A Night of Desire

Chapter 295 - 292: Bumping Right Into Miles Quinn

Sarah Shelby was perfectly composed, not even blinking as she replied, "Weren’t you the one who said it?"

"I did?" Clara Grant’s brow furrowed even deeper as she tried to recall if she’d said any such thing. "Yes, you did."

"Alright."

’My thoughts were a complete mess just now, and they aren’t much calmer now, so I can’t remember if I actually said it or not.’

It was true that she’d been starving, though. Now that Sarah had reminded her, she felt even hungrier. So she stopped refusing and went with Sarah to get something to eat before heading back to the film set.

After watching the taxi carrying Clara drive away, Sarah Shelby looked down and typed on her phone: Mr. Quinn, Clara has eaten and is on her way back to the set.

Seth Quinn, who had been staring at his phone, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Sarah’s message.

’After she’d gone, he’d wanted them both to cool down. But once he had, he remembered that Clara hadn’t eaten anything. She had to be starving, right?’

He knew she wasn’t an idiot; she’d eat when she was hungry. Besides, she would definitely go find her friend, Sarah Shelby. She wouldn’t let herself starve.

But he couldn’t stop himself from texting Sarah Shelby and reminding her that Clara was hungry, asking her to take Clara out to eat.

Seth Quinn stared at the message for a long time before replying with just two words: Thank you.

Sarah Shelby looked at the two somewhat lonely words, shrugged, and casually tossed her phone onto the passenger seat.

’Love is so damn complicated. Thankfully, that’s not something I have to worry about right now.’

...

On the way, Clara Grant remembered what Sarah had told her before she got in the car: to think carefully about her and Seth Quinn. She did just that, thinking seriously the entire ride, but even by the time she got back to her hotel room, she hadn’t figured anything out.

In fact, the more she thought, the more confused she became, and the less she understood her own heart.

She was going a little crazy. To force herself to stop thinking, she grabbed her script and hurried to the set.

When she got to the set, Miles Quinn had just finished his scene and was walking toward the men’s dressing room.

Clara Grant was hurrying along with her head down, clutching her script, when she happened to look up. Miles Quinn’s tall, slender figure filled her vision.

She stopped in her tracks. Before her was Miles Quinn, but the face that flashed through her mind was Seth Quinn’s.

’I... I still love Miles Quinn, don’t I?’

Before, she would have answered with a definitive "yes." But now, she was surprisingly uncertain.

Suddenly, a thought struck Clara Grant. ’Maybe I should test it... test whether I’m still in love with him or not.’

Seeing Miles Quinn’s ambling figure about to disappear into the men’s dressing room, Clara Grant gritted her teeth, suddenly broke into a little jog, and ran right into him.

One did it on purpose, the other was caught unawares. In an instant, the two of them collided in a full embrace.

Though Miles Quinn had no idea what had just happened or who had run into him, he instinctively wrapped his arms around the person to keep her from falling.

Clara Grant went with the motion, leaning into his arms. ’Strange,’ she thought, ’why isn’t my heart racing at all?’

She decided to close her eyes and focus completely, trying to feel her own heartbeat.

But there was nothing. Her heart continued to beat steadily, as if she were leaning against a wall, not Miles Quinn, the man she’d had a crush on for three years.

’Why is it that every time Seth Quinn pulls me into his arms, my heart races and my face flushes? But when it’s Miles, I’m this calm? I even... want to get out of his embrace as quickly as possible?’

’Shouldn’t it be the other way around?’

’Does this mean I don’t have any feelings for Miles anymore? That I’ve developed feelings for Seth Quinn instead? Could it be, just as Sarah said, that I’ve actually fallen in love with him?’