Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 80

Clara tossed and turned all night, unable to catch a wink of sleep. In her frustration, she turned to the internet for some advice.

Clara: [My boss gave me a bath. Is our relationship still on the up and up?]

Clara: [Passed out from cramps, only to wake up and find my boss had changed my clothes and helped me clean up. What do I do now?]

After posting these questions in a forum, Clara felt hotter and more flustered than ever. The thought of facing Dylan at work the next day filled her with dread.

Her posts quickly drew a flood of responses.

[Are you sure this is your boss, not your boyfriend?]

[My boyfriend doesn't even treat me this well. Your boss might be into you.]

[Forget boyfriends, even my husband isn't this attentive. You don't seem to mind him—why not just get together?]

[Your relationship can't be that innocent anymore.]

Clara replied, insisting: [He has no interest in me.]

comment was

just not seeing it. How does he treat others

aloof with

you when you needed it. That

for words. She debated internally before finally

[Mr. Dylan, are

his reply came

Dylan [Yeah, I'm up.]

for what

Dylan: [Sure.]

even mean? Clara found Dylan to be a mystery. Did he really change her clothes and clean her up? She worried about it for another half hour, sweating with anxiety but too scared to ask outright. How could she face

on one hand and his eyes fixed on his phone. It was as if he could feel Clara's

special, but Dylan would have to pass it to get to his office. As she worked through lunch, she pondered how she would

at a bar, staring at his phone. Clara had transferred departments without a word and wasn't seeing him. He had a nagging feeling this time she meant it. She wasn't coming back. The

about to reach for another drink, someone stopped him. "Simon, Colton mentioned you've been drinking

Clara. She wasn't as simple as

your sorrows over my sister? She messaged

in his relationship with Clara and wouldn't take kindly to feeling manipulated. If he thought this was just one of Clara's schemes, any softening in Simon's heart would

expected, Simon sat up straight.