Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 41

"Alright then, get some rest!"

Clara was completely wiped out; her eyelids were like lead weights. She leaned back in her seat and quickly fell asleep.

That was when Addison noticed the bloody stains on Clara's knees, looking pretty alarming. But with the camera rolling, she couldn't say anything, and just silently admired Clara's grit.

Clara slept for a solid four hours, and when she woke up, she overheard Addison chatting with the driver.

Addison's voice was tinged with urgency. "Let her catch a few more winks. It's disgusting how they're spreading rumors about us!"

The driver was a seasoned middle-aged man who'd been driving for Ferguson Corporation for ages, "Addison, maybe we should wake Ms. Clara. If we keep waiting, we might lose all the clients."

"But she was up all night. Let's give her one more hour."

Their voices were hushed, but Clara was already awake. She rubbed her temples, her throat still a bit raw. "What's going on?"

Addison's eyes lit up, "Clara, you're awake! It's Quinn. She's somehow involved in the event, and also selling apples. She even mentioned you in her live stream. Now everyone's convinced you're here just to chase after some guy! We've had so many cancellations that the system's about to crash, and the platform's putting pressure on us. If this keeps up, they might report us, and we'll all be in deep trouble. What should we do?"

of orders last night, by afternoon, not only had sales dried up, but many customers had canceled

a sip of water to ease her scratchy throat. This was classic Quinn. "Addison, pull up Quinn's live stream for

quickly brought

to Clara's simple, no-frills setup, Quinn's stream looked like it had been professionally decorated, making her come off as a polished businessgirl. Despite her manipulative character, Quinn had some

slashed her prices: five cents a pound, fifty cents for ten pounds of apples. Clara's apples were going for ninety-nine cents for ten pounds, making Quinn's

up her sister, hinting that she'd run away from home, trying to achieve something to win back her fiancé. This led viewers to think Clara was using the charity event as a cover to chase a guy and accused

were no

stream. It was too much. Now Quinn's stream is buzzing, with over two hundred thousand viewers. I've heard she's sold over

and patted Addison's shoulder. "It's okay. Let's

head. "No way, you don't know how

herself, her voice calm. "It's fine. If Quinn's using me to drum up attention,

last night, and Quinn's deliberate mention of her was a card she wasn't about to let go

at Clara's knees, full of concern. "Clara, maybe you should deal with your knees first. They look infected. If it turns septic, we'll have a

was already flashing a smile at the camera. As expected, the chat was

hard work like this! You should be ashamed. We placed so

is true. She's really here