Trapped in Love By Kitty Song

Chapter 5 Paying Debts

Reuben left without a word, and Caroline slumped into her chair. She covered her face with her hands to hide the sadness that threatened to consume her.

Evan’s actions made it clear that he had no intention of keeping her as his personal secretary, now that the person he truly cared about was back. It was time for her to accept that she was merely a substitute.

Buzz—

Her thoughts were interrupted by the buzzing of her phone on the desk. It was her mother’s attending doctor, Scott Wilson.

Caroline anxiously answered the call. “Dr. Wilson, is something wrong with my mother?”

“Caroline, do you have time to come to the hospital now?” Scott replied.

Hearing Dr. Wilson’s tone, Caroline quickly stood up, her heart racing. “Yes, I’ll be right there!”

*

Twenty minutes later, Caroline arrived at the hospital entrance wearing only a simple shirt.

Sneezing from the cold wind as she got out of the car at the hospital entrance, Caroline hurriedly ran towards the inpatient building.

As she stepped out of the elevator, she was surprised to see a man in a leather jacket standing in front of her mother’s ward, smoking a cigarette and talking to her mother’s attending doctor, Scott Wilson, in a roguish manner.

Caroline clenched her fists and walked over quickly.

sound of her footsteps made Dr. Wilson and

when he saw Caroline. “Yo, the

tone. “Clay, I’ve already made it clear. Even if you’re looking to harass me

cigarette in his mouth and replied, “Your father’s disappeared. Who else can we turn to for the money,

Caroline asked, “How much do you want

Only 4,000 dollars, including interest,”

soured. “It was only 2,000 dollars last

to ask your father what else he did to rack up the debt. The IOU is here, and

and showed

she couldn’t find a way to

driven him to borrow money regularly, and she had always been the one to shoulder the burden of paying off his debts. Despite her tireless efforts, his debts seemed to only multiply, leaving her vulnerable to the menacing loan sharks who would invade her mother’s hospital ward and cause

her boiling rage, opting not to create a scene. “Fine, I’ll give you the money this time. But if you ever dare to set foot in this hospital

and retrieved Clay’s bank details, then proceeded to transfer 4,000 dollars to

Clay nodded

Wilson looked at Caroline with concern. “Caroline, you can’t keep doing this. Eventually, all of this pressure is going to

tinged with bitterness. “He’s still my

complexion gradually paling, and his brow furrowed with worry.

head, but a wave of dizziness

steady her, hesitating for a moment as his palm met her feverish skin. “Caroline, don’t

expression now

her burning face. “I’ve been too preoccupied with work to notice. I’ll take some medicine later. Thank you, Dr. Wilson, for your concern, but right now, I need to go see

she walked past Scott and entered

the ward, Caroline’s heart ached when she