Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 784

No one else in the Ferguson family said a word. The room fell quiet as Rai and Walter started talking.

Rai didn't seem to know how the old lady had actually passed away he just tried to comfort Walter with a few gentle words.

They spoke in low voices for a while.

Dylan kept to himself, fiddling with his signet ring, lost in thought.

After dinner at the old manor, he went upstairs to rest. When he came out of the shower, there was a woman sitting on his bed.

She looked a lot like Clara-maybe she'd even gotten work done to resemble her —but something was off. She was pretty, but she couldn't hold a candle to Clara.

Dylan stopped in his tracks, brow furrowed, eyes calm. "Get out."

The woman stood up slowly and began to undress. "Your father sent me."

"Get out," he repeated, voice flat and cold.

She dipped her head, silent and obedient, and left without another word.

Dylan heard movement at the door and turned to see his father.

"What are you doing, Father?" he asked.

was hard to read. "I heard Clara's

replied. No point hiding it-Walter could find out

how do you

expect Dylan to get attached to Clara now? The

don't feel anything. I can't taste

looked pleased. His eyes swept the room. "You and Milo are both grown now. You're not meant to be tied down to just one woman for the rest of your life. When you

towel over his hair, his tall frame giving off

like

overseas, Dylan would

partner," Dylan said

get someone to change my

in his room-it made his skin

the Palm Bay condo in a while. Word was, there was a woman staying there too As Oas he found out, he had her

father's

eye on the stock

only grew. "Dylan, this is how you should be Before you leave, I only

Ferguson Corporation again Otherwise..."

paused but didn't hesitate.

turned and left, looking even

the towel aside and picked up the hairdryer, but then his hand

himself

to dry his hair for