Chapter 724 Ben and Clara I

724 Ben and Clara I

Ben frowned deeper and asked, "What do you mean by she is missing?"

"I dropped Clara outside your house yesterday so how is that possible? I left after making sure that she entered the mansion." Sam added.

"When I came back yesterday, Clara was nowhere to be seen and—"

Grabbing Philip's collar, Ben shouted, "What the hell did you do Philip? Where is Clara?"

"Ben—" Sam stopped when Philip gestured him not to come over.

"Look Ben, I know you are mad but listen to me okay? It's more important to find Clara right now. We can talk about this later. Please Ben, Clara is more important."

"Important? If she is so important to you then why the fuck are you cheating on her? I swear on God Philip that if I find out you have anything to do with—"

Cutting him off, Philip said, "I swear Ben, I would never harm Clara. She is a very good friend of mine and—"

"Friend? She is your wife, you jerk." Ben shouted.

"Mr Norway is right, brother Ben." Walking towards them, Guang added, "Clara Lafit is his friend, only friend."

"What do you mean Guang?" Sam asked.

"Clara Latif and Mr Norway never got married." Guang added.

Ben widened his eyes in shock and frowned, "What?"

"Are you sure Guang?"

"What? They are a gay couple?" Huiling whispered.

"Uh huh."

"But both of them are so handsome and—"

Cutting her off, Huang frowned, "What did you say?"

Sticking her tongue out, Huiling vigorously shook her head, "Ugly, very ugly."

Coming out of his stupor, Ben frowned, "So you were with him last night?"

"Yes."

"So you both are a couple?"

"Yes."

"Then what the hell were you doing with my Clara?" Ben shouted. Only if his parents and elders were not present, Philip would've been dead by now.

After asking Matt to leave, Philip sat down on the couch and continued, "After my family found that I was into men and that I was a boyfriend, they freaked out. I told them that I would leave the country with Matt and never come back but they didn't agree with that as well. Instead they threatened me to leave him and marry a woman and if I didn't, they would hire someone and get Matt killed. I was scared, very scared. I didn't want to lose him but at the same time I had to do something to keep him safe and that is when Clara came into the picture."

Pausing for a while, he added, "I—I had seen you and Clara together many times in different places so I knew that you both were in a relationship. I wanted to be with a woman who already had someone in her life so that it would be easy for me to leave her in the future and since I already met Clara a couple of times during social events, I knew that she would understand me. I was looking for a way to lure her into my plans when suddenly the bankruptcy of the Lafit family popped up."

"So you took advantage of that and forced Clara to act like your life?" Sam asked.

Philip chuckled and asked, "You think luring Clara is that easy? She might look all cute and sweet but damn that woman is stubborn. When I first met her, she straightaway told me about Ben that there is no way she would marry anyone apart from him. I tried to convince her but she refused to listen to me. When I told her that if she doesn't marry me, the Lafit family would be doomed, she snapped back at me and told me that she doesn't care. All she cares about is Ben."

"How did you convince her into this then?" Zian asked.

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