Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 9

Not too far away, Clara misjudged the acceleration of her electric scooter and it shot forward, crashing right into a car. She hit the ground, scraping her knee, and winced as pain shot up her leg.

The car's owner stormed out, livid and yelling, "Do you even know how to ride that thing?! Rushing to meet your maker, are you? Just my luck-this is a brand-new car, straight from the dealership! You better cough up the cash!"

Clara glanced at the logo and realized it was a Maserati. 'Fantastic,' she thought, her savings wouldn't even make a dent in this.

A crowd quickly formed, curious about who had the misfortune to crash into a luxury car.

The man grabbed Clara's sleeve. "Pay up right now, or I'm calling the cops!"

She shifted her weight to ease the discomfort in her leg. "How about ten thousand dollars?"

The man's face turned crimson with anger. "Are you serious?!"

Meanwhile, the light turned green for Dylan. He cast another glance over. His demeanor was icy, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

step on the gas when Dylan said, "Go deal with

to form a protest, but he ended up stepping out

Sweat was already dotting

might call for help, a young man approached with a no-nonsense attitude. "Let's get the traffic police involved first.

owner was about to erupt again but hesitated when he saw Aiden stepping out of a multi-million-dollar, limited edition car. His anger quickly cooled. There wasn't another car like this in the whole city, and he knew better than to cross someone driving

to wait for the cops. "You can

made the transfer and turned to

long legs and slender waist. A playful little mole on her nose added a bit of warmth

money right now." Her eyes wandered to the car nearby, sensing

waved dismissively. "It's okay." His face was full of irritation, clearly not

the car. "Can I get your contact info? I'll send the money as soon as I

with sarcasm. She was acting like she didn't know him, and actually talking about having money later. The idea that Miss Bradford couldn't come up with ten

it just makes it worse. I said you don't need to pay me

caught off guard, her memory loss leaving her