Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 242

Scarlette stumbled back a few steps, finding herself pinned against the sleek

black car.

"Nicholas, that's enough!"

With a cut on his lip from her slap, Nicholas casually licked the blood away. "Scarlette, I heard you're bringing Morgan to meet your folks?"

Scarlette's chest rose and fell as she clutched the car door frame.

"This is my business, I don't owe you an explanation."

She took a deep breath, her voice softening. "We're going to be family soon. Don't look at him like he's your enemy. You're going to have to call him 'brother-in-law.""

Nicholas chuckled darkly, his eyes clouded with intensity.

Scarlette felt a hint of fear from his unpredictable nature and frowned. "And stop being so informal with me. Call me 'sister.' If you keep coming around like this, the Greenard family is going to give me a hard time. Nicholas, stop acting like a kid."

another word, Nicholas grabbed

Before she knew it,

like a toy. When you want to push me away, I'm just your 'little brother,' but when you need me, you cling to me

in the cramped space, his presence

interior was roomy, but when Scarlette tried to

took a deep breath. "I've told you so many times, that night

hand moving downward, parting her

gasped, trying to push him away, but he held her

"Nicholas!"

back his hand, smirking as he examined his fingers. "You say one thing, but your body tells a different story. Is

finished, Scarlette

the side, five red marks blossoming on his

of guilt and pain. They used to be so close, incredibly close. She thought his clinginess was just childhood affection,

wasn't. Did he really not know whose name

temples, her heart softening as she gently touched his

pet, there would be feelings. But to Scarlette, Nicholas was like a brother. She never had any other thoughts. Nicholas let out

She rummaged around the car for a first aid kit but found none, so she