Trapped in Love By Kitty Song

Chapter 8 Terminating the Contract Prematurely

Dr. Wilson averted his gaze and looked at Caroline. He nodded and departed.

Recognizing it was inappropriate for him to linger, Reuben tactfully made his way to the elevator and patiently waited.

The ensuing silence weighed heavily upon Caroline. She mustered the courage to speak, “Mr. Jordan…”

“What do you gain from all this?” Evan coldly interjected.

He turned away, his eyes hinting at mockery. “Do you expect my sympathy in return?”

Caroline stood there, stunned. “Mr. Jordan, I don’t understand what you mean!”

Evan lowered his gaze, peering down at Caroline, who stood a head shorter than him. His handsome face radiated an icy coldness.

His eyes, like thin ice, reflected a frigid glint as he uttered with a chilling tone, “Don’t you find your attempts to elicit sympathy and portray yourself as pitiful quite juvenile? Or perhaps you feel that what I have provided you with isn’t enough, and now you seek connections with a doctor to secure free treatment for your mother?”

Evan’s words pierced Caroline’s heart like a knife.

The pain was suffocating, almost unbearable.

She hadn’t even known about her fever, so how could she have feigned it?

It was clear now. Right from the start, she was nothing more than a crass fortune hunter in his eyes!

Caroline clenched her fists, determined to maintain composure.

and inquired, “Mr. Jordan, what

bureaucratic reply

Caroline, he took a step forward, his

in an ambiguous relationship with another man before

nearly pierced her palms, yet her tone remained calm. “Mr. Jordan, the contract terms are clear. Once the person you sought returns, the contract terminates, granting me freedom to pursue

showed her

challenge Evan, and in his eyes,

was the first time Caroline had fiercely stood up

towering figure loomed over her, his iron-like fingers gripping her chin. “Caroline, have you become

welled up in Caroline’s eyes. After years of obedience, could her defiance truly

lips. “Thank you

terminate the contract prematurely, don’t

that, Evan released his

his gaze as he forcefully pushed Caroline away and

wall, slowly sank down as

*

to the ward. After spending a few more hours with her mother,

purchased for her mother earlier had been sold by her father to

this dilapidated and cramped dwelling, barely

floor and opened the door. Immediately, the stench

wine bottles on the floor

of her

you’re taking too long this time. My boss is on the verge of

been occupied lately. Please

response, Caroline buried her head in the fashion

addition to her role as Evan’s personal secretary, Caroline would also take on freelance

other party swiftly replied. [G, with your exceptional talent in design, if you pursue it wholeheartedly, you could become