Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 755

The old lady sat up front, watching the city lights slip by, her sigh barely audible over the hum of the car.

"New York's changed so much. The Ferguson Corporation, too," she said softly.

Clara didn't answer that. Instead, she asked, "And if Tara won't let go?"

"She's always listened since she was little. Come on, let's pick her up. We'll go together."

Clara shot her a look. Someone who could leak those kinds of photos-could she really just walk away that easily? Maybe she'd underestimated what people were capable of.

They picked Tara up at six, just as the sun was going down. Tara slid into the back seat, her eyes landing right on Clara behind the wheel. No matter how much Tara might hate her, she didn't show it. She just asked, “Ma'am, are we heading to the temple now?"

The old lady nodded. "Sorry to trouble you both. Tara, I have something I want to discuss with you, too."

Tara's face was all calm respect, not a hint of emotion. "I know. We can talk when we get there."

Clara glimpsed Tara's eyes in the rearview mirror. Their gazes met, both of them unreadable.

up the mountain, Clara's phone rang.

"When are you coming home?"

late tonight. Did you remember to

bat,

nine. Just go

the mess at Ferguson Corporation. Still, her voice

the other two in

"He's so gentle with you. With others, even family, he

kept her eyes on the road and

her face twisted with jealousy. She knew Dylan was into Clara-she'd seen it, that night in the private. room the way he'd lost control t had nearly driven her mad. Hearing his voice now, so gentle, so different from the way he spoke to her, made her want to scream. Every

had known him the longest. But none of that seemed to

with her uncle's situation

dropping hints, but Richard wouldn't budge. He was arrogant, sure, but when it came to

locked on Clara's silhouette. If only this woman would just disappear. Why did Clara have to keep

to let it go for now. The old lady was here tonight; she couldn't afford to lose her cool. If she wanted to go after Clara, she'd just have to do

they finally parked beneath the temple. The sky was already dark. The old lady didn't make Clara climb

towering and solemn, the kind of place that almost made you believe in