Chapter 973 She Lost Her Memory
Clarissa asked in return, "Not in a good health?"
Then, she lowered her gaze to Sierra, who was hiding behind Robert.
Meanwhile, Sierra was grabbing Robert's clothes while hiding behind him and looking at Clarissa with fear.
Suddenly, Clarissa laughed.
She laughed in an ironic and sad way.
"Are you... afraid of me?"
Sierra didn't say anything. As she stared into Clarissa's eyes, she grew more and more terrified.
At the same time, Robert looked uneasy. He kept Sierra closely to his back as if Clarissa would hurt her out of the blue.
Seeing this, Chantel went forward with embarrassment and tried to pull Clarissa back.
"Cut it out, Clarissa. We're here for business..."
"Shut up!"
All of a sudden, Clarissa let out a furious roar.
Chantel was dumbstruck.
For so many years, although there were many conflicts between her and Clarissa, this was the first time Clarissa publicly yelled at her.
Hence, Chantel's temper flared up.
"What are you doing, Clarissa?! Can you behave yourself when you are at someone else's office? Sit back down!"
Naturally, Chantel wanted to show her authority as an elder. However, Clarissa's mind was loaded with fury, so Chantel's words would only fall on deaf ears.
After Clarissa shook Chantel off, she stared at Sierra, who was still hiding behind Robert.
"Aren't you dead? Why aren't you dead? Why are you here? If you're alive, why didn't you come to me? Since you raised me, why did you secretly leave and abandon me in that hell-like house for more than ten years? Why?!"
As she spoke, tears streamed down her cheeks.
After hearing what she said, everyone was taken aback.
Mr. Jenkins was in disbelief, while Chantel's jaw dropped in surprise.
As for Robert, his face changed, and he seemed to understand something. With that, he looked at Clarissa with complicated emotions.
However, Sierra still looked clueless.
"What... What are you talking about? I can't understand anything."
She slightly knitted her brows. Although she was terrified and puzzled, she still politely looked at Clarissa.
After hearing Sierra's words, Clarissa shook her head sarcastically.
"Oh, really? I'm your daughter! The daughter that you've left behind in the Chapman family for more than ten years. Do you understand now?!"
Both Mr. Jenkins and Chantel widened their eyes in shock.
Not only was Chantel baffled, but she even stuttered.
"Clarissa, so... you said she...she's..."
Clarissa's gaze was ice-cold. "Yes! She's my adopted mother and the eldest daughter of the Campos. Sierra Campos. 11 years ago, she was supposed to die in a car accident! Got it?"
Upon hearing that, Chantel was bewildered.
Sure enough, she knew about Clarissa's past.
Other than the fact that Clarissa was the lost daughter of Vivian, Chantel had also heard about her adoptive mother back in Visstead.
However, she had a prejudice against Clarissa at the time, and she was not interested to know more about it.
Therefore, she didn't pay much attention to her adoptive mother's name. As time flew by, she even forgot her surname.
Otherwise, when Sierra introduced herself, she would have recalled Sierra's name.
Stupefied, Chantel turned her head to Sierra.
At this moment, Sierra's face was ashen, and she frantically waved her hand, "No... I'm not... I'm not..."
After that, Clarissa slowly approached her.
For every step she took forward, Sierra and Robert would take a step back until they were forced to the corner of the wall.
Then, Clarissa stopped and asked coldly, "Why didn't you tell me that you are still alive? Why didn't you come back?"
Sierra's expression was flurried.
In the end, Robert explained, "Clarissa, don't push her anymore. She has forgotten everything!"
To Clarissa, his words were like a bolt from the blue. Instantaneously, she looked at Sierra in disbelief.
With a frown between his brows, Robert took a deep breath as if he had made up his mind.
"If you want to know what happened throughout all these years, why don't you have a seat? I can tell you everything."
Five minutes later.
Everyone sat down. With a sullen expression, Clarissa stared at Sierra across from her.
On the other hand, Sierra was flustered as she sat next to Robert while holding onto his hand tightly. It was as if she was clutching onto a life-saving straw.
After Robert comforted Sierra with a soft, gentle voice, he looked at Clarissa.
"Actually, you can't blame your mother for this. You should blame your heartless father instead!"
Then, he revealed everything that had happened in the past.
It turned out that when Clarissa was only seventeen years old, Sierra had unintentionally discovered Lena and Lara.
As she had married Gianni for nearly twenty years, she thought that they had always loved, supported, and respected each other. Besides, she had deeply trusted him, so she handed over all her family business to him.
However, she didn't expect that he had secretly cheated on her long ago. Not only that, but his children were already an adult.
During that period of time, Sierra couldn't stand such a big blow. Thus, she was often unhinged and spent most of her time drinking.
Even so, according to her character, no matter how severe the blow was, she wouldn't commit suicide.
Therefore, after a period of dejection, she decided to give up this unworthy marriage and chase Gianni out of the house with nothing.
Unexpectedly, Gianni refused to divorce.
Besides, he also confessed that he had secretly transferred all the company's assets throughout these years.
If Sierra insisted on divorcing him, she wouldn't be able to get a single cent of the company's assets. As for himself, he could start over a new family with Lena and Lara and continue to live a carefree life.
Moreover, she might also have to bear a huge debt.
When Sierra heard this, she went off the deep end.
The company was given to her by her father, and she gave the company to Gianni out of trust. However, it didn't occur to her that Gianni was an ungrateful person. Not only did he embezzle her property, but he also intended to let her defray a huge debt.
After Sierra's agony subsided, she recomposed herself.
She felt that she couldn't go on being passive like this. She had to take the initiative to prove that Gianni was having an affair and find evidence that he embezzled her property. After that, she would apply to the court to freeze the assets and take back all her belongings.
Hence, she had made a lot of preparations during that time. She hired someone to tail Gianni and investigate his private account activity for the past few years.
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