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.

sound of her footsteps made Dr. Wilson and

smirked when he saw Caroline. “Yo, the great secretary, Caroline, has finally decided to

gave Dr. Wilson an apologetic look before addressing the man with a cold tone. “Clay, I’ve already made it clear. Even if you’re looking to harass

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

her anger, Caroline asked, “How much

Only 4,000 dollars, including interest,” Clay

was only

your father what else he did to rack up the debt.

the IOU and showed it to

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

addiction had 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

not to create a scene. “Fine, I’ll give you the money this time. But

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

payment received, Clay nodded curtly and made a

doing this. Eventually, all of this pressure is going to

tinged with bitterness. “He’s

gradually paling, and his brow furrowed with worry.

shaking her head, but a wave of dizziness nearly caused her to lose

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

gentle and composed expression now carried

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

she walked past Scott and

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