She accepted the IOU, cautiously tapped on the study door, and assured him again and again that she would find a way to give the money back.
Clarence continued to stare at her with a disdainful and mocking expression in his eyes during the entire procedure. She was so full of his retaliation that she was unable to move from her bed during that period.
"Don't need to return it," Clarence remarked cynically, his mask falling away as soon as he handed her the money. “Is this not the reason you went to such lengths to get married to me?”
Stella remained silent. She truly didn't have any money to repay at this point because of the capitalist who had chastised her for lacking a desire. She was indifferent to Clarence's refusal to allow her to go back, though.
Nevertheless, she gave him the
