Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 820

Clara pulled Dylan onto the bed, her fingers brushing against his damp hair. She raised an eyebrow. "You took a shower before coming over?"

He didn't answer. Instead, he turned his head away, silent as ever.

Clara sighed. This guy was impossible-so repressed and stubborn.

Fine. If Dylan wouldn't talk, she had other ways to get him to open up. Words didn't work on him, but she was pretty sure her tongue would.

And just like that, the second she kissed him, he gave in.

His eyes darkened, hands finding her waist. He hesitated for a few seconds before finally murmuring, "What is it you want to ask me so badly?"

She was really going above and beyond just to get an answer out of him.

Everything after that just happened naturally. When Clara took the lead, Dylan never stood a chance.

Honestly, it wasn't even about refusing he couldn't think straight, let alone say

no.

By the time they finally came up for air, the sky outside was already turning pale with morning light.

Clara was exhausted. She rolled over and yawned. "Let me sleep first. I'll ask you later."

her closer, pressing a

especially after that showdown with Simon.

always someone who made her feel safe and warm. That comfort, though, always felt like it was hiding under layers of

dreamed again

was somewhere hot and sticky,

mentor had thrown her into a survival test-fifteen days alone. If

overhearing her older brother's voice: "Does it have to be like this? She's just

younger when you did it.

"I just..."

faded. Clara had always been afraid of her mentor-strict, but

she held on. She wanted to protect the people she cared

those days in the wild weren't just about dodging wild animals-there were people

barely made it through the first ten days, dealing with every threat, until some poisonous spray hit her eyes, blinding

just a kid, desperate to survive. And right when she thought

heart jumped. "Ben?

but he

Ben. He always looked out for

and the place was crawling with poisonous

our mentor do this to us? Why is it so dangerous? And

her hand Her stomach settled, and with his han@guiding her, she kept