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.

her footsteps made Dr. Wilson and the man

smirked when he saw Caroline. “Yo, the

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

disappeared. Who

anger, Caroline asked, “How much do you want this

much. Only 4,000 dollars,

was only 2,000

a cold smile. “Then you’ll have to ask your father what else he did to rack up the debt. The IOU is here, and you know

the IOU and showed it to

with anger, she couldn’t find a way to refute his

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

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

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

received, Clay nodded curtly and made a

at Caroline with concern. “Caroline, you can’t keep doing this. Eventually, all of this

was tinged with bitterness.

complexion gradually paling, and his brow furrowed with

wave of dizziness nearly

for a moment as his palm met

now carried

away from him, Caroline touched her burning face. “I’ve been too preoccupied with work to notice. I’ll take some medicine later.

walked past Scott and entered the

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