Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 569

Richard was the one who understood him better than anyone else. Maybe that's why Richard had never once looked at Clara like she was some oddity.

He just didn't get the whole men-and-women thing. To him, those feelings were nothing but a hassle.

Ever since he was a kid, women had always seemed like trouble, and romance was even worse. The rush he got from winning in the business world was a thousand times more exciting than chasing after a woman.

That adrenaline-living on the edge-no ordinary love affair could ever compare. So he never really understood why everyone seemed so obsessed with romance.

He didn't get it, but he respected it.

Maybe once you'd reached the top and all the power a person could want, you started chasing after things that felt, well, ordinary and even a little cheap.

Yeah, to him, romance was just that: ordinary.

Jackson couldn't help but feel a little annoyed at Richard's attitude.

"Richard, you've got the overseas shipping line all sewn up now. Does that mean anyone who wants to move cargo has to go through you?" he asked.

Owning the shipping route was a goldmine. The fact that Richard had managed it showed just how much work he'd put in behind the scenes.

his legs. "Yep. From now on, your shipments are

I want to know is, you've been working here and abroad for years-how come there's never been a single scandal about you? Don't tell me you're still a

the arrogance slipped from Richard's

quick glance, then looked away

his eyes, and muttered, "I'm not as

the way when

raised an eyebrow,

under pressure. He'd also been the first to notice that Dylan liked Clara. It wasn't that Richard was clueless about feelings

in love? Maybe, if he lived

it over when footsteps echoed from

finished settling Dylan and was about to come

as she spotted the three men waiting

a few steps down, then spun around and hurried

she

Jackson, who never bothered to hide his dislike for her And Nicholas, who looked down on her more than anyone else. If she went down there, she'd

Dylan's room felt

like she knows she's not

over at

all too well how fiercely some people protected their own. If Nicholas kept messing with Clara, he'd only be asking for trouble. So Richard gave him