Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 702

Walter didn't want to make a scene, not now. "As long as you know what's really going on, that's good enough."

Dylan didn't respond. The whole group filed back into the old manor's main hall, where the chef had just set out steaming bowls of noodles.

Everyone had to eat longevity noodles, along with seafood soup. It was tradition—no exceptions.

But Dylan was allergic to seafood. He picked at the noodles, ate barely two strands, then slipped away upstairs.

Once the ancestral ceremony wrapped up, all that was left was to wait for the evening banquet.

The manor was decked out-plush red carpet everywhere, every corner meticulously decorated.

Kayla glanced over at Tara, who'd been helping out since dawn, and handed her a bowl of soup. “There's no seafood in this. Can you bring it up to Dylan?"

Tara paused, looking at her with an unreadable expression.

Kayla's heart skipped a beat—maybe Tara had caught on to her plan. She felt her face go a little pale.

But Tara only smiled, warm and sincere. "Sure, I'll take it to him.”

sigh of relief, but there was a

was going to make sure the old

and knocked on Dylan's bedroom

family member. He was sitting in

her, just

set the bowl down on his desk. "They're worried your stomach might act up later, so they asked me to bring

realized it

his face

pushed the

gone along with it. From now on, we're basically family, even f we're not the same generation. Can't we at least be friends? If you'd told me sooner that you never planned to marry me, I wouldn't have bothered learning all the Warren family rules. When your grandma called me back, you didn't say anything. Everyone assumed I came back to get engaged to you. The rest of

everyone."

they'd sent her up with

said exactly what

thinking, he set down his paperwork, picked up the bowl, and took a sip

relaxed, a real

don't have to finish it. I just need something to tell

she picked up the bowl and

her walk away, then called

paused at the door, her expression shifting for