Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 577

She shot Simon a look and said, “Told you so. He did exactly what I said he would. Mr. Simon, let's face it—you and Clara are never going to happen."

Right now, Megan had no way to get close to anyone else in the Ferguson family. All she could do was keep poking at Simon, hoping he'd snap and do something reckless. If he did, she'd be right there to reap the rewards.

Simon sucked in a shaky breath, his hands tightening on the steering wheel. He wanted nothing more than to smash it to pieces.

How could Dylan pull something like this?

His jaw clenched tight. "Tara from the Warren family came back this morning. The Warrens are throwing her a welcome party-she's Grandpa's handpicked daughter-in-law. I'll wait to see what Grandpa says. Also, I've got a job for you: find out if Dylan's hiding a kid somewhere."

He'd meant to ask Eden about it, but Eden had been sent away before he got the chance.

Still, Simon was sure-Dylan definitely had a child, and Eden knew where the kid

was.

If he could track down the child and use them to threaten Dylan, Dylan would be completely trapped.

For a second, Megan's eyes widened in shock, but she quickly collected herself. At this point, nothing about Dylan surprised her anymore.

The first time she realized Dylan had feelings for Clara, she'd thought the world had lost its mind.

Years had passed, and she'd nearly gotten used to it. The only thing that hadn't faded was her jealousy toward Clara-it just kept growing.

of it," she

hanging up, Simon scrolled through his contacts and found Tara's

guy around, Tara was the queen of the socialites. Her family background spoke for itself, and everyone remembered how she'd once openly chased

picked up on the other end.

smile. "Tara, long time no see. I heard you're back-have you reached out

her hand, a little amused. "Not yet. He should show up

it. Have you seen what he's been up to lately? He's completely obsessed with some woman now-he's even

catching up on all the city drama since

see her as any real competition. Even if Dylan married her, so what? People

had plenty of confidence. After all, the reason Dylan turned her down years ago was because he said he liked someone

late Shelly. Now that he was marrying Clara, it was probably

a stand-in. Tara wasn't

about to let herself become someone else's pawn, either. Everyone in their circle knew about Simon's

ago, he actually told me, 'Ask me again in two years. Well it's been two years. I came back to see

see if he could finally fall for

media post, she'd already liked

felt a rush of satisfaction. Tara was tough at the very least, she'd keep Clara on her toes.

front of him, resentment burning in his chest. How could Dylan just take Clara away, like she belonged to him? It was insane. Simon headed home, but as soon as he pulled up, a housekeeper

across his face. The last thing he wanted

he forced himself upstairs. He'd barely opened the bedroom door when something sprayed

have time to react before he collapsed on

at