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Chapter 17
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KAREN DNthis is sweeter than the previous one. Joshua really shows how he can be gentle to her as long as Clarice obeys him. well, what do you think?
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THE KISS ENDED WHEN JOSHUA PULLED AWAY. He was still watching Clarice's flushed face under the streetlight with her eyes closed. Joshua smiled at Clarice's expression as he could sense how Clarice was enjoying the kiss without rebelling or resisting. Meanwhile, when Clarice sensed that the kiss was over, she caught her breath and then opened her eyes. From such a close distance she could see Joshua, handsome and ... charismatic. "You seemed to enjoy it, Clarice." His words jolted her out of her slumber and into full consciousness. She sat up straight and the chair Joshua had pushed back returned with a triumphant smile. "You took a chance!" said Clarice, venting her nervousness and annoyance. But Joshua didn't say anything back. He just smiled and drove back to the car. He didn't want to talk too much when he was with Clarice, because if he did, then his happy expressions would be obvious and he didn't want Clarice to take advantage of that and oppose him. "There will be no mor
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CLARICE GOT A CALL FROM TRISTAN. She was in her office, busy staring at her laptop screen without seeing who was calling her. Then she was surprised to hear Tristan's voice, and she confirmed on her cell phone screen that it was him. Clarice was almost at a loss for what to say because, since last night, she hadn't contacted him. Because before Joshua threatened her by saying he would destroy Tristan if she fell in love with him, she wanted to call him and explain, but after hearing his threat, Clarice decided against it. "Clarice," Tristan called back to her. "Ah– y–yes!" "Did he sleep in your apartment last night so you didn't call me?" Apparently, Tristan was waiting for her to call him. Yet she didn't. It was for Tristan's sake as well as her own. She had had enough of the pressure of the deal Joshua had made with her. "He didn't stay over, and sorry, I was sleepy so I didn't call you," Clarice replied. "Clarice I'd like us to meet after you get off work. Meet me at my offic
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"When?" asked Tristan. "What?" Clarice didn't understand what he meant as she tried to read his expression. Tristan wasn't even looking at her, he was looking down at his desk. "When is he going to marry you? Aren't you going to marry him?" She swallowed. She really didn't know when she was going to marry Joshua. All she knew was that she had to give him an answer that was definitely not a rejection. "Why are you silent? If you knew, you wouldn't be silent like this, right?" "He–he hasn't decided anything yet. I just need to meet him formally in a few days," Clarice replied. Tristan was silent for a few moments. His heart broke as he learned everything in one go. He who was in love was heartbroken at the same time. No one spoke between him and Clarice. Even Clarice was silent, bowing her head. She really wished she could leave Tristan's presence immediately and bury her face in her pillow. Clarice's most minor favorite thing to do was to hurt someone. But if she were t
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This was that day. A day that would be a moment Joshua would never forget, but he didn't know how Clarice felt. He had been waiting for a few minutes at the designated restaurant to talk to Clarice. He couldn't wait to see Clarice in the dress she had bought him and the jewelry too. Joshua's heart was pounding. It never stopped pounding when it came to Clarice. He had fallen in love with her so many times that it almost drove him crazy every day, when he had been waiting for a moment like this for so long. "She must be beautiful in that dress. I can already tell," he said with confidence and a sense of determination. "Sir, Miss Morgan is here," the waiter said, informing him. "Escort her here." Joshua stood beside his chair. He stuffed his hands into his two pockets, wearing a cold expression, befitting his character in Clarice's presence. His eyes kept looking towards the entrance until a waiter accompanied Clarice who walked behind her. Joshua was completely mesmerized by Cla
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"YOU ARE A SEDUCER, JOSHUA." Joshua chuckled at Clarice's reprimand. He was indeed a flirt, but only with women, which he usually did for the sake of him and her ending up in bed. But this time, the flirting was of course different. He wanted to seduce Clarice to win her love. He wanted her to only see him, not Joel or Tristan. "I flirt because your scent is intoxicating, Clarice. You make me love you like crazy." Clarice tried to restrain herself from saying anything rude to the billionaire who kept flirting with her. Clarice thought, right now Joshua wanted to make love to her so he was teasing her. "Thank you for loving me like that," Clarice said. Joshua poured the red wine into a glass. He had deliberately ordered a glass of red wine with a low alcohol content because he knew that Clarice could not drink too many alcoholic beverages. "Drink while we talk. You can give me your answer." Nervousness instantly rippled through her blood. With only red wine to drink, Clar
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Tristan came to Clarice's office unexpectedly. He had come to ask Clarice to dinner, not caring if she had accepted Joshua as her future husband. Clarice stopped in the middle of her shift and saw Tristan standing there. She hurriedly approached him and looked to her right and left, afraid that Joshua or anyone else was watching her. "Tristan? How did you get here?" Clarice asked. "Would you like to have dinner with me, Clarice?" asked Tristan without answering Clarice's question. Clarice couldn't give an answer when she was so nervous. Although all she had to do was answer whether she wanted to or not. Unfortunately, Clarice had to decline Tristan's invitation since Joshua was bound to show up suddenly. "Sorry, I can't. I have an appointment with Joshua, Tristan," Clarice finally replied. "Again? Does that man give you no freedom at all? Clarice, we used to enjoy our time together, you know, right?" Clarice nodded her head. Of course, she knew. Those few weeks with Tristan w
