Trapped in Love

Chapter 5

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.

made Dr. Wilson and the

saw Caroline. “Yo, the great secretary, Caroline, has finally decided

the man with a cold tone. “Clay, I’ve already made it clear. Even

replied, “Your father’s disappeared. Who else can we turn to for

asked, “How much do you

dollars,

“It was

have to ask your father what else he did to rack up the debt. The IOU is here, and you know your father’s handwriting. I’m just here

IOU and showed it

Caroline seethed with anger, she couldn’t find a way

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

made a difficult decision to suppress her boiling rage, opting not to create a scene. “Fine, I’ll give

sigh, Caroline pulled out her phone and retrieved Clay’s bank details, then proceeded to transfer 4,000 dollars

nodded curtly and made a graceful

can’t keep doing this. Eventually, all of

bitterness.

noticed Caroline’s complexion gradually paling, and his brow furrowed with

her head, but a wave of dizziness nearly

reached out to steady her, hesitating for a moment as his palm met her feverish skin. “Caroline, don’t you realize you have a

and composed expression now carried a rare hint of

work to notice. I’ll take some medicine later. Thank you, Dr. Wilson, for your

she walked past

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