Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 54

Dylan's face was a blank slate as he wheeled himself away, clearly wanting to be anywhere but with Quinn.

Quinn quickly stepped behind the wheelchair. "Mr. Dylan, let me take you back."

Before she could even finish her sentence, a cold word sliced through the air. "Scram."

Quinn froze, thinking she must have misheard. She stood there, rooted to the spot, unable to react. It wasn't until the sound of the wheelchair faded into the distance that her anger began to bubble up, and her face flushed red. Her fists clenched, and her chest heaved with indignation. She'd never been treated this way before, and Dylan had the audacity to humiliate her like that!

On a night like this, he had run into her by chance and found themselves in front of the same painting. Wasn't he supposed to feel some kind of destiny or connection?

'Damn it! Dylan really doesn't play by the rules!' Quinn thought.

Seething, Quinn stormed back to her room. But as soon as she opened the door,

a man pulled her into a fierce embrace and kissed her passionately.

It was Simon.

Quinn thought about how Simon treated Clara indifferently but was so passionate with her, and her frustration melted away a bit.

"Simon, why aren't you asleep yet?"

"It's late. What were you doing outside?"

thought the moon looked especially beautiful

up together after a drunken night a year ago, they

you should check on Clara in the morning. She came all the way to South Ashford out of spite, probably because she heard I was coming here to help

twinge of discomfort when he recalled his uncle's words

liked her back. Clara had even saved his life once, nearly drowning in the process, and he'd

much and

years. Quinn had helped Clara

traced Simon's chest. "Simon, I don't want things to get ugly between me and my sister. I know she's always been wary of me and thinks I've taken everything from her. I

my mistake for drinking too much

sly. Initially, she envied Clara for having such a great fiancé. When she first came back to the Bradford family, everything felt alien. Simon's initial

it and started doing things to win Simon's sympathy. Gradually, his heart

to completely despise Clara, and she

she returned to the Bradford family, she vowed

in the attention, finding joy in

dragged his feet to Clara's courtyard. He knocked on her door, but after ten minutes, there was no response. His

like a deer caught in

so many rooms in the house, why were his uncle and Clara living just across from each

what do

to see how Clara's holding up. She messed up with those

and telling red marks on Simon's neck. Was he really here to comfort Clara or to rub salt in

out his phone to call Clara,

can you