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"We're up to you because you insisted on marrying that woman," Terry said, resigned. He didn't even mention Clarice's name, but rather 'that woman' which referred to something very bad, showing that Terry really didn't want to have a daughter-in-law like her. Clarice’s throat constricted, wanting to cry. Clarice felt unappreciated in that house, and she wanted to go home and complain to whoever she could find. But she realized that she had no one but Tristan and Joshua. Ah, Tristan didn't even count, until she realized again that Joshua was the only one on her side at the moment. Clarice admitted that, although Joshua's attitude seemed to dominate and control her, he was the one who truly appreciated her and loved her with all his heart for all these years without a single drop. "Terry, I have a name," Clarice said, trying to be brave. She didn't want to be belittled by anyone, even though she might be guilty of Joel's death, but her intentions were noble and she didn't want any
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"Hmm, it feels better. But I'm sleepy," Clarice said, her voice sounding soft. Joshua released the hug. He kissed Clarice on the forehead before letting her sleep on her own bed. "Sleep well, then." Clarice crawled onto her bed. But strangely, she didn't see Joshua follow her, instead, he stood where he was, looking at her. "What? Aren't you coming to bed?" "I need to check my work from my phone first. So, you go to sleep." Clarice mumbled and began to tuck herself in. She was facing to the left, where she didn't have to feel Joshua's gaze that was still gripping her. She swallowed, trying to close her eyes as her sleepiness ebbed and flowed. Hearing the footsteps of shoes moving away from her room, she opened her eyes slightly and saw Joshua's shoulder who had disappeared out of her room. It felt really strange to think about Joshua's increasingly gentle demeanor toward her. From what Clarice knew, he was very rigid and really cold, but ... "Ah, why should I think about th
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Clarice cried after she heard the judge's decision that Joshua's sentence could not be commuted or even reduced. Because Joshua committed a murder that left two victims dead, Joshua was sentenced to life imprisonment.Clarice immediately left the courtroom and chose to take a deep breath of air outside. Her body shook with unceasing crying. Her chest felt so tight that she couldn't bear to see Joshua in person forever.Then Darren came and touched her shoulder. Clarice immediately turned around and looked at him. "What?" she asked."He's waiting for you. Meet him, I think he wants to have you at a time like this. He needs you, Clarice."Clarice almost refused. Yeah ... she wasn't in the mood to meet her husband for now, but what Darren said was true. She just needed to strengthen her heart more to face her husband.A big part of Clarice also blamed herself because if she hadn't told Joshua that she would be relieved if he confessed at the police station, then the life sentence wouldn't
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A month without Joshua in her life still leaves Clarice struggling to cope with new days. She continued to visit the prison and even the phone calls from Joshua came every day. Clarice always considered her visits to the prison as a form of encouragement for her even if it only lasted for a few hours, because she was honestly never satisfied with that limited communication.Her relationship with Darren was also still going on as it should. Clarice continued to think of Darren as her mentor while Darren always secretly monitored Clarice's condition when she was away from him because he thought that was what Joshua wanted from Clarice; to be safe when she was away from him.Clarice finally managed to understand some of Joshua's work after a month of learning from Darren. She was glad that she understood so quickly that she didn't have to keep calling Darren or meeting him because all she wanted to do was get away from Darren.Joana had even started living at the Mansion as well so they
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Darren put Clarice on his bed. He took off her high heels and covered her with a blanket. Sighing and massaging the bridge of his nose, he stared at Clarice for a few moments. He felt that this was the first time he would have a special relationship with his best friend's wife. All this time he had been with other women who were different and single of course. Then fate made him have to have business with Clarice. Joshua's offer was tantalizing, any man who saw Clarice would immediately want to agree to the offer. But his little heart said it was difficult."How can you share your wife with me just because you're in jail, Joshua?" he asked as he looked at Clarice who had fallen asleep due to drunkenness. "What if I fall for her, Joshua? Doesn't that make our friendship break?"This time Darren restrained himself. He rolled out the bed cover on his couch and picked up a pillow. He lay down on it and closed his eyes to sleep.The next morning Clarice woke up, opening her eyes slowly. S
