Chapter 641

Chapter 641

Dylan finished checking her ankle, then gently set her foot back on the ground.

Clara didn't even bother answering him. She pushed herself up, limping toward the door, but the soft hum of his wheelchair followed close behind.

She stopped, took a deep breath, and tried to push down all the anger and sadness swirling inside her.

Turning around, she looked at him and blurted out, her voice trembling, "My boyfriend is dead. If you're going to keep me here, fine. But can you at least help me find out who really did it?"

That fire... what really happened that night?

Everyone said it was Dylan. The evidence pointed straight at him. But deep down, she wasn't ready to believe it-not all the way.

As soon as the words left her mouth, she felt something wet slide down her cheek. She touched her face and realized, a little stunned, that she was crying.

She almost never cried.

Still staring at the tears on her fingertips, she didn't notice Dylan rolling up beside her until he gently took her hand, bringing it to his lips for a soft kiss.

be good," he

what his version of "be good" meant, but

flickered at the corner of Dylan's mouth. His fingers

intimacy, but she needed him. So she

The moment she realized she was leaving

when the car finally stopped and she saw the

we were going to investigate,"

for the first time all day. "Someone else will

her protest. All she

car and up to the top floor. As

she and Dylan were married. All the gossip said the CEO had gotten hitched, and just last week, everyone

looked truly shocked-and then downright delighted

straight to

didn't work at Ferguson anymore, so there was no desk for her-just the couch in the

popping in every few minutes to ask if she wanted something sweet or

for its chefs. Dylan never cut

work here, Clara had basically lived in that cafeteria. Now, after making her deal with Dylan, she decided there was no point staying angry-not when it would only

you," she said, a little awkward but

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