Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 745

Chapter 745

The woman's lips twitched. Usually, lines like that were just clumsy pick-up

attempts—she'd been around long enough to know the type. But this reply? It was

a first.

Is this guy for real?

She sucked in a breath and walked away, her expression stormy.

Jackson, who'd watched the whole scene unfold, had to fight the urge to clap.

Nicholas still hadn't looked up from his phone, totally oblivious to Jackson sliding onto the barstool beside him.

"You've got guts," Jackson said, grinning. "That girl was obviously interested, and you just shut her down like it was nothing."

Nicholas barely glanced up, his mood already sour. "Scarlette's ignoring my calls. Maybe she's off with Morgan again. Lately, it feels like her job's more important than anything else, including me."

Jackson flagged down the bartender and ordered a drink, half-listening to Nicholas's rant about Scarlette. For some reason, his mind drifted to Kaitlyn.

always thought people who couldn't let go were pathetic, so when Kaitlyn ended things,

stung was that she'd left him alone, too. No calls. No texts. Not even a

it still left

she was married. Maybe she and her husband were so wrapped up in

about to

the room, chatting with some guy,

His jaw

at the guy, asking, "Is it cool

she'd cornered had that fresh-faced, clean-cut look-definitely

up every party, every event, hoping to find someone decent-and tonight, finally, she'd spotted

a college kid: bright eyes, easy smile, the kind of guy

reached out to

before he could grab it, someone

the hand up

hunt for new talent, Kaitlyn? I thought you and your husband

flicked over the

blushed, stammered a

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