No Strings Attached

Chapter 152

“There are things, Dad, things I never got around to telling you. Victoria, she’d reached out to me a while back. She even took a job as a janitor at Hayes Corp, can you believe it? And at the company’s big anniversary bash, she cornered me. She threatened her own life if I didn’t cough up some cash.

“She drove me to the edge, Dad. My depression kicked back in full force. I’m done letting her puppeteer my life. Ripping off the bandaid hurts, sure, but it’s a heck of a lot better than living in constant fear of touching that wound.”

As Casey listened, tears rimmed his eyes. He had no clue what his daughter had been through while he was sick. He clapped a hand on Clara’s shoulder and said, “You’ve got me by your side, kiddo. Together, we’ll face anything.”

After leaving Clara’s place, lan drove straight to the Campbell estate. His black Rolls–Royce Cullinan cut through the morning like a bolt of lightning, tearing into the Campbells‘ manicured grounds.

Tall and imposing, he got out of the car with a cold and oppressive aura and headed straight for the first–floor hall.

Paolo, lounging on a sofa with the morning paper, looked up and greeted him with a grin. “lan, what brings you by so bright and early?”

lan’s voice was a blade of ice. “Where’s Heidi?”

in

down. I need to speak with her.” The chill in

to fetch Heidi and then turned back to lan with a smile. “You two have a fight? Heidi’s been out of sorts lately. Go easy on her. After all, that leg injury

snort. “Paolo, you know me. Cross my line, and I don’t play nice. If Heidi keeps on this path, don’t expect me to play the gentleman

the threat in

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herself into trouble?”

her about that.”

lan, she raced over as though it were any other day.

gaze swept over her injured thigh.

to heal. You’re up

take

smile flickered, then steadied. “The doctor your mom found is amazing. I healed