Burn Those Who Burned Me novel Chapter 87

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Ethan returned back to the room with the food and drinks right as Clara was placing the plates and napkins on the table. The smell of the burgers instantly perked her up.

“I swear this diner has some of the best burgers I’ve ever tasted!”

Clara let out a light giggle causing Ethan to blush slightly.

‘How is it she’s so damn adorable. I’ll lose my concentration completely at this point.‘

Ethan grumbled to himself as he sat the food on the table. Still, even he had to admit the burgers smelled delicious.

After making their plates, Clara sat back in her seat and smiled at Ethan.

“So, you really never had a regular burger and fries?”

Ethan let out a faint smile.

“Afraid not.”

“Really! Not even on a Friday night while hanging with your friends?”

Ethan thought impassively, in truth, he’d been so immersed in work and research that he never actually had a ‘Friday night hang out‘. Owen was his only true friend apart from his siblings.

“I’m afraid I haven’t had too many ‘Friday hangout nights‘.

Clara brows furrowed, for a moment she felt a ping of sadness. Hearing those words made her think about her previous life. How she hadn’t had many friends and how her life had been filled with so much sadness. Back then, all she did was work, she seldom had time for hanging out as well. If it wasn’t for Gloria and Casey, she’s not sure what her life this second time around would have been like.

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An empathic smile came across her lips as she reached her hands over and grabbed

Ethan’s.

“Well, we’ll just have to change that. Life is too short; you should enjoy it to your hearts

content.

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Hearing ‘life is too short‘ instantly sadden Ethan. It made him think about Maria and how short her life would be if he couldn’t find a cure. Wanting to change the subject,

Ethan picked up his burger.

“Well, let’s see what the fuss has been about.”

Ethan took a big bit out of his burger. As he chewed, Clara couldn’t help but laugh at his facial expression. Following suit, Clara bit into her own burger, rolling her eyes she let

out a satisfied moan as she chewed her food.

After dinner, Ethan and Clara both sat with satisfied looks on their faces. Plates cleared;

Ethan had truly enjoyed his first burger.

“I can’t believe I’ve been missing out on this!”

Clara let out a light giggle, it was interesting seeing the Chairman be so casual.

“Stick with me kid, I’ll have you eating all kinds of terrible but delicious food.”

Clara and Ethan laughed in unison as they began to clean up their mess and get back to

their research. Ethan studied Clara’s research journal on her cancer treatments once more before closing the book. A serious look on his face, Ethan decided now was the

time to tell her the truth.

“Clara, I think now is the time for me to tell you everything and why I am so interested in your research.”

Clara adjusted her glasses as she sat in silence waiting for Ethan to continue. His expression had become alarmingly serious. Gone was the casual tone he’s just dawned.

“You know how my father is correct”

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Clara nodded her head. In her previous and her current life, she knew who Joseph Taylor of NovaTech was.

“I do. The chairman of NovaTech.”

Ethan nodded as to verify she was correct.

“That’s correct. I’m the second oldest of four children. My mother and father had two sons and two daughters. My oldest brother Corey is currently the CEO of NovaTech, then there’s

me, my younger sister Elizabeth, and my youngest sister Maria.”

Clara continued to listen, slightly confused. Why was he telling her his family tree?

“We’re all pretty close, though if you met my siblings and my parents you’d wonder where I got my distant persona from. Growing up, I guess you could say we had everything the universe had to offer. My parents made sure we never wanted for anything, and for a long time, I didn’t.”

She wasn’t sure, but it looked as if Ethan’s eyes became slightly glossy.

“It wasn’t until that one fateful day, that one day that literally changed the course of me as well as my entire family’s lives that I began to desperately crave for something I knew I may

never get.”

Ethan paused after that last sentence causing Clara to question what the thing he

wanted most was.

“What did you desperately crave?”

Silence.

“A cure.”

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Puzzled, Clara stared at Ethan. Was he sick?

“I’m confused. Are you s-”

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“My baby sister has leukemia.”

The words cut through Clara like a sharp knife.

Leukemia.

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So that was why in this life and the previous. This was why he desperately wanted to

work with her. Thinking back to her previous life, Clara felt a huge sting of guilt. Ethan

Taylor met with her a few years after she started working at JGP. At the time, she was on

her way to perfecting her current cancer treatment. When Ethan approached her, he practically begged her to work with him.

“Ms. Granger, I know you have duty to your father and husband but I’m begging you, come to Springsten with me. Together, I know we can save lives! Change the world!”

Out of loyalty to her father and Jason however, Clara declined.

“I’m sorry Chairman Taylor but I can’t leave my father’s company. My entire life is at JGP, I can’t move half across the world. It wouldn’t be fair.”

Slightly bitter by her response, Ethan fired back.

“Tell me something Clara, are you truly happy here? I know about your husband and father…all they care about is money! They don’t care about your work and all you could do!”

Ethan’s words burned like flames. Deep down, she knew he was right, but what could she

do?

“I’m sorry Chairman-”

“And what if a life was on the line!! Would you come then?”

Clara never got a chance to answer his question, shortly after, Jason came and forced her into the car to go home. She never saw Chairman Taylor again, she would then die two years later.

Tears began to weld up in Clara’s eyes. That was the life Ethan was referring too. His baby sister Maria.

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Ethan looked at Clara with an empathetic glare. It wasn’t his intention to make her cry, though he wasn’t surprised. Clara was of pure heart. Handing her his handkerchief,

Ethan continued on.

“So, you see Ms. Rouleau, That’s why I desperately need your help. Please, help me save my

sister.”

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Clara wiped her eyes and turned to Ethan; she could see the burning desire in his eyes as

they pleaded with her. Clara never truly understood why she had been reborn. At first,

she took it as a fortune from God, finally showing her some grace for the crappy life

she’d lived. But now, now she was certain. She had been reborn to also save this girl’s life. To correct a mistake, she wasn’t even aware she’d made.

With determination in her eyes as her mind was made up. Clara spoke with a stern tone.

“What do you need me to do.”

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