Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 786

A flicker of alarm shot through Clara as she spun on her heel and headed straight for her car.

She'd barely been on the road ten minutes before she caught sight of not one, but several cars tailing her in the rearview mirror-just as she'd suspected.

The old lady's funeral was over, Dylan had already forgotten about her again, and now, in the old man's eyes, there was nothing holding him back. He could do whatever he wanted.

Clara's hands tightened around the steering wheel, her eyes fixed ahead, calm but alert.

There was no way the old man hadn't gone all out this time. Escaping wouldn't be a walk in the park.

She pulled out her phone and dialed Charles.

He answered, his voice still heavy with sleep. "What's up?"

"Charlie, I need you to track my location and come pick me up. Now."

Charles woke up instantly. He didn't waste time asking questions-just grabbed his jacket and was out the door.

Clara watched the city blur past, buildings and streetlights melting away behind her. Maybe it was her nerves, but she swore she could hear the tick-tock of a clock somewhere, counting down.

Her heart skipped. Just then, her car rolled onto a bridge. She took a deep breath, yanked open the door, and went for it.

Right before the car smashed through the guardrail, she pulled a sharp turn, and in that split second, dove off the bridge.

over her head, cold and overwhelming. Even before she surfaced, she heard the explosion

never tried to overtake, never tried to box her in. Their plan was obvious now-they just needed

for air. Instead, she let the current pull her along, swimming downstream as fast as

long she fought the water before

riverbank, shivering and gasping for

water made it worse. Clara wiped the droplets off her face, didn't dare

quickly her pursuers would

phone and gave it

trusted Charles. He'd find her. He always did. And

could sniff her out from miles

spot by the side of

the distant thump

scanned her surroundings, made sure she wasn't visible from above, and

down the road, rolling to a stop right

thought it

instead, the

slid

to reveal a man with strikingly handsome, almost

kind of guy

broke hearts for