Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 885

Jackson had only one thing on his mind: if Clara didn't come back, Dylan would probably end up starving himself into the ER. As much as Jackson loved a front- row seat to the drama, he knew he had to intervene before things went from bad

to tragic.

He grabbed his phone and texted a friend, asking for Clara's location. The reply came fast: Clara was with Kaitlyn.

Jackson perked up, giving Nicholas a quick pat on the shoulder. "You head home. I'm going to talk to Clara-try to figure out what's really going on."

He was just about to head out when footsteps echoed from the stairs. Dylan was coming down, looking pale as paper, but there was a stubborn determination in his eyes. After a couple of weak coughs, he made for the front door.

Jackson hurried after him. "Seriously? You're barely standing. Where do you think you're going?"

Dylan's lips tightened, lashes low over his eyes. "To find Clara.”

"Now you want to look for her? She left in the middle of the night. What were you doing then?" Jackson couldn't help thinking-how does a guy this into Clara not chase after her right away? Was his brain always this slow on the uptake?

didn't say a word,

and followed. Nicholas hesitated a second, then decided to tag along too, but by the time he made it outside, the

already irritated that Clara had blocked him, and

car, Jackson told the driver to head straight to the address he'd gotten. Dylan stared out the window, dressed in a crisp new suit, but he looked stiff and

him for a second. "Did you get hurt or something? You look like

closed his

pulled up in front of the coffee shop, Jackson got out first, meaning to open Dylan's door. But Dylan made no move to get out. He just sat there, watching

just going to sit here? It's only a fight. You look like hell, but if Clara cares about you at all, she's not going to just let you suffer. She's got feelings for you, whether she admits it or

pressed it

guy was impossible.

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secrets and could handle themselves. There was more going on

five fingers. "We go fifty-fifty, both