Trapped in Love By Kitty Song

Chapter 13 I Can Help You

“How do you explain yourself?” Evan’s voice boomed above Caroline her, dripping with cold sarcasm.

She offered a bitter smile. How else could she possibly explain it?

The surveillance video had clearly been manipulated, but she lacked any evidence to prove it.

“Say something!” His angry roar made her involuntarily tremble.

Overwhelmed by a profound sense of injustice, she helplessly closed her eyes. “What else can I say?”

Her indifferent response only fueled his frustration and annoyance.

She always responded this way. Whenever she couldn’t defend herself, she would surrender, leaving herself at the mercy of others.

She had done the same in the surveillance video, as well as now, standing in front of him.

Disgusted, he averted his gaze and issued a cold warning. “From now on, you are not permitted to leave the villa, except for work.”

Caroline looked up at him in disbelief. “Who are you to take away my freedom?”

“I am your superior!” With those words, Evan stormed out and slammed the door behind him.

Caroline was left speechless on the spot. The dull ache in her heart reminded her of how inferior her status was.

Battling physical and mental exhaustion, she steadied herself by leaning against the table. Suddenly, her eyes caught sight of a locked drawer in the center.

She stared at it, entranced.

She knew all too well what lay inside—the source of Evan’s vulnerability.

It was the place where he once tightly embraced her while he was drunk. In a moment of exhaustion, he murmured, “Caroline, everyone thinks I’m invincible, but do you know where my weakness lies? It’s in the drawer in the study. Every time I open it, my heart is consumed by excruciating pain.”

That was the first time she witnessed him being so disappointed and dejected.

At that time, she remained unaware of what was kept inside the drawer. She couldn’t fathom what had caused such desperation in a formidable man.

However, now, a sense of realization washed over her.

of the drawer must be connected to

had been

of it intensified Caroline’s

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Caroline wanted to go to the hospital to visit

she opened the villa door, she came face to face with

has instructed that you can’t

to go to the

“I need to ask

she watched him dial

somehow offended him? Even if the events in the surveillance video were true, he would simply be more disgusted and want her gone. So why was he

hung up the phone. “Ms. Shenton, let me

her frustration, Caroline walked past him and

they arrived

and paused

seeing her mother in the

mask up to cover her red and swollen face before approaching her mother.

looked up wearily and managed a smile. “Carol,

frowned. “Why are you wearing a

caught a cold. I

you still running

Just focus on

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with Katie, Caroline decided it was best to leave. Katie had just undergone chemotherapy and needed rest. Caroline didn’t want to disturb her mother’s

noticed Reuben still standing by

nurse by his side. His face brightened upon seeing Caroline. Before he could say anything, Reuben

gaze now blocked, Caroline glared at Reuben, displeased. “What is the meaning

Mr. Jordan has forbidden you from

anger. “Dr. Wilson is my mother’s attending physician. Our conversations solely revolve

refrain from discussing any irrelevant matters, other than her mother’s illness, if you don’t want to

formed on Scott’s forehead. He spoke

“I have no obligation to answer

then shifted his gaze to Caroline, who

lip and shook her head.

clenched fists, she walked towards

reveal her situation, nor did she want to