Chapter 19

In the office, Laurence put down his pen.

Although his tone was calm, his words were harsh as he asked, “Why are you bothering her?”

Sarah was embarrassed that her petty thoughts had been exposed so openly. She loathed Zoey with everything in her, especially when she found out that Zoey had married Laurence. The news had almost made Sarah rush back to murder her. Laurence may like Sarah, but he didn’t seem to love her as much as she thought.

He was slipping through her fingers, as though he was the chosen one who sat alone on this towering throne. His aloof personality made her feel as though she would never reach his heart, the distance between the two of them forever present. There was also no way Laurence would ever let himself be controlled by love.

He was always rational, terrifyingly so. As if he was a perfectly adjusted machine that never made a mistake. He would never lose control of himself because of anyone. And he would never lose the will to live just from losing someone. B