell me that Clara is already dead. I still believe she is alive." Darien sounded really desperate.

"Can you do me a favor?" Darien asked.

"Sure. What is it?" Juliette replied.

"If this is okay for you, can you stay with Timothy and be his mother for a week? It will be paid. I don't want force you. It's just Timothy really missed her mother." Darien said.

"I'll do it." She thought how hard it must've been for him to take care of a kid alone.

"Thank you. It means a lot to me. I'll ask my driver to drive us back." Darien signalled to his driver and they headed to Darien's home.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Timothy ran over to Juliette. "You're back home now, Mommy! I want to show you something." Timothy dragged Juliette inside the room.

"I'll be back." Juliette quickly said.

As Juliette went into the house, it looked luxurious. How much would this have cost... she thought.

"Good evening, Miss. Juliette. Darien told us about you." One of the maid greeted her. Juliette bowed too.

"No wonder, Darien took you in. You really do look like his former fiancee. Clara and him were so close to each other. It's a shame Clara passed away so early leaving their child behind." One of the maid told her.

"Miss. Juliette, I know this is a hard favour but ever since Clara passed away... he never smiled. He only smiled for Timothy. He was depressed for a long time and he even tried to commit suicide but he did not succeed. I stopped him just in time. While you are here, Miss. Juliette... can you help the CEO to smile and laugh again?" Juliette nodded, "I will." Even though Juliette did not remember anything for the past 8 years or something.. she could not just leave the CEO... not right now. The CEO needed her.

Timothy peeked outside and said, "Mommy, come in!"

"Look, Mommy! This is the puzzle I made. Can you play with me?" Timothy begged.

"Sure. What do you want to play?"

"Let's play with those cars. Daddy bought the race tracks too. See? You build it this way." Juliette smiles as she watched Timothy.

Darien watched them and suddenly he saw Clara in Juliette. Darien saw her smiles were the same as Clara, the way she moved her hair behind her ears were exactly same as Clara.

"Clara..." Darien wiped his tears away and went upstairs.

Juliette went upstairs to find the washroom when she heard sobbing.

"Mr. CEO? Are you in here?" She knocked three times.

Darien was holding a picture of Clara, Juliette saw him sobbing.

Juliette went into his room and locked the door.

"Darien...it's me, Clara." Darien turned his head and cried.

"Clara, don't ever leave me. It's hard... without you. I missed you so much." Darien hugged Juliette so tight that she barely can breathe.

"I won't leave you, Darien." Darien cried and slept on Juliette's chest.

Juliette sighed and talked to herself...

"He must've mistaken me for Clara again..."

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