An Impossible Marriage

Chapter 88

She put her reddened, freezing–cold hands into her pockets. “I just got here.”

Her face was flushed red from the cold wind. He wasn‘t blind, so he obviously wouldn‘t believe her. “Get in the car. Let‘s head to the hotel first.”

When they got to the hotel, the first thing Christopher did was take a shower. While he was doing so, Margaret kept thinking about what to say to him. Before she could make up her mind, the bathroom door swung open. He had a bathrobe wrapped around him. He lit a cigarette but only puffed it twice before putting it out again. “What‘s going on?”

In a panic, she couldn‘t bring herself to say anything. Her face was flushed. This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

He picked up the watch he had taken off earlier before showering and fiddled with it. “Does this have something to do with Jodie?”

She nodded. “Yes. D–Do you think you could help out?”

He raised his head to look at her and said flatly, “It‘s not a question of whether I can or not. Every business has its ups and downs. Because of this matter, I had to forfeit more than a hundred million in those lost materials. I also have to account for the

loss in profit of what those materials were supposed to provide for me. I am the biggest victim here. Why should I pity the party who had caused me to suffer a loss? It was the Clark family‘s mistake for losing the materials. As a businessman, I can only do my best to fix what happened and keep my losses to a minimum. Even if the Clark family are doomed, it‘s not my fault. Do you understand me?”

Margaret understood the logic behind his words, and she couldn‘t retort him. However, he was the only one she could go to for help. “Well, can‘t you think about it from their point of view? Tell me how much

you‘ve lost in total. I‘ll find a way to pay it off with Jo. Her dad is still in the hospital, and her mom is always sick. There‘s no way she can do it on her own.”

Christopher found her words hilarious. “Are you serious? Where are you going to get a hundred million to pay me? Stop being so naïve and stop putting everything on yourself. You can‘t do it, so I won‘t accept your proposal. This is a business matter. I don‘t want to involve my own personal feelings.”

Since he had said so, she didn‘t know how to convince him any further. It was true that he hadn‘t done anything wrong. With a deep breath, she replied, “All right. I understand where you stand now. Just pretend I never asked then.”

Christopher lowered his head and looked at the expensive watch in his palm. With a vague tone, he said, “That‘s not the way you should be helping people. It‘s so suspicious that the person who supposedly stole all the materials just so happened to die in a fire. From what I know, that person didn‘t even have the time to resell the parts yet. Anyway, I don‘t care about all that. That is for the Clark family to deal with. – They have to face the consequences.”

Margaret could tell there was more to the matter. But if even the police couldn‘t solve it, she doubted she had the power to do so either. It wasn‘t that easy to retrace the lost materials. The future was unpredictable, but one thing for sure was the Clark family was doomed.

“Okay, I get it..” She lowered her head and headed toward the door. Christopher looked at the watch in his hand. With a frown, he said, “It‘s late. Just wait for me to finish up my work and we‘ll head back together.”

However, Margaret wasn‘t in the mood to hang around. “It‘s fine. Jo must feel horrible now. I think I should go spend some time with her. Is that okay?”

He lost his patience. “If you want to see her, then you‘d better be a good girl and stay here tonight.”

Left with no choice, she could only stay.

She looked toward the huge bed in the room. “I... I think I‘ll go book another room. You‘re going to be busy, so I wouldn‘t want to disturb you.”

Christopher walked over to the edge of the bed and sat down. “Don‘t worry, I know what I‘m doing. Come over and get into bed.”

He knows what he‘s doing? She wondered if he was referring to something suggestive, but he looked so serious that it seemed unlikely. She started to doubt if there was something wrong with her train of thought.

Perhaps because he was too tired, Christopher fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

After Margaret came out of the shower, she gently lay down in bed. She was unable to fall asleep, but she couldn‘t move around too much for fear of waking him up. It made her very restless.

Suddenly, Christopher‘s phone buzzed. It just so happened that he had placed it on the bedside table next to Margaret. She got up and took a look at it. On the screen, it showed a message notification. She could see a part of the message that read: Hey,

Christopher. Are you awake? I‘m sorry. I know I was wrong now. I really miss you. Can you come over