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
[He's aloof with everyone, including
he took care of you when you
She debated
Dylan, are you
minutes later, his reply came
Dylan [Yeah, I'm up.]
for what you
Dylan: [Sure.]
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
his study, his head propped on one hand and his eyes fixed on his phone. It was as if he could feel Clara's anxiety through the screen.
but Dylan would have to pass it to get to his office.
a bar, staring at his phone. Clara had transferred departments without a word and wasn't seeing him. He had a nagging
reach for another drink, someone stopped him. "Simon, Colton mentioned you've been
been fixated on Clara. She wasn't as simple as he'd thought. She was stunningly beautiful and
sorrows over my sister? She messaged
with Clara and wouldn't take kindly to feeling manipulated. If he
up straight.
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