No Strings Attached

Hearing her voice, Casey shuddered, his face ghostly pale as he looked at her.

After a moment of awkward silence, he finally spoke, "I couldn't sleep. I just needed some fresh air. Why are you up? Hurry back to bed. It's chilly down here."

Casey tried to usher Clara back to her room, but she sidestepped him. Her gaze fixed on her father's evasive eyes, she asked, "Dad, where's lan? Has something happened?" Casey forced a smile, "What could happen to him? He just had to take care of some business at the company. He'll be back once it's sorted. Don't worry, go back to sleep." Clara's suspicion only grew. Her father was insistent on sending her upstairs, clearly hiding something from her. "Dad, where's my phone? I want to call lan and see what he's up to."

Casey immediately brushed her off, "You shouldn't be on your phone this late. It's not good for the baby. Ian's fine, you'll see him first thing in the morning. Now, go to bed." Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FindNøvᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

As he spoke, Casey wrapped an arm around Clara's shoulders, guiding her upstairs. In a swift move, while he was distracted, Clara snatched the phone from his pocket.

a smoky, fiery scene. The comments scrolling across the stream hit her like a blast of icy wind. She clenched the phone tightly as the messages buzzed

burning building was none other than

up in Clara's eyes as she looked at Casey with a heated gaze. "Dad, take me to the

her, "Clara, it's dangerous there now. You have to believe in lan. He escaped the war zones of Africa.

I'll keep the baby safe. I just need

purpose. I'm afraid they want you and lan out of

reason I won't let them win. I have

couldn't sway his daughter. He patted her shoulder, "Once we're there, you do as you're told and

held back the tears in her eyes, nodding repeatedly. She knew lan was in danger and the Hayes

the Hayes family estate, she got the full story of what had happened. When she learned it