Two Times The Charm Novel (Clara and Emmett)

Chapter 118
“Are you planning on dragging Elto into everything? If you don’t trust me, we can-
“Clara, if you dare utter that word, I’ll make you regret it!”
Emmett bellowed, scaring Clara into swallowing her words
“Listen here, don’t even think about divorce in this lifetime, I, Emmett, don’t do divorce.” He added, “Even if I kick the bucket, you
ain’t marrying anyone else!” Clara frowned and thought. “I can’t control whether I live or die, can I? Doesn’t one person always
die first? So, he’s implying he’ll be the first to go,
right?
Clara thought, wanting to slap herself for her thoughtlessness.
Now’s not the time to be thinking about irrelevant stuff!
“Take the money, whatever I say is yours is yours.” Emmett glanced at her, murmuring, “You can even leave it to your son, I don’t
care.”
“Clara was stunned.
She never thought he’d agree to me leaving the property to the kid, even when he’s unsure if it’s his!
“My son, he! He’s too young‘; I won’t give it to him.” She didn’t even want it herself.
Because maybe one day, Emmett d kick her out!
“Do whatever, give it to whoever you want.”
“What about giving it to you?”
Emmett glared at her instantly.
“Never mind what I said.” Clara shrugged and immediately corrected herself.
In the fast–food joint, Leah Calloway dressed in a white dress, seemed out of place.

“Why would you bring a kid to eat this?‘ Leah wrinkled her nose, “This food is unhealthy”
Even she, who was not a mom, knew this!
Elio replied helplessly, “Alex likes it.”
“Alex, sweetie, you can’t eat this stuff too much, it’s not good for you. Don’t you want to grow tall? Being tall will help you with
basketball and getting girlfriends in the future!”
Hearing Leah Calloway refer to herself as Alex’s mom, Alex and even Elio felt uncomfortable.
“You don’t have to switch gears that fast, do you?”
“We’re running out of time; if I don’t start now, it’ll be too late when the secret’s out,” Leah raised an eyebrow before turning to
Alex, “My good boy, from now on, call me mom! Just call me mom to avoid any confusion with your real mom!”
Alex looked at Elio, who nodded after a moment’s hesitation.
“Right, Alex, this is for your good and your mom’s! This lady is pretending to be your mom to protect you and your real mom!”
Alex immediately nodded, smiling at Elio, “Sure! Whatever Mr. Milburn says, I’ll follow!”
“Good boy, now eat up”
Leah looked at him and said, “Alex seems to like you!”
“Yeah, probably because I spoil him.”
“No wonder you can’t win Clara’s heart.” Leah pretended to look helpless and shrugged, “You can’t teach kids like this! Alex is
still young, eating junk food will affect his growth”
“Right” Elio laughed embarrassedly, “I’m a sucker for kids; I can’t say no to them! So whatever they want, I get it! But you, you’re
acting more like a real mom! Once all this is over, you should get married. You’d make a great mom.”
Leah smiled, her eyes revealing a cunning glint.