Chapter 322: The Old Arrangement

Clyde watched Edie's eyes darken to the color of burnt sugar, her face stiffening with shock. "If you're my fiancé, why have we never met before?" She stared at him, fiercely.

He laughed. "Well....he stopped without finishing his sentence. "It's a long story...." Clyde hesitated. "Something happened many years ago."

Edie sat practically at the edge of her seat and waited for Clyde to speak. "Tell me what happened?" she said.

"Lara's and my family, the Jackson's have been friends for many generations. Our grandparents and parents made an arrangement before our birth even took place. If there was to ever be a boy and a girl on opposite sides of the family, the two would get married. Bingo turns out it's us," Clyde explained. "Your mother had an affair with Stanley and ran away. Losing all contact with her family. Therefore, Lara's never even knew of your existence."

"Why wouldn't my mother have told me. It doesn't make any sense." Edie said, shaking her head.