No Strings Attached

Chapter 55

Chapter 55

lan’s piercing gaze cut through the room like shards of ice, scanning over Eve and Nancy with an intimidating scrutiny. Even the normally unflappable Eve found herself slick with a cold sweat under his formidable presence.

Feigning composure, she met his stare. “That’s just Clara spouting nonsense. There’s no truth to it. It’s her own fault for dressing so provocatively, attracting the wrong kind of attention. If anything happened to her, she brought it upon herself.”

Eve’s words were laced with venom, as if the person she spoke of was her worst enemy.

A sinister smile played on lan’s lips. “No need to explain further. Let’s just get Jay here, and then we’ll see–but it won’t just be about a broken arm.”

With that, lan whipped out his phone and dialed Dawson. “Bring Jay over.”

Before long, Jay was pushed in by two burly bodyguards. The moment he laid eyes on lan, he fell to his knees with a thud.

Hayes, I had nothing to do with this. It was my grandma who said Clara looked like your long–lost love, and that’s why she came up with this rotten plan. I was just running

you’re settling scores, she’s the one you should be

card not to play for the Bell family’s advantage. That’s why she

without a second thought. With pain in her eyes, Eve looked at them. “If it wasn’t for Jay losing bets

kicked Jay in the back, “You rotten

Clara wouldn’t

her killed, do you realize that?”

lan. You

the angrier she became, kicking him repeatedly. Her final kick targeted Jay’s groin. Chase,

able to have children because of this, Sasha’s words

and asked softly, “What’s wrong with Clara? Are you keeping something from lan?”

plenty we’re keeping from

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