Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 410

This wasn't the kind of attention Nicholas was hoping for.

Morgan strolled over, gently took the cigarette from her hand, and placed it between his own lips. The reasons behind Morgan and Scarlette becoming a couple were complicated, but they genuinely appreciated each other. Scarlette didn't mind his past, and he didn't mind hers; there was mutual respect. If marriage were like running a business, they'd make excellent partners, just without the passion. But passion fades eventually, right? In marriage, two people end up more like family, a lot like how they were now.

Morgan took a drag and winced; the cigarette was too harsh. Meanwhile, Nicholas was downstairs, feeling his heart pounding uncontrollably. He got into his car, and his phone rang. It was his dad, and he sounded probing.

"I heard you've been giving your sister a hard time lately?"

Nobody in the Greenard family knew about their intimacy, but they sensed Nicholas's affection for Scarlette. When she decided to leave the family, everyone felt relieved. Nicholas started the car, swallowing the bitterness. "Who told you that? It's not true."

it today. They said you've been

quiet. Nicholas rubbed his eyes, catching a glimpse of his red

much she's been avoiding me. All because of

and if left unchecked, they could bring shame to the entire family. When Scarlette moved out, he and his wife stayed silent. They'd always

attached to your sister,

before replying,

checked the calendar. "I'll call her. You need

feelings, thinking that being together meant forever, that their status would change. By