Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 163

He couldn't find any surveillance footage at the hotel, so he had no choice but to head back home.

Lately, his family life had been a whirlwind of chaos. For starters, his mom, Ada, kept running back to the family estate to complain about his father and his grandpa was getting fed up with it all. His dad hadn't been home since his affair was exposed.

Simon sat slumped in his car, chain-smoking cigarettes before reluctantly driving home. The moment he walked through the door, he overheard Ada furiously on the phone, clearly laying into her sister, Sonya.

"Sonya, don't even think about it! Do you really believe sleeping with him means he cares about you? Let me tell you, he said you're like a dead fish and give him no pleasure at all! You're not my sister; from now on, we're enemies!"

Whatever Sonya said in response only fueled Ada's rage further, and she angrily swept everything off the coffee table.

The recent events had left Ada feeling utterly humiliated. She used to have the perfect image of the virtuous wife, but now it was all falling apart. Every time she went out, people would whisper and point. Everyone was aware that her husband had betrayed her with her own sister.

even had the nerve to videotape and photograph everything that night. Now, she was blackmailing Michael with

He was desperate

appetite just grew. She was genuinely grateful

just that. She wanted to push Ada aside and take her

photos and videos, she was ready to bring down anyone who dared

when she noticed Simon and quickly tried to tidy her

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mess in the

quickly motioned for someone to clean up, her eyes welling up

a homeless shelter. When we found him, he was barely alive. He was admitted to the ICU this morning, and the doctors say even if he pulls