Chapter 36.
Clara’s Pov.
“Do you…. Ever want anything?”
For a moment… I couldn’t speak. The question Maxwell had asked earlier kept echoing in my head, soft and warm, like he had whispered it directly into the quietest part of me. Do you ever want anything? I had answered no but that was because my voice had refused to allow the truth out.
Everyone in the world always wanted something and I was just as same as everyone.
But all my life, wanting something felt wrong… childish… and pointless.
As a little girl, I couldn’t not ask my parent for the kind of things I wanted, when I grew older, I had to focus on making money to see myself through college. After marrying Leo, I had thought I would be able to share my excitement with him. So I spoke to him about going out to make jewelry
