MasukLaura Jones thought she had it all — a loving husband and a life built on trust. But when she discovers she's pregnant, Thomas Grayson's celebration turns into threats of divorce if she keeps the baby. Heartbroken, Laura watches as the man she loved manipulates her, controlling the business she helped build and plotting to take everything from her. The final betrayal hits like a dagger. Thomas has been cheating, scheming to steal her money, and sending her away. Laura did the one thing she could afford and left the country. Five years later, Laura has risen to fame, and Thomas is forced to watch. He realizes too late that making an enemy of Laura Jones was the biggest mistake of his life.
Lihat lebih banyakLaura didn’t answer Thomas immediately.She stood still, her back to him, her arms wrapped loosely around herself as if holding something in place, though it was clear she was trying to hold her thoughts together, because everything he had just said only confirmed what she had already started to fear.Kim wasn’t guessing.She was searching.And she was getting close.“What exactly did she say?” Laura asked finally, her voice quieter now, more controlled.Thomas stepped closer, stopping just behind her, his gaze fixed on her profile. “Nothing direct,” he said. “That’s what makes it worse. She circles things, drops small questions like they don’t mean anything.”Laura swallowed, her fingers tightening slightly against her arms. “About my mum?”He nodded. “About your past, where you’ve been, what happened before Lia… things she shouldn’t care about.”Laura let out a slow breath, her chest rising and falling as she tried to steady herself, though her mind was already racing ahead, connect
Laura didn’t sleep well.Not because of noise, not because of anything outside, but because her mind refused to settle, replaying everything from the day in quiet loops, Leroy’s voice, Thomas’s persistence, the way both of them stood their ground in completely different ways, and somehow she was the one left in between, expected to decide what she didn’t even fully understand yet.By morning, the weight of it had settled deeper.She moved through her routine slowly, helping Lia get ready, brushing her hair, adjusting her dress, smiling when needed, yet her thoughts stayed elsewhere, caught on something she couldn’t name.“Are we seeing Uncle Leroy today?” Lia asked suddenly, her voice hopeful as she looked up.Laura paused briefly, her hands stilling for a second before she resumed, smoothing down Lia’s hair. “Not today.”Lia frowned slightly. “Why?”Laura hesitated. “He’s… busy.”It sounded simple.But it didn’t feel simple.Lia accepted it with a small nod, though her excitement dim
Laura didn’t answer immediately.The question sat between them, heavy and still, as if even the air had paused to wait, and she felt it pressing against her chest, demanding something she wasn’t ready to give.Do you still love him?She looked at Leroy, really looked at him, and for a moment everything else faded, the noise, the tension, even Thomas standing just a few steps away, because right now, this was the only thing that mattered.The truth.And the problem was—She didn’t fully know it herself.“I don’t know,” she said finally, her voice quiet, honest in a way that felt uncomfortable.Leroy didn’t react the way she expected.He didn’t frown.Didn’t look away.He just nodded slowly, as if he had already prepared himself for that answer, or maybe understood it better than she did.“Okay,” he said.That was it.No pressure.No disappointment spoken out loud.And somehow, that made it worse.Laura’s chest tightened slightly. “That’s all you’re going to say?”Leroy exhaled softly,
The walk back to the car felt different.Lia held Laura’s hand, her small fingers wrapped tightly around hers as if she could feel the shift that had taken place, though she didn’t fully understand it, and Laura let her, her grip gentle but firm, because right now that contact grounded her more than anything else.Beside them, Leroy walked in silence, his presence steady as always, yet there was something more contained about him now, something held back, not out of distance, but control.Behind them, Thomas followed.Not too close.Not far enough.Just enough to remind them he wasn’t stepping out of this.Laura could feel it without turning, the weight of his presence pressing lightly at her back, and it made her chest tighten, because this was exactly what she had wanted to avoid, lines crossing into each other, roles blurring in ways that would only get harder to untangle.“I want ice cream,” Lia said suddenly, her voice small but hopeful as she looked up at Laura.Laura blinked, p












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