Trapped in Love

“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.

inside the drawer.

a sense of realization washed over

of the drawer

had been desperately

thought of it intensified

*

go to the hospital to visit her

opened the villa door, she

you can’t leave unless it’s

to the hospital to

took out his phone. “I need to ask

anger intensified as she watched him dial

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

walked past him and got into

later, they

ward and

seeing her mother in

mask up to cover her red and swollen face before

managed a smile. “Carol,

are

sat down beside Katie. “I caught a cold.

“Are you still running a

reassured her, “I’m fine. Just focus on taking care

*

Katie, Caroline decided it was best to leave. Katie had just undergone chemotherapy and needed rest. Caroline didn’t

noticed Reuben still

His face brightened upon seeing Caroline. Before he could say anything, Reuben positioned himself between

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

Shenton, Mr. Jordan has forbidden you from

mother’s attending physician. Our

Wilson, I suggest you refrain from discussing any irrelevant matters, other than her mother’s illness,

forehead. He spoke earnestly, “What do you

have no obligation to answer any of

his gaze to Caroline, who stood behind Reuben. “Caroline, are you

lip and shook her head. “No, I’m

clenched fists, she