Chapter 496

'A child…' At least that was something Arthur could afford to raise.

"It was me." Clara didn't even find it embarrassing to admit. She had already been humiliated in far worse ways. There was nothing left to hide.

She blinked, her voice steady. "But it wasn't because I was love-drunk. It was because I wanted… a little bit of freedom."

"Freedom?" Arthur echoed softly.

Then he froze, realization str