Chapter 10 Her Mother's Effects
Lara's face froze, and there was a hint of grievance in her eyes.
"Clarissa, how can you say like this?"
Lena forced a smile and said, "Clarissa, Lara is doing this out of goodwill. Why don't you two have a chat? If there's any misunderstanding between you, you can make it clear. We'll still be family in the future."
"Family? Sorry! Everyone in the house can be my family, except you two."
"Besides, I'm the only child of my mother. Lara is not my younger sister. Please don't try to build relationship between us, okay? Aren't you afraid that my mother will become a ghost and come to find you in the middle of the night?"
"Ah!"
Lara screamed because of Clarissa's cold and fierce look, and she hid in Lena's arms.
At this moment, a shout came from the stairs.
"Clarissa!"
Clarissa looked up and saw Chloe walking downstairs with a cane.
Even though she was old, she was in good spirits and her eyes were shrewd. At this moment, her face darkened and she looked solemn and dignified.
Clarissa, however, was not afraid of her. She stood still with indifferent eyes and lofty temperament.
Chloe hated to see her like this the most. She was arrogant and stubborn, just like her dead mother. It seemed that she was born with proud genes and did not take anyone seriously.
Chloe scolded in a cold voice, "What did you say just now?"
Clarissa didn't want to answer her. After quarreling with them for many times, she felt that it was meaningless to argue with them.
If it were a few years ago, she would quarrel with them because of her mother.
But she knew that no one cared about her mother in this family, so she didn't even want to quarrel with them.
Seeing that she did not speak, Chloe thought that she was afraid, so she calmed down a little.
Then she looked at Lara who was curled up in Lena's arms. Lara looked at her with a pitiful face, just like a frightened deer. Seeing Lara like this, Chloe's heart softened a little.
"Alright! Since you have come back, let's not talk about the past anymore. Go to the dinning room and have dinner."
After that, she led the way to the dinning room.
Clarissa frowned and finally followed her.
"Clarissa, I knew you would come back today, so I asked Mary to cook your favorite dishes. Have a try and see if they're delicious."
As soon as they sat down, Lena picked up dishes for Clarissa warmly.
Clarissa suppressed the disgust in her heart. She didn't move her chopsticks, nor did she reply.
Gianni got furious when he saw Clarissa sitting there like an iceberg.
"What's wrong? Do you feel wronged to eat here? Aunt Lena is your elder. Shouldn't you thank her for picking up dishes for you?"
Clarissa still didn't say anything.
Even if she didn't want to quarrel with them, she couldn't treat a woman who forced her mother to die well and had dinner with her at the same table.
She put down her chopsticks and said coldly, "You don't need to say this! I'm not hungry, and I don't want to eat. Why did you ask me to go back? Let's get straight to the point!"
Chloe looked at her with shrewdness in her eyes.
This time, she did not get angry. She just said in a deep voice, "It seems that you hate this family very much. Since you don't want to eat, no one will force you. I asked you to come back today because I have something to inform you."
"On Lara's birthday the day after tomorrow, we will hold a birthday party for her. We have already discussed with the Duncan family that we will announce their relationship at the party. You need to attend it at that time."
"If anyone asks you, you should say that the one who have got engaged to Elliot is your sister. This is also for your own good. Since you've broken up with Elliot, let go of your obsession with him!"
Clarissa looked at Chloe in shock.
She had never thought that this was why they tried to let her go back.
She looked at Chloe. After a long time, she suddenly laughed in a low voice.
"Do you mean that I have to be the stepping stone for them and help them announce their love?"
Chloe's face darkened and she looked unhappy, "What are you talking about? You are doing this not only for Lara, but also for yourself!"
After a pause, she added, "You're a girl, and you're going to get married in the future. Is it nice to be known that you have been abandoned by a man?"
"What if I don't agree?"
"You have to agree even if you don't want to! I've already made up my mind! You're not allowed to refuse me!"
"What if I insist on not going?"
Chloe smiled coldly. Her eyes were full of sarcasm and disdain as she glanced at Clarissa.
"You will go, unless... you don't want those things left behind by your mother."
There was a moment of silence in the dinning room. It was so quiet that the sound of a needle dropping to the ground could be heard.
Clarissa suddenly stood up from the chair.
Her face was livid as she stared at Chloe coldly.
After a long time, she laughed apathetically.
"Very good! You can threaten me for the time-being, but you can't threaten me forever!"
"Threatening you for the time-being is already enough."
Chloe calmly put down her chopsticks as if she didn't know that Clarissa was angry.
"At eight o'clock in Voyage Hotel, the day after tomorrow. Don't be late."
......
When Clarissa came out of the Chapman family, it was already eight o'clock at night.
The autumn wind made her body cool, but it couldn't blow away the anger in her heart.
She always knew that Chloe favoured Lara, but she didn't know that she could be partial to this extent.
She didn't even want to behave like a grandmother. She threaten her with her mother's effects and let her help Lara.
It was so ridiculous!
Clarissa stood on the side of the road. She was furious for a while, but she soon calmed down.
Her mother, Sierra Campos, had asked a lawyer to make a will before she had an accident.
The content of the will was very simple. She had a safe in the bank. If she died one day, everything in the safe would belong to Clarissa.
The only requirement was that Clarissa couldn't get the safe until she got married. Before that, there would be a special lawyer to keep the safe.
Clarissa didn't know why her mother would make such a will, and she didn't know what was in the safe.
But in the past few years, the Chapman family had tried to let her give up her mother's safe several times.
Of course, she would not agree. Putting aside the value of the items in the box, she couldn't give it to others because it was her mother's remains.
But she was more convinced that the things in the box must not be simple.
Otherwise, the Chapman family wouldn't want to get it because they were already very rich.
While she was thinking about it, a black Audi passed by her and stopped in front of the gate of the Chapman family.
Clarissa was in a trance for a moment. The next second, she heard a familiar male voice.
"Clarissa? Why are you here?"
Clarissa turned her head to look at Elliot who had just got off the car. He wore a dark blue suit, which set off his tall and straight figure. He was in high and vigorous spirits.
She smiled mockingly and said in a cold voice, "Mr. Duncan, it seems that you're so busy and you even forget what my surname is."
Elliot was slightly stunned, and his face was a little stiff.
Of course, he would not forget that Clarissa's surname was Chapman. Strictly speaking, this place was also her home.
It was just that in the past few years, she had cut off all her relationships with the Chapman family and had never come back. So he was surprised to see her here all of a sudden.
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