Love in Twilight

Chapter 98

Chapter 98 How Much Did You Mean It?

Even when class was over, Lily had yet to recover from her shock. She patted her chest and said in

relief, “I was terrified. Thank God you reacted quickly.” “What’s there to be afraid of?” Clarissa was

puzzled. “It’s easy to be brave when you’re watching from the sidelines. Haven’t you ever heard of how

ruthless he used to be? He fired the whole public relations department! Anyway, you’re not afraid of

him now that you two are sleeping in the same bed, but what about in the past? You were terrified of

lim, remeinber?” Lily said.

Clarissa had yet to join the company when Dannien had fired a whole department, so she didn’t know

about it

However, it was true that she used to be rather scared of him. During the team-building activity, she

had been scared out of her wits when her phone had rung in his hand.

“Help me with something else tomorrow,” Lily continued.

“How?” Clarissa stopped walking. For some reason, Lily’s tone gave her an ominous premonition. NôvelDrama.Org content.

“I want you to wear something plain. Or even better, something cheap. Make yourself look poor,” Lily

said with relish.

“Alright, then. You just want to show Landon’s parents that you’re not disdainful of poor people, don’t

you? You’re afraid I’ll steal your thunder,” Clarissa said.

After work.

Clarissa got into Damien’s car. “I have a date with Lily tomorrow. We’re going to her sister’s house for

dinner. Landon’s hier sister’s brother-in-law, which means that Lily wants to go visit her future parents-

in-law. She wanted me to accompany her, and I’ve agreed. Now, here I am, asking for permission.”

Clarissa managed to keep a straight lace. “Alright.” Damien sounded mild.

He knew the things she had said during class were nothing more than an expedient measure. Perhaps

she was speaking like this because she was afraid that he was angry, but either way, it made him feel

good.

They both fell silent after that. Clarissa suddenly remembered Lily mentioning that he’d fired the public

relations department, so she asked, “I heard you fired the whole public relations department. Why?”

“I didn’t like them.”

“Oh.” Though she didn’t say anything else, it was obvious she didn’t believe him. It was hard to find a

job nowadays, and he had fired a whole department just because he didn’t like them. Did he think that

she would buy that?

“Wasn’t there a reason for that?” she asked again.

“They weren’t doing what they were supposed to do. All they did was release statements to suck up to

people,” Dainien answered.

She felt like he was insinuating something. She turned to look at him. “You don’t like it when people

suck up to you?” He glanced at her, then continued driving. “Depends on the person doing it.” “Then,

the things that I said today…” Clarissa selt that she’d probably crossed a line. Perhaps It could be

categorized as “sucking up” as well. She wanted to know whether she’d gone overboard so that she

could tone it down in the future.

“What things?” Damien frowned at her, seemingly not understanding what she was talking about.

“When I said that… I loved you, you didn’t feel repulsed, did you?” Clarissa blushed. “So, you admit

that you were just sucking up to me?” he asked, looking rather disappointed. “L…”

It was only then that Clarissa realized she’d fallen into his trap. He made her expose herself!

She had nothing else to say, so she turned to look out the window, trying to make things less awkward.

“How much?”

“What?” she asked.

“How much did you mean it?” Clarissa gave it some thought. He had been nice enough to allow her to

go out the next day, so she didn’t want to hurt him by being harsh. She said, “100 percent.” “100

percent?” He seemed to be considering her words. “If you could say 120 percent, you would’ve, right?”

“Of course! I’ll give you everything that I’ve got.”

She waited a long time for him to say something else, but he didn’t. Eventually, she fell asleep. Damien

knew one thing for sure, though. If she had been trying to butter liim up by saying that she loved him,

she was definitely doing some serious boot licking by saying she would give him everything that she

had.

On Saturday, before visiting her mother, Clarissa purposely put on the shabbiest clothes she had. She

didn’t usually apply makeup, so she washed her face and applied some moisturizer before grabbing

her bag. She even put on a pair of glasses that she had as a student, meant to block out blue light.

After that, she stood before Damien and pushed her glasses up. “Do I look shabby”

He was seated on the sofa as he read a book. At her question, he put his book down and gave her a

once over.

“No, you don’t. You look very cute.” Dainien was being honest. She had a small face, and the glasses

only served to make it look smaller.

“What?” Flustered, she went upstairs to look for even shabbier clothes. She changed into a sweatsuit

she had wom during her school days before returning to Damien. “How about now?” she asked.

Damien was already frowning “You don’t look shabby at all. She has the nerve to make my wife dress

down just to make her look good!”

“This has nothing to do with Lily!” Clarissa added, “I-If you dare to fire her for this, I’ll show you who’s

boss!” After that, she left