Chapter 450

Clara's thoughts were a tangled mess. She didn't even dare imagine what Arthur had meant to say that day in the half of the sentence he never finished.

'He couldn't have been about to say he wanted to marry me, could he?' The thought had barely formed when tears welled up and spilled down her cheeks, soaking into her clothes and leaving dark circles of damp.

The car was dimly lit, and she hadn't m