NovelEnglishChapter 79 Clara froze for a moment, then began to explain. "The day I was discharged, I waited for you all day-from morning until night.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"But you never showed up. On the way to the airport, I decided to say goodbye properly, so I called you." Her voice softened, but there was no mistaking the bitterness beneath her words. "Ivy answered your phone. She toldyou'd been with her all day and that you didn't want to see me.
"She said I should stop clinging to you and making it hard for you to go home, so I hung up and sent you a text instead, saying goodbye. I thought you saw it." "I didn't!" Wren's voice broke with frustration, his emotions spiraling out of control. "I never got your text! If I had, I would've known you were leaving. I would've cafter you I wouldn't have waited until now!" But as the words left his mouth, a memory hit him like a slap.
That day, he had planned to see Clara-he really had. But Ivy had shown up, holding two theater tickets, insisting they were impossible to get. She begged him to go with her to a musical, saving she'd wanted to see it for ages He hadn't wanted to go, but by had been relentless, wearing him down until he finally agreed.
tup a custom dress she'd ordered. Then, Once they got to the theater, she claimed the show didn't start until later that evening and asked him to go with her to pick up ac ran into sof her friends, and one delay after another kept piling up.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmBy the tWren realized how much thad passed, tvy had him completely tied up with her plans.
at him He hadn't thought too much of it at the time. He figured he could buy Clara a gift the next day, apologize, and smooth things over. She'd never stayed mad at before.
However, instead of forgiveness, he'd been met with the news of her sudden departure.
Now that he looked back at it, everything clicked into place-lvy must have known something. She had deliberately kept him away from Clara. Even the smallest details - the misplaced shawl she'd asked him to retrieve from the theater and the "dead phone" excuse she used to borrow his-were part of her plan And because by had admitted Clara had called, Wren hadn't considered questioning it further. If she'd denied it, he might've realized something was off. He clenched his fists, hating himself for being so blind.
"I didn't mean to let you down," Wren said, his voice hoarse with regret. "I had no choice that day I didn't mean to leave you waiting.
"Clara, can't you forgivejust this once? Letmake it up to you. I owe you that meal, so I'll cook it for you right now. Whatever you want, I'll make it." Clara shook her head gently, her expression resolute. "It's not necessary. What's done is done, Wien. Sthings can't be fixed, and we can't go back to how things
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