Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 55

When Simon walked back into the room, there was Quinn, already dressed up

and ready to kick off her livestream. She hadn't even bothered with the orchard today. Why would she? It was out in the sticks, there was no air conditioning, and the mosquitoes were relentless at night. So, she always did her livestreams from the swankiest room in the guesthouse.

As soon as Simon walked in, Quinn shot him a question, "Hey Simon, have you seen my sister? Word is the apple growers are bailing on her because her prices are sky-high. She's got over twenty thousand orders stuck. If those get canceled, it could really mess with the Ferguson Corporation, right?"

Simon was a bit annoyed and replied, "She only took on the Ashford project to get back at you. If she's in over her head now, that's on her. She should've known better."

Quinn was already in front of the camera, though her livestream hadn't kicked off yet.

"Do you think Uncle Dylan might fire her over this?" she asked.

across the hall from each other. Out of all the

If it had been someone else, would he have let them off so easily? Simon never liked his emotionally distant uncle, and now he was even more irritated. Could Dylan

time. If you try

he said. "I just took your advice to check in on her, but she wasn't even there. She probably got freaked out by all those orders, skipped town, and headed back

tiniest setback, and she crumbles. Honestly, I wish she'd hang

sounded like concern, but every word Quinn said was a dig at

"Don't worry about her. You're almost done with your charity gig here. You just have three more days. Once we're back in

"Awesome, thanks, Simon."

up, Clara was hustling all night. The whole village pitched in. They worked nonstop until two in the afternoon to pack all

twenty thousand orders meant she sold two