Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 26

He pulled his gaze back and asked, "What's the deal here?"

Mentioning the issue made Richard roll his eyes. "It's Colton stirring up trouble again. I've had enough of him."

The group headed outside.

Clara noticed the folks around Simon were small figures from the top-tier elite circles. Meanwhile, the ones around Dylan were heirs to prominent families, right at the heart of the power play. They were carefree, a bit arrogant, well-mannered, yet untouchable.

She sighed softly and went to return the outfit to Megan.

Megan asked, "Clara, are you really over Simon?"

Clara changed back into her own clothes and nodded. "Yeah, I've finally seen the light. I'm done being a doormat."

Megan's eyes flickered with a hint of something as she packed away her work clothes. "So, you joined Ferguson Corporation because of Dylan?"

Clara gave a small laugh. "No way. When I first lost my memory, I thought maybe Dylan and I had something. But now, I see he's pretty distant. I just want to focus on my job and stop chasing after men."

Megan let out a relieved breath and gave her a smile. "I'm glad you're seeing things clearly now."

With some money in her pocket, Clara transferred ten thousand dollars to Megan, "Here's what I owe you. I should head out; I've got to find a new place tomorrow. The area I'm in now isn't too safe."

and don't get mixed up in things like tonight.

bit taken

been around here for

not to dig any deeper and

barely sat down

tactics to snag someone else's spot.

girl. Her name was Jade, the manager of

but Clara remembered sending

those documents I asked you to sort weren't submitted yesterday. It set back the whole department. Today, you owe everyone an afternoon tea.

quickly

"Thanks, Jade."

"I want Starbucks!"

look, and her dislike for Clara had been obvious

how about a frappucino for everyone? You're okay with that,

Clara accepted the penalty. It was only her second day on the job yesterday,

be added

looked a bit sheepish since none of them had added Clara as

handed her an invite to join the group, and Clara was in. This was the department's group chat, and Simon was