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.

your long–lost love, and that’s why

scores, she’s the one you should be looking for.”

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

she had cherished for so many years, throw her under the bus without a second thought. With pain in her eyes, Eve looked at them. “If it wasn’t for Jay losing bets and racking up debts, would our family have been so desperate as to resort to selling off Clara? You both knelt before me begging for help, and now you push all the blame

her foot. She kicked Jay in the back, “You

weren’t for you, Clara wouldn’t have been misunderstood b

her killed, do you

lan. You

repeatedly. Her final kick targeted Jay’s groin. Chase, alarmed, quickly pulled

does? Clara‘ might never …” be able to have children because of this,

and asked softly, “What’s wrong with

blinked her big eyes irritably. “There’s plenty we’re keeping from

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