Chapter 152 Clara Had A Miscarriage

Bethany took another sip of her coffee. "Of course I know."

Oliver leaned in. "Grandpa, you are not yet aware that his business deal has fallen through, are you?"

Bethany spat her coffee all over Oliver's face.

Oliver wiped his face, clearly annoyed, and grabbed a tissue from the coffee table. "Grandpa, why'd you spit on me?"

Bethany slammed her coffee cup down. "Explain yourself."

Oliver stated subjectively, "Alice is just bad luck. As Henry and she attended a banquet, a tragedy of suicide unfolded. A girl claimed she lost her necklace and found it in Alice's bag, then she killed herself. The next day, when they went to sign the contract, Erik's daughter jumped off a building. They say Henry tried to molest her, and she was so humiliated she jumped."

Paloma snapped, "No way! Henry isn't like that! And seriously, in Henry's eyes, no one can compare to Alice as long as he remains sane."

She pointed at Oliver. "Do you think Henry's like you, going for someone like Clara?"

Oliver's mouth twitched. He wanted to insult Henry but ended up getting insulted himself.

He leaned back on the sofa. "Anyway, that's what I heard, and the project is terminated."

Bethany took a deep breath. "If the project is terminated, so be it. There's gotta be a reason. The Howard family doesn't  lack for this one project! Stop spreading rumors! Alice wouldn't steal, and Henry wouldn't do something so low."

Oliver frowned. "Fine, you trust Henry, but do you also trust Alice that much?"

"Alice is Lone Moon, and Mr. Getty gave her 10% of the Getty Group's shares as a wedding gift. Would she care about a worthless item like that? And her boyfriend is Henry! This is just insulting to her!"

Oliver was left speechless and, feeling bored, he left.

Back at the suburban villa, Oliver went upstairs and pushed open the door, a foul smell hitting him.

He frowned and walked in.

The person on the bed heard footsteps and rattled the chains on her hands and feet. "Oliver, is that you?"

When she saw Oliver's face, Clara got agitated. "Oliver, please let me go; I beg you."

"Then tell me, whose baby is in your belly?" Oliver asked.

Clara wailed. "Oliver, I was wrong. I shouldn't have lied. I was just so scared of losing you. I really love you!"

"Love me? So you want me to be the father of your child with another man? Make me the laughingstock of all Loshanda? Clara, you actually fooled me." Oliver sneered.

Clara shouted. "Oliver, listen to me. On Azure Isle, I really didn't set you up. I actually set up Alice."

Oliver squinted. "What do you mean?"

"I did find that man, but I sent him to seduce Alice. I don't know why he ended up in your room. It must have been Alice's doing." Clara analyzed. "And I was also harmed. This must all be Alice's scheme. I love you so much; how could I be interested in a security guard! Oliver, please let me go."

Oliver licked his molars, thinking Clara's words made some sense.

"Oliver, do you also think this is all Alice's scheme?" Clara seemed to see hope.

Oliver sneered. "You do make some sense, but if you hadn't found that man in the first place, I wouldn't have had such a humiliating night. So you are partly to blame for this.""

Whenever he thought of that night, he felt disgusted.

Looking at Clara in front of him, he walked to the table and picked up a whip.

Clara begged, "No, no, please let me go."

Olivia whipped Clara ruthlessly, and her screams echoed through the room.

After a while, Clara stopped moving.

Oliver put the whip away and went to check on her. She was covered in blood, especially underneath her.

He didn't mean to kill her, so he had her sent to Hope Hospital.

Thanks to the doctors' efforts, Clara's life was saved, but due to severe internal bleeding, her uterus had to be removed.

Clara was placed in a high-end ward with a dedicated nurse to care for her.

Oliver looked at Clara's pale face on the hospital bed without a trace of guilt and turned to leave.

Meanwhile, Lester, hiding in the shadows, came out and peered through the small window on the door.

Seeing Clara, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, tortured like this, he was furious. He had been following Oliver and noticed that he went to the suburban villa every few days. He thought Oliver was hiding a lover there, but he noticed that Oliver never stayed long.

Once, the villa window wasn't closed tightly, and Lester heard a familiar, miserable voice inside. It was Clara; she was imprisoned by Oliver. 

It turned out Clara was imprisoned by Oliver.He wanted to rescue Clara, but he had no power or influence to fight Oliver.

Now that Clara was finally out of that villa, he had a chance. He quickly left and hid in the stairwell, calling several media outlets.

That night was destined to be chaotic, as the news of Oliver imprisoning his ex-wife Clara, causing her miscarriage and removal of her uterus, broke out.

Alice was woken up by a call from Calvin.

She opened her sleepy eyes and answered.

"Clara suffered a miscarriage and had to have her uterus removed due to the beating from Oliver." Calvin said quickly, getting straight to the point.

Alice instantly woke up. "When did this happen?"

Calvin said, "Last night. I saw Oliver trying to manage the public relations, but I stopped him. Because that bastard and Clara bullied you back then."

"Do you know who did it?"

"Lester. Now, he and Oliver are plotting against each other. Both are malicious."

Alice said, "Don't worry about it for now. The Howard Group has had a lot of scandals recently, which will affect the stock price and reputation."

"Alright then."

Alice got out of bed to wash up. "Grandma made a lot of rose petal cake. Come get some when I get back."

"Okay."

Alice put on a T-shirt and jeans and went out, seeing Henry accompanying Neil and Amara exercising.

She walked up and joined them.

After finishing, she took Henry's arm. "We need to go back early."

Henry asked, "What's wrong?"

Alice explained what happened with Oliver and Clara. "If we don't go back, the Howard Group's stock price will hit the limit down today."

After breakfast, Henry and Alice took the rose petal cake and got into the car heading to the private airport.

Watching Neil and Amara's figures disappear from her sight, Alice finally turned back.

Henry hugged her. "When we're not busy, we'll come back."

Alice nodded.

Before the stock market opened, Henry and Alice arrived in Loshanda and went straight to the conference center for a press conference.

The conference center was packed with major media and reporters.

When they saw Henry, the flashlights kept going off.

Henry sat down and held the microphone. "What happened last night was attributed to Oliver's personal behavior. Now, I announce that Oliver is stepping down from the Howard Group."