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Clarice drove her car to the prison where Joshua was. She had the desire to visit Joshua every day when she finished work or when she was free. Unfortunately, she didn't bring Axcel this time as she went straight to the place. She smiled to herself just thinking about seeing Joshua. She even tidied up her appearance and wanted to show off a little to Joshua that she was now a career woman. Even though Clarice was still upset with Joshua about the talk about Darren and her, she was still going to see him.Clarice waited in the meeting room with her body sitting up straight and her heart beating fast."Hey, gorgeous," greeted Joshua who Clarice had been missing for the past day.Clarice stood up and hugged him immediately. She even aggressively kissed him blindly, not caring about some of the other visitors.Joshua then pulled away realizing that Clarice's lust had peaked. "Hey, are you alright, Clarice?" Joshua asked. They ended up sitting together, side by side with Clarice's head on
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"Alright, Clarice ... based on the expression on your face, I think Joshua told you about you and Darren things. Is that right? I mean, no offense because I was told by him too so as not to be surprised if something happens between you two," Joana said quickly in one breath.Clarice's eyes widened in shock. "He told you that too?! What the hell is he doing?! I got so upset when he said things like that to me. I mean ... How could he—"Clarice chose not to continue because she was honestly embarrassed and didn't know what to do. Just the thought of her being with her husband's best friend made her shudder with horror because it was tantamount to cheating on her."Look, Clarice ... I've been in the position of not being able to have sex a few times. So sometimes I choose to have one-night stands with other men on different nights. I mean, I just want to say that staying horny is not fun."Clarice sighed as she rolled her eyes. Her hands were clasped around her waist and she seemed to be
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Accompanied by Joana and Darren, Clarice entered the police station and began to meet Joshua who was now wearing an orange suit which means he was now a prisoner. Clarice, Joana, and Darren stood tensely as they waited for Joshua to appear. Although there were chairs and tables, they were not interested in sitting down until they saw Joshua in person.Joshua arrived shortly after they had waited. Handcuffed and then released to meet his friends and family, the warden left him behind."Boss … I'm glad you okay," Joana said, sounding sad."Joshua, I'm going to try to get you out of here as soon as possible," Darren said without any reply.There was only Clarice who didn't say anything but remained silent with her body trembling and her eyes filled with tears.Joshua looked at her with a smile that was so strange to Clarice's eyes. Yeah ... they looked at each other but Clarice saw a different smile from him. A sad smile that Joshua had never shown in his life."No hugs for your now con
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Her eyes flickered as she sighed looking up at Joshua. And Clarice knew the meaning of that look, that Joshua wanted her to talk about what she was feeling. "So," Joshua said with a sigh, then sat back in his chair, "what haven't you told me about how you feel lately, Baby?"Like she was in a game where she had to choose one or the other, Clarice really couldn't choose. She was so reluctant to even tell him what was bothering her that her tears came, falling.Joshua quickly stood up and his burly hands touched her wet cheeks and wiped them. "Hey, what have I done to make you cry, Baby?"That was the problem. Clarice's lips were almost closed and she couldn't open them. She couldn't say it because she didn't want to hurt his feelings."Look, if something is bothering you lately, you should tell me immediately. And if it's because of me, I'll be prepared to listen.""That's the point, Joshua! I can't! I can't tell you how I feel these past few days!" responded Clarice quickly. "I can't
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The year of Axcel's birth was the biggest celebration Clarice has ever had in her life. She didn't even expect that her son's birthday would be celebrated as big as her wedding with Joshua But she's happy that it was the celebration he deserved.Although Clarice initially told Joshua that there was no need for a big celebration, Joshua made their son's birthday celebration a big one with the help of Joana who was always ready whenever Joshua needed her."So, what about all this? Do you like it?" asked Joshua, whispering at her side.Clarice smiled without looking at him but at the festivities of Axcel's birthday."It's too much. But I'm happy. Well, I don't even know if Axcel understood his birthday or not because he's only one year old."Joshua put his arm around her shoulders and squeezed gently. "It doesn't matter if he understands or not, the important thing is that we try our best for him, Clarice, and we made a picture moment with him.The smile on Clarice's lips was always ther
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They returned to the mansion just the two of them. This time they again left Axcel at Harry and Flora's house because Joshua felt that he and Clarice needed to rest without interruption.Actually, Clarice had never minded Axcel's presence at the Mansion even when she was tired. But she knew that she couldn't defy Joshua's orders which sometimes she really couldn't refuse."Would you like a warm bath? I'll prepare it for you, Clarice," Joshua said, looking at his wife with a tired face."Hmm, yeah. I think that's a good idea. I'll rest for a while until you finish preparing the warm water," Clarice said.Joshua watched her until she lay down on the bed and then he went into the bathroom and started preparing the bathtub for them to soak in together.When Joshua came out of the bathroom, he saw Clarice already asleep on the bed, snoring softly. Joshua didn't have the heart to wake her up because Clarice looked so peaceful in her sleep.Joshua then decided to take a shower first to clean
