Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 176

The grand hall was a whirlwind of chaos. Quinn was down on her knees, tears streaming down her face, looking utterly heartbroken.

Johnny, clearly at his wit's end, suddenly shouted, "Enough! You'll get the money."

Quinn looked up at him, her eyes swimming with tears. "Dad, but he'll just keep coming back. Maybe it's better to let him leak those photos. I could leave the country tonight and never come back. Our family's been through enough embarrassment because of me. I'm really sorry."

Johnny's gaze softened with a pang of hurt. Judging from the crazed man at their door, he could guess the kind of life Quinn had with her adoptive parents. No wonder she had issues.

He sighed deeply. "It's alright. There's still some money in the company. I'm getting old; all I want is for you all to be okay."

The man immediately looked smug, a sly grin spreading across his face. "That's more like it. Quinn, you've got a good dad now, not like your last one who only saw your beauty."

on the spot,

money

gently laid on the sofa as the family doctor

around her. She had planned to slip out, but then she noticed Ryan standing beside

okay? You all saw how that man acted. God knows what her life was like before. As her mom, I can't even bear to think about it. I always hate myself

Nobody said a word.

stood there, silent, mulling over the possibility of Quinn orchestrating this whole scene. She had certainly turned things in her favor, drawing everyone's sympathy. Next time

the man's face to memory. She was planning to dig into

until deep into the night that Quinn slowly came around. She's too weak to speak, and

close, murmuring, "It's alright, it's alright. We're

yawned, relieved