Chapter 23: Chapter 23

CLAIRE WENT down to the coffee shop where she will meet Gwen. She really needs to see her today and update her about the things going on with her life before she will do something crazy.

She talked to her last night and she’s been so worried about her. Gwen is like a sister to her, she can’t blame her.

As she entered the shop, she saw Gwen sitting in the corner. She’s glad that she took that seat, in that way they will have some privacy.

“Hi Gwenny!” She greeted her while sitting in front of her.

Gwen makes a face. “Hi, your face!”

She chuckled softly. “I’m sorry, okay?”

“I’m sorry, okay?” Gwen imitated her sarcastically.

“Do you want to hear everything or what?” She said seriously.

“Hey! Angela Claire Ramirez you don’t have the right! You don’t know how worried I am about you!”

Claire flinched upon hearing her full name. “I know, that is why I am saying sorry and I am here to explain.”

Gwen looked at her intently. “Are you married now?” Gwen asked.

She sighed deeply. “Can we order first?”

When the waiter served what they ordered, Gwen asked her to start immediately. So, Claire started sharing to her what happened. And as she talked continuously her best friend’s eyes grew bigger and wider. And as she finished telling her the whole truth, Gwen just stared at her absentmindedly.

“Gwen! Say something.” Claire snapped her fingers in front of Gwen.

Gwen seems to get back into her senses. “OMG! As in the CEO of the JBC Corporation? Is he really handsome in person?”

Claire literally dropped her mouth. With all the things she shared to her this is the question she will get from Gwen. Unbelievable!

“Gwenny! Of all the things I’ve shared with you, this is the only thing that you can say?” She tried to sound offended.

But her best friend knew better. “Hey! Clarry! Stop acting as if you are offended there. If there is someone who should sulk here, it was me.” Gwen stated.

“Here we go again!” She said while making a face.

“Okay, Okay, So what now? Don’t you think this is dangerous, Clarry?” Gwen asked seriously.

“I really want to know Gwen why on earth there is one person with the same face of mine. Same name and same birth date. Don’t you think that’s creepy?” She explained.

“I understand that Clarry, but I am also worried about your situation right now. Basically, you are fooling everyone in that mansion.” Gwen said as a matter of fact.

That hurts but truth hurts right? And knowing Gwen, she’s so straight forward, she will say whatever she thinks.

Gwen must have noticed that she did not say a word.

“Clarry, I’m your best friend, and you know I am just telling the truth.” Gwen explained.

“Yeah, Of course I know that.” She said.

“I can hear the but.”

Claire sighed deeply. “ I don’t know Gwen, when I met Zack, I actually fell in love with that kid since day 1. If you will just see his happiness whenever I am showing her affection, affection that he was not able to get from his own mother.” She said sincerely.

“But you are not his mother Claire, you know that. I don’t want to sugar coat anything. That is why I will say this, technically you are fooling the child and how could you explain it to him once her real mother is back?”

Gwen makes sense actually and Claire knows that. "Am I that bad?” She asked her.

Gwen sighed deeply. “Of course not. I know that your intention is good but I just want you to think logically Claire. And this family, they are not just ordinary people. They are rich Claire and do you think after this Blaire will just let you live with your normal life again?”

She looked at her and zipped on her coffee. Then Gwen looked at her intently.

“What?” She asked.

“Is there something that you are not telling me?” Gwen asked.

Claire’s eyebrows furrowed. “Of course I told you everything.”

“Or maybe aside from your doppelganger and Zack, there is one more reason.”

Now she got confused. “And what is this reason?” She asked.

“Not what. It’s who. It’s Blaire.” Gwen said and her lips formed into a curved smile.

“What? What are you talking about?” She said at the same time zipped her coffee.

Gwen chuckled. “You do realize that you are blushing Clarry, right?”

“Gwen, stop it.” Claire can feel her face heats up.

But Gwen continued to tease her. “Is he really that handsome? Irresistible perhaps?”

“Stop it.” She insisted. Only God knows how she wanted to scream in front of Gwen and said that Blaire was not just handsome but has a perfect body too!

Gwen makes a face. “Kill joy!” And then she suddenly became serious. “On a serious note, well, you are already in this situation, my advice is, if you realized that you can’t get any information about the real wife of Blaire, then don’t linger yourself in this situation, Clarry. It’s better to tell them, the sooner the better. I really have a bad feeling about this. Come to think of it, how come all of a sudden his wife went missing? Who could just give up a luxurious life like that?”

Yes, that makes a lot of sense. How could Blaire’s wife give up a luxurious life just like that?

“Thanks for understanding me Gwenny. And yes, I promised that if I will not find any information about her, I’ll just tell Blaire the truth.”

“Why don’t you tell me now.”

Gwen and Claire were surprised upon seeing a man taking the seat on their side.

Claire dropped her mouth literally when she realized that the man who took the seat was no other than Blaire!