Love in Twilight

Chapter 276

Chapter 276 He Is Manipulative

Shirley then headed toward Joseph‘s room.

Lately, he would lock himself in his room every time be reached home. It was clear he was depressed.

“What‘s wrong with you lately, Joseph?” Shirley asked gently.

“Oh... It‘s nothing. Just work problems,” Joseph replied,

He hadn‘t been doing well in his life lately. Not only did he fail to propose to the woman he loved, but

his career was also filled with challenges. Thanks to Penelope‘s provocation, Nathan made a brash

decision to become the biggest shareholder in First, However, he knew nothing about running a firm, so

he was forced to watch Damien snatch all the available projects in one go. Naturally, Joseph‘s mood

took a huge plunge downward. It was clear that he and Nathan didn‘t see eye to eye, so he got ready

to resign from First.

“Are you still hung up on Clarissa?”

Joseph was surprised for a moment. “Yeah.”

To think he had failed his first proposal... He didn‘t know how to propose to her the second time.

Right now, he was stuck in this awkward situation.

“Son, let me ask you this. Are you the father of Clarissa‘s babies?” Shirley asked.

Joseph knew that if he were to say no, Shirley would never welcome Clarissa into the family. Hence, he

replied, “Yes.”

Shirley nodded thoughtfully in response. “Are you sure? After all, the mother knows best when it comes

to this thing,” she asked seriously. She had to get to the bottom of the identity of the babies‘ real father.

Joseph remembered seeing the humanoid figure sleeping next to Clarissa on the day he went to her

house.

Despite feeling jealousy brimming in his heart, he still replied, “Yes, I‘m sure of that. I impregnated her

during our trip in Kortel. She may be living in Damien‘s house right now, but she never had any intimate

relations with him. Damien definitely plays a huge role in the death of Clarissa‘s mother, so she hates

his guts right now.”

“Really?” Shirley continued. Luke did tell her that Clarissa was in a bad mood even though she was

living in Atherton Garden,

“Yes. I did propose to Clarissa, but she turned me down.”

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“Is that why you‘re in such a bad mood lately?” Shirley asked. “Then again, why did she reject your

proposal if she liked you so much?” Joseph thought for a moment. “Well, she didn‘t really reject me.

The moment I proposed to her, the housekeeper returned.” “What if I ask her to get married to you

instead?” Shirley suggested.

Now that she got to hear Joseph‘s voice again, her heart was flooded with relief. She thought Clarissa

would never look back to the past, especially now that her mother was dead.

Shirley had Joseph tell her Damien‘s address in Atherton Garden. She would pay Clarissa a visit

tomorrow.

Joseph reminded her that all corporations would be starting work tomorrow, so Damien would most

likely be at work by then.

The next morning, Shirley stood outside Clarissa‘s front door.

But when she knocked on the door, Damien was the one who opened it.

“Who are you?” Damien didn‘t know Shirley. When he went to fetch Clarissa from Joseph‘s house the

last time, she wasn‘t there at all.

“Mr. Lawrence? You‘re here? I‘m Joseph‘s mother.” Shirley viewed Damien as her son‘s biggest rival.

Naturally, her tone was slightly unfriendly.

“Oh. Please come in.” Damien allowed Shirley to enter the house.

Clarissa happened to be sitting on the couch while reading a book about parenting. She turned her

head around to see what was going on after hearing a second set of footsteps.

“What are you doing here, Mrs. Moore?” Noticing that Shirley was the visitor, she placed the book on

the coffee table and stood up immediately to greet her.

“Wow, just look at your stomach! You‘re so big already!” Shirley approached Clarissa immediately. “My

darling grandchildren are in there!”

Then, she started stroking Clarissa‘s stomach lovingly.

This made Clarissa look pretty awkward.

“I‘ll go back to the room. You two have fun talking.” Despite the irritation Damien felt upon laying his

eyes on Shirley, he was still mindful of his manners. Women‘s conversations were quite private, so he

wanted to do his best to avoid listening in on them.

“Oh, Mr. Lawrence. There‘s no need for that. I‘d like you to listen in on the things I want to talk to her

about.” Shirley wasn‘t as eager to please Damien, unlike Frank. After all, she had no idea what Frank

had done to Damien in the past,

So, Damien went to sit on an armchair.

Mrs. Faber served Shirley a glass of water.

“There‘s no need for that. I won‘t be touching anything the Lawrence family offers me,” Shirley said

haughtily with a dismissive wave.

Mrs. Faber shot Damien a look. The latter just signaled her to leave.

“Thank you for the blessed pendant, Mrs. Moore. It‘s very pretty. I like it a lot.” Clarissa decided to get

the niceties over with.

“Pendant?” Shirley frowned slightly in response. She didn‘t remember giving Clarissa a pendant.

“Yup. It‘s meant to protect the babies from any harm,” Clarissa replied.

“Oh! You mean that pendant. I forgot all about it. Yes, I did get it blessed just so my grandchildren will

be safe and sound,” Shirley mumbled.

When Damien caught sight of Shirley‘s confused expression, he knew right away that

the latter didn‘t get the jade pendant blessed at a church. It was just an excuse to: Joseph to give it to Material © NôvelDrama.Org.

Clarissa as a gift. He even told her not to take the pendant of her neck because it was there to protect

the babies. It seemed Joseph was no ordinary man. He was definitely a manipulative guy