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Married to the CEO'S son

"I've already known that you are the most arrogant and pompous being I've ever seen nor met but now I would add being senseless and unreasonable to the list -what did you take me for kelvin Morgan? a cheap slut? ". Claire said glaring at him trying to pour out all her frustration and pent up anger through her words. It's been four years since she had started working with the Morgan's beauty world and she barely got to see the so called hier of the company. though their parts barely crossed, she would not denie the fact that she's familiar with the CEO of the company, not that she wants anything in return but because he's a kind and simple man. a retired General. And here his arrogant and pompous (of course I know he's pompous) son wants me to marry him or I lose my job. Claire thought as she rolled her eyes. "Who gave him the right?.. me.. marry him because he's the heir?.. no way ".

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Chapter 14

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 .

       "𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 ?" 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 .

       "𝗛𝘂𝗵 ?" 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱 .

       "𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁- 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿 ." 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗿.

        "𝗢𝗵𝗵 ..." 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 ,𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 ,

      "𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 -"

     "𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿 ,𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 ." 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘅𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 .

     𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 ,𝗗𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲, 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲 ,𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲.

       "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 ?" 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱 .

       "𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 ." 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀.

    𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 ...𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺 ,𝗶 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 ." 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 .

      "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘀." 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱.

       𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗾𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱. 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 ,𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.

     "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼 ,𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 ." 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 .

     𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱. 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹...𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀.

       "𝗔𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘁 ...," 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗺𝘂𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺 ,

  

       "𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 ." 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 .

        "𝗦𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁?" 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 .𝗴𝗼𝘀𝗵...𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁 .

     𝗬𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 .

     "𝗛𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘆, 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆 ." 𝗠𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲.

     "𝗦𝗼 ...𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 ?"

 

      "𝗠𝗺." 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝗱 .

     "𝗛𝗺𝗺 ..." 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 .

      "𝗞𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻..." 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 ,𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲. 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁 .

      "𝗡𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 ." 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘆 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.

      "𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 ?" 𝗠𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 .

    "𝗔𝗵- 𝗻𝗼 ." 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘆 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱.

      "𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 ..." 𝗠𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 .

      "𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 ..."

     "𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻-𝗹𝗮𝘄," 𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 ,"𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 ?"

     𝗗𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱, "𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 ." 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘁 .

     𝗦𝗛𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁 .𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 .𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱.

      "𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝗱 ," 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗸,"𝗜'𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 ."

        "𝗢𝗸𝗮𝘆." 𝗠𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱.

    𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹 ,𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 ,𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻.

     𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁  𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁 .𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 ,𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 ,𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 ,𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗯𝘆𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 .

     𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵 ,𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻. 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 ,𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲. 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 .

     "𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 ."𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 .

     𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 ,𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 .

    " 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘁 ."𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝗯 .

     𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻,𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀 ,𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲.

      "𝗠𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗿 ..." 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺.

      "𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 ."

    "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗥𝗶𝘁𝗮 ?" 𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴.

    𝗕𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 ,𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱

      "𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 ."

      "𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲?𝗺𝘆 𝗦𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲 ?" 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀.

        "𝗬𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗿 ."

       "𝗢𝗵 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁," 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 ,"𝗴𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 ."𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲  𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘂𝗽.

      "𝗢𝗵 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻-𝗹𝗮𝘄." 𝗠𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 .𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀, 𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝗴.

      "𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 ?" 𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 .

      𝗔𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 ,𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱,

      "𝗜 ...𝗜'𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲.."

    𝗠𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 .

       "𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲 ." 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 .𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻.

     𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁?...

        "𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 ," 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻, "𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿." 𝗠𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀.