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Chapter 9

Author: Tranquil Phoenix
"I'm asking you! Did Lawrence have someone abduct me?" she demanded.

"Yes!" Patrick pulled her into an embrace. "Jules, you heard what they said that day! It was Lawrence who hired them. If I hadn't shown up in time, who knows what could've happened?"

"Then why did they beat him up so badly? I only told them to teach him a lesson. If they knew him, how could things have gone so far?" Julia shouted. Her eyes were red with anger.

"How would I know?" Patrick argued, "Maybe Lawrence staged the whole thing himself. Maybe he disappeared on purpose to get your attention. Otherwise, why would the police still be unable to find him after all this time?"

His words slowly brought some life back into Julia's fading hope. "So, you mean... Lawrence's not dead? Yeah, he's definitely not dead!"

Patrick saw the light in Julia's eyes, which had faded earlier, slowly starting to gather again. At that moment, he understood something.

"Jules, have you… fallen for Lawrence?" he asked.

The question ma
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    "Are you saying we've met before?" Lawrence asked.Megan replied, "I saw you at the Graduation Ceremony for Outstanding Graduates. My speech script got lost, and you helped me find it."Lawrence looked at the woman in front of him. His mind drifted back to his college days.Back then, as the representative of outstanding graduates, he had to give a speech. While rehearsing backstage, he had indeed met a young lady who was also preparing for her speech.Her script had gone missing, and Lawrence had helped her search for it. He had eventually found it in a corner.But at that time, he had been too nervous to remember what she looked like. So, it was Megan?"You were that girl?""Do you remember now?" Megan smiled. "Unfortunately, we had already graduated by then. I couldn't find any information about you after that. It wasn't until years later that I saw you again at a cocktail party. Only then did I know that you had become Julia's assistant.""I see." Lawrence pressed his lips

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    "What did he do?" Lawrence sneered. Even now, Julia still didn't know what kind of person Patrick was."Julia, I told you before. I didn't hire the thugs from that day. It was Patrick. He staged the whole thing himself, but you were too blind to see through it!"Julia's mind went blank. She turned to Patrick and looked at him in disbelief."Is that true, Patrick? Did you really hire those people? Are you out of your mind?""Yes! I'm out of my mind!" At this point, Patrick didn't bother to pretend anymore.He shouted in despair, "I hired people to abduct you, and I framed him! Because he took you from me! I won't let anyone take you away from me! Jules, you promised you'd be with me and you'd marry me! But now, you're all over him! I just wish those thugs had finished the job and killed him that day!""You're crazy! You're really crazy!" Julia shook her head. Her eyes were filled with anger and sadness."Yes, I'm crazy! But you're not much better! It was you who paid those people

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    Seeing Julia, Lawrence frowned. He should've waited for her to leave before coming out.Julia stepped right in front of him with a smile. "Lawrence, you and Megan are in a fake marriage, aren't you? It's not real, right?"Lawrence's pupils shrank sharply. How could Julia possibly know about his and Megan's arrangement?This was something only the two of them knew, and maybe the assistant who handled the paperwork for Megan."I don't know what you're talking about."He panicked and took a step to leave, but Julia rushed into his arms, saying excitedly, "I knew it. I know you still love me. I know you and Megan aren't really married. Don't go, Lawrence. Don't leave me. I miss you so much."Fueled by the alcohol, she tilted her head to kiss him, but Lawrence pushed her away. "Get a grip, Julia! Do you even know what you're doing?""I know! You're just throwing a tantrum, trying to use Megan to provoke me, so you're faking a marriage!"Julia tried to hug him again, but Megan arrive

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    As soon as Lawrence stepped into the room, he saw Julia and Patrick. He hadn't expected them to be here, so it left him feeling a little uneasy.Noticing his discomfort, Megan squeezed his hand. She then confidently introduced him, "Let me introduce everyone. This is my husband, Lawrence Hale."After Megan finished, the group erupted in teasing remarks."You've never brought a man to this kind of event before!""Yeah, who would've thought the first time would be with your husband?"Someone stood up and handed a glass of wine to Lawrence. "Let me toast to you, Lawrence. Congratulations!"Lawrence hesitated for a moment, unsure whether to accept, but Megan quickly took the glass and drank it down in one go."Lawrence can't drink, so don't tease him. I'll drink for him."Seeing Megan protectively stand up for him, Lawrence couldn't help but smile.It used to be him drinking for Julia, but now, for the first time, a woman was drinking for him."Oh, Ms. Smith is already protecting

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    Lawrence tightly held Megan's hand, their fingers intertwined.Julia looked at him in disbelief. They had been together for seven years! And now, he had left her and married another woman?"You're lying to me just because I slapped you? You think I can't find out whether you're really married or not?""You don't believe me?"Lawrence nodded, signaling for Megan to take out her phone.After they had registered their marriage that day, Megan had taken a selfie of them with their marriage certificate.Lawrence had avoided making things public before, but since Julia had nearly gone mad, he had no choice but to show her the marriage certificate to make her face the truth."Take a look. What do you think this is?" Lawrence held up the phone and zoomed in on the photo.The two of them looked perfect together."It's fake." Julia didn't believe it. She shook her head with a forced laugh. "Lawrence, you can't marry someone else! You loved me for seven years. How could you marry someone

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