Chapter 175

Clara's POV

Derek stepped onto the stage, accepting the mic from the MC, who then walked off the stage.

Everyone focused on him as he brought the mic closer to speak.

"Before I met Clara, my life was black and white. Till you brought so much colour and so many other things I will never forget and forever cherish." He paused. He stared at me intently from the stage.

This was his reaction?

I just told him the one truth that could shutter everything, and this was his reaction. Did he not care that I lied to him? Had he already known?

“Clara, could you please come up to the stage?" Derek called out.

I stood frozen and unable to respond. I could feel my heart beating out of my chest. Everything in me told me to walk away and run out of this venue and never return.

But the crowd began closing in on me and cheered, everyone yelling my name in unison as they clapped.

Before I knew it, my mother was behind me. Rubbing my shoulders, she encouraged me to walk to the stage.

The crowd cheered eve