Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 129

Eden was in her early twenties and had a surprising fierceness about her. Clara

kicked out, sending Eden stumbling to the side. Still unsatisfied, Eden reached for another vase on the cabinet.

"Why don't you just go to hell!"

Before she could bring the vase down, a voice cut through the tension.

"What are you doing?"

Eden froze, looking up to find Dylan in his wheelchair.

"Dylan!"

Wasn't he supposed to be at work?

Dylan's brow furrowed as he took in Clara clutching her injured palm. His voice turned a shade colder.

"What's going on here?"

Eden hurriedly set the vase down and rushed to his side.

"Dylan, why did you let this bitch into Palm Bay? Have you forgotten that your leg's like this because of her? She's the reason my brother lost his child. I hate her so much. Why doesn't she just kill herself!" Her words came out more frantic, anger flushing her face as she knelt before Dylan.

Dylan shifted slightly, clearly not keen on physical contact. "Who let you in?"

"I came on my own. Dylan, you can't stop me. Clara must pay for what she did to my brother's child."

Dylan's tone was icy as he instructed Aiden, who was standing nearby, "Show her out."

widened in shock, and after a moment, she stood

the bodyguard was

stomped

she imagined it, but Eden's demeanor towards Dylan seemed off. The way she looked at him wasn't how you'd

lowered her lashes, pressing her wounded palm to

gently taking her

suddenly asked, "Is

memories of her past, she wasn't sure. But she could read the way women looked at men, and Eden's gaze towards Dylan was brimming with possessiveness. When Dylan appeared, the delight, anticipation, and imagined intimacy were all too

wheeled into the living room, and Clara followed slowly, feeling a

unease.

aid kit before finally answering

found her on the roadside years ago. I'm not one for raising

Ada,

her lips together, tempted to ask if Dylan realized

was a Ferguson family

the topic and instead quietly tended to her wound. Once he finished,

her

need to leave

kindness, she knew she couldn't overstay her welcome. Quinn's miscarriage was so sudden, and she hadn't

she mulled over her next move, Dylan

"Go check the hospital."

looked up,

to the hospital. Could there be surveillance footage? But knowing Quinn's tactics, any

conjuring another possibility. What if Quinn

words confirmed

risk having an illegitimate child before marriage." That would be a major scandal, especially given Simon's tangled relationship with Quinn. He was still Clara's official fiancé. Simon was foolish, but