Your Love Is But a Dream (Clara and Wren)

Wren's smile froze and gradually faded. His eyes turned red, and he curled his lips into a sad smile.

Suddenly, he turned around and patted Clara's head. "But I'm still Wren."

His voice was gentle, and he looked at her just like how he did ten years ago— loving, gentle, and complex. And now, it was mixed with melancholy and loneliness.

"I know you don't want to forgive me, nor do you want to see me. If not for Katrina, you would've treated me like a stranger, too, right?

"But Clara, our past cannot be erased even if not for Katrina. We've lived together like a family for so many years.

"Isn't it more important to regard each other as family, even if there are no romantic feelings?"

Clara's gaze hung low as she gripped the bedsheets to control her emotions. Although she did not let her emotions out, her heart trembled.

Regardless of her feelings for Wren or companionship in the past, she had to agree with him. There was nothing she could say to refute it.

Wren lost his mother when he was young, and Clara lost both her parents when she was a kid, too. All those years, she grew up with him, who taught her everything a parent would.noveldrama

He had filled the gap that belonged to her parents. As she grew up, he kept her company and stood up for her multiple times, saving her from the pain of living under someone else's roof.

However, Wren was also a child at that time. He had to shoulder the family's burden and take care of her. He had a hard time, but he never complained about

it to her. All that he did and grieved for, he endured it in silence.

For Clara, he always showered her with kindness and companionship. Wren Was like a tall mountain that shielded her from the wind and snow.

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That was the reason that she fell in love with him. No matter how much he rejected her and told her that he did not love her, she still wanted to try staying by his side so he would never be alone.

It was not that Clara could not forgive him. Neither did she give up on him because he did not reciprocate her feelings.

Wren had the right to reject her. He did not have to love her just because she did.

However, Clara could not accept the fact that someone had come between them. That person's existence proved that she could be replaced.

Wren did not need her. Other people.

could keep him company. In fact

that person was more important

than her, so much so that Wren could give up on her.

That person was so important that Wren had become someone else. That alone was enough to make Clara give up.

She gave up liking Wren, but she could never hate him. She could never call him a stranger.

She appreciated everything he did and the sacrifices he made for her, even though he once hurt her because of Ivy.

Then again, feelings and favors were not items that could be quantified. He was Wren and her foster brother.

Suddenly, Clara felt somewhat relieved. She looked up at Wren and smiled faintly.

No words were needed-he knew what she meant.