Your Love Is But a Dream (Clara and Wren) novel Chapter 53

Chapter 53

The mention of Ivy made Wren’s Lace twist with frustration and disdain..

*111 miss it, so be it,” he said sharply “I never planned to go through with that engagement anyway”

She raised an eyebrow, caught off guard by Won’s bluntness. When lowered his gaze, his voice dropping into a murmur, almost as if talking to himself. “It Clara’s pone, what’s the point of any of this?–

The last part was so quiet that She didn’t catch it. But the tone of contempt in Wien’s earlier words was impossible to ignore, and neither was the flicker of rage in his eyes when lvy’s name came up.

Shea pieced it together quickly–When didn’t care about bey. He never had. It explained so much, and yet it didn’t surprise Shea at all.

He had always found Wren’s sudden decision to pursue Ivy out of character. Now, it made sense.

Still, Shea wasn’t about to push Wren clearly wasn’t in the mood to explain himself, and Shea knew better than to pry. He leaned back in his chair, crossing his

“Look,” she started, his tone more measured, “whatever your reasons are, leaving the engagement hanging without a word is going to cause trouble. How are you going to handle that with your dad?”

Wren’s jaw lightened. “I don’t care. Until I find Clara, I’m not going back”

Shea shook his head with a sigh “1igured you’d say that. Fine. If you’re set on staying, I’ll help you as much as I can. But you’re running yourself into the ground. At least eat something and rest, or you’ll collapse before you find her.”

Im not hungry

Shea cut him off. “Don’t give me that. Take a good look at yourself. You’re a mess. Do you think she’d want you to destroy yourself like this? You’ll end up in the hospital before you even get close to finding her ”

When stared at hum for a long moment before finally relenting. He knew Shea was night. He couldn’t afford to break down, not when he still had so much to do. “Fine,” Wien said quintly

Shea estualed in relief, signaling to Brodie. It was only then that the hotel staff came in to serve the meal.

When forced himself to chew and swallow despite the knot in his stomach. When they finished, she decided to cancel his remaining meetings for the day and brought When back to his villa.

He’d already asked his housekeeper to prepare a guest room and insisted Wren shower and change

Wir complied without protest, the hot water washing away the grime of his travels. When he came back downstairs in fresh clothes, he found Shea on the phone in the living room, lactone clipped

When caught snippets of the conversation words like

“will nothing” and “keep searching is heart sank, and he hurried over.