Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 362

By five o'clock the next morning, Clara was already up and about. She got straight to work, organizing all the strengths and weaknesses of the Bradford Group and sifting through an overwhelming eighty pages of documents. The deeper she went, the more confident she felt in handling all that information.

She remembered seeing some pretty impressive certificates before, some of the toughest to earn in the finance world. It made her wonder what she had been doing with her life until now. But that thought was fleeting as she quickly got back to work, sorting the documents. The way things were going with the Bradford Group, they had maybe two more years to turn things around. If they didn't catch the next big wave in tech, not even a miracle could save them.

Not long after she settled into the office, Scarlette called.

"Nicholas is gonna be giving a talk at Center College soon. The next five years are gonna be huge for Al, and there's this genius from Center College that everyone wants to snatch up. Are you thinking about making a move?" Scarlette asked.

This was right up the Bradford family's alley since they were in electronics. But their sales had been tanking because they just couldn't keep up with the times. The old-school management kept pushing outdated TVs and air conditioners, only appealing to the older crowd.

Smart homes were the new trend, and Al was about to explode, with all sorts of robots coming into play. Having an Al genius on board was like striking gold.

Scarlette added, "Isn't your brother into this stuff?"

Clara's heart sank at the mention of her brother.

Scarlette, realizing she'd touched a nerve, tried to recover quickly. Everyone knew the Bradford family's situation, and Clara was too famous in their circles. People were just waiting for her to stumble.

but Clara

College," Clara replied, her

return,

of time on her hands, Clara hung up and drove to Center College. But just as she was getting close, Dylan's

guilty. Hadn't she promised Dylan a meal after the land deal was

to let it slide and get back

she couldn't just

Dylan, what a coincidence. Heading to Center College too?" she

College, but her amnesia meant she couldn't even remember

looked at her, and she couldn't shake the feeling that he was holding back something every time they made

with a single word,

was referring to

five million he had given her before and thought about

check and handed

an eyebrow, his tone calm, "Is that