Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 333

Once Clara got home, she dove into finding out who had been in touch with Greysen, and to her surprise, she hit the jackpot.

Back when Johnny was still around, Greysen had always been itching to take over the company, but he didn't have enough shares. All he could do was play the seniority card. Everything changed when he teamed up with Victory Capital, and suddenly, he had some real power to throw around.

Victory Capital didn't have any ties with the Bradford Group initially. They jumped on the Greysen bandwagon because, five years ago, Clara had unknowingly ticked off the heir of Victory Capital. No one knew what she did to get on his bad side, but he definitely held a grudge.

Reading through this, Clara felt a headache coming on. She didn't even know who this heir was. Following this thread, she finally stumbled upon a name— Darrick.

She tried to jog her memory but came up blank, so she called Scarlette, her go-to for everything.

"Darrick? You mean the Victory Capital heir? I think he lost an eye, and since then, he's stayed out of the public eye."

couldn't be

I had anything

never heard that. The juiciest gossip about you in the Capital is your thing for Simon. Besides that, you've flown under the radar; no one links you to anything unless it's Simon-related." Scarlette paused to pour herself a glass of

bit off his rocker and has a nasty streak. He's messed up a lot of young women before. Remember the rumor? He was obsessed with Quinn, openly declared it a few times, and then, out of nowhere, his eye got injured. He

was messing with the Bradford family,

Though she was in a psychiatric hospital, the staff had stopped paying her much mind once they realized she wasn't in anyone's good books anymore. Even if she disappeared for a week, no one would probably bat an eye because

when a car suddenly pulled up beside

dark voice

was out to get her. Hearing that voice, she instinctively wanted to run, but a hand reached

me go! Let me

and met the gaze of an artificial eye, lifeless yet strangely captivating. Suddenly, she had no clue who this man was and shrank into the