Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 857

Megan had no reason to lie. She'd never risk everything on something so reckless.

Clara rubbed her temples, taking a few steadying breaths before finally moving forward.

Behind her, Megan heard the car engine fade into the distance. She turned slowly, a bitter, mocking smile tugging at her lips. Everyone always looked down on her, treated her like a nobody. But she was determined to last until the end-to give Clara and Dylan's relationship a blow they'd never recover from.

Clara drove back toward Palm Bay, calling Dylan on the way. He didn't pick up.

Two hours later, the butler came stumbling in, all his usual pride gone. He dropped to his knees in front of her.

"Clara, you have to do something! The young master-he's completely lost it! He's about to fight the old man, I swear!"

Clara stood up from the sofa, her voice cold. "What are you talking about?"

The butler was shaking, his face pale. "The old man left the Capital this morning- no one knows where he went, he didn't tell anyone. But a few hours ago, the young master stormed into the Ferguson family's old estate and turned the ancestral hall upside down. He's out of his mind! That's the Ferguson family's ancestral hall-nobody dares touch it! The ancestors won't forgive him for this! Clara, you have to stop him. He even sent people to look for the old man. I don't know, he might actually do something... unforgivable!"

Clara rushed out and drove straight to the old estate.

With the butler's help, she managed to get inside.

for the ancestral hall. She'd been here before, but now the grand nameplate had crashed to the

tablets were scattered everywhere. The golden incense burner was

the sight of the white mourning banners still hanging,

the rest

you need to explain yourself.

insane? This is the ancestral hall-the most sacred place we have! How could

and asked

he meant the

patriarch had done to make Dylan

lost control like this

slowly walked over and slipped her hand into

he saw it was her, he just stared, stunned

talk to me. If

you could

silent for a long moment, then answered

said Dylan was untouchable, but what had he been

rest of the Ferguson

that? You've enjoyed the Ferguson family's honor, and now you