Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 674

Charles lowered his gaze and took off the flower crown from his head. He walked

over to Clara, wanting to put it on her.

But Dylan moved faster—he cut in between them and grabbed the crown right out

of Charles’s hands, tossing it aside without a second thought.

The tension in the air was razor-sharp, so intense it made everyone freeze.

Except for Richard, no one even saw how quickly the two of them exchanged

blows.

Charles had pulled a dagger, aiming straight at Dylan. But Dylan blocked it with

the flower crown he’d just picked up, like it was nothing.

Clara looked down, surprised to find the flower crown in her own hands. When did

she even pick that up? Her eyes darted from Charles to Dylan, trying to make

sense of it all.

Dylan didn’t look fazed at all. He knew exactly how dangerous Charles could be—

he was practically famous for it.

Clara’s voice was soft and a little confused. “Big brother, why are you two

fighting?”

Charles pressed his lips together and slid the dagger away. “Just be good to my

sister, that’s all.”

He’d barely finished speaking when Clara grabbed Dylan’s hand and looked up at

him. “Babe, can’t my brother come with us to the Capital?”

Dylan frowned, about to say no, but before he could get the words out, Clara

a warm kiss

she asked,

a natural at

Dylan had vanished on the spot. Instead, he just

“Alright.”

face. He

sounded behind him. The family doctor piped up, “Young master,

you. You’ll have to

excitement faded, replaced by a quiet,

feel better. “It’s okay. You can

Capital.”

started to walk away, then hesitated and came back. “I’ll be

helicopter are almost done—I’ll have

guys with

anything happens,

nearly choked. The “big guys” were Charles’s

eldest and Mitch couldn’t

If anyone else even thought about taking the dogs, they’d get a bullet

their trouble.

to him than his own

was handing them over to Clara—a woman he’d

for a few days—and he

said gently. “I’m

play cards with if

red. “Clara, wait for me. Promise you’ll

find you.”

nodded and gave him

walked away, turning back every few

barely stand listening

drawn-out goodbye.

that

romance and

about his dogs,

him

spot—several times over.

could say a word, Clara was already sliding into

him. “Come

like that, all his

inside