로그인Lauren’s P.O.V.I looked at the red book, which was one shade darker than the marriage book I got three years ago.Although I was ready for this, and to be honest, I was determined to end this relationship, the shade of the book stung my eyes.“Lauren.” I didn’t look at Gabriel when he called me softly.I just couldn’t look at him at this very moment.I felt him standing behind me, but to my relief, he maintained a distance from me.“I need a favor from you, Lauren,” he spoke softly and in cautious words after some time.“And why would I listen to you?” I asked him in a daze, still staring at the divorce book.He didn’t speak again.I took a deep breath and slowly put that book inside my handbag and moved in his direction.He looked conflicted and hurt, but he wasn’t my concern anymore.“There is a pinhole camera in your bedroom at the third bookshelf facing your bed, Gabriel. You know about that, but you didn’t remove the camera till now.” I spoke to him calmly.His expression didn’t
Lauren’s P.O.V.“You are not looking well. Is everything okay?” Gabriel asked me worriedly when I met him outside the courthouse.“I am fine. It’s about my injuries, nothing major,” I replied to him casually, looking at my watch for the time.“Are you in a hurry?” he asked me, and I furrowed my brows.“Let…. Let’s get our certificate first, then I wish to talk to you,” he explained hurriedly.I knitted my brows in amusement.“I…. I am asking for taking the certificate first so that you won’t feel that I am using this certificate as a leverage on you,” he defended his statement.“If this is about helping you to treat Celia, then forget about it, Gabriel. I am not going to help her at any cost,” I cleared my stance once again.“And why is that?” he asked me softly.“Because I hate being threatened, and she did the very exact thing. Above all, I have my own reasons for treating you. And now I have no reason to treat her,” I explained briefly, a bit impatient about this drag of the impor
Lauren’s P.O.V. (Continued)“What is this?” I asked him curiously.He didn’t give me the envelope immediately but sat down beside me while looking at me calmly.“There are some papers in it. You have seen them earlier,” he replied to me, and I narrowed my eyes slightly.“Just promise me that you will not hyperventilate.” He asked, and my heart sank.“You…. You found them in the archive,” I mumbled, and he nodded in agreement, blinking slowly.I looked at the envelope with a blank gaze and then back to him.“These papers not only have that specific information, but more than that. I know that Caellum will not let you see these papers or that material so soon, but now, where you are standing, you need to redefine your path, and only these papers can help you.” He explained what he had in his mind.I smiled brightly this time.This was the first time after we met again that he didn’t try to control me.Instead, he asked me to find my path again.Of course, he is helping me.“Thanks for n
Lauren’s P.O.V. (Continued)“But keep it confidential, please.” He replied to that person, and after exchanging a few more words, he hung up.“Should I send you the details?” I asked him while sitting beside him on the couch.“Just his name and rank if they have sent that too,” he replied to me and started preparing a plate for me.I took a cushion and pressed it on my lap.“It won’t create trouble for you, right?” I asked him anxiously, and he smiled faintly but didn’t answer.Forget it. He is more than capable of dealing with such troubles.After all, he is also from an old-money family with deep roots in the city.They wouldn’t have survived this long if they had given up their fight against troubles.“So, Joyce is attending the gala with Caellum?” he asked me casually, and my eyes lit up.“I guess, finally, she is about to get what she desires all this time,” I replied happily.He chuckled and gave me the plate.I put that on the cushion and waited for him to take a plate for hims
Lauren’s P.O.V. (Continued)“What are you planning to do?” He asked me calmly, though.“What else? We will follow the standard procedure, but will decline in the end. It’s about military,” I replied to him nonchalantly and snuggled onto his chest, moving my face down, but he cupped my face, keeping it facing him.I looked at him questioningly.“It has been so long since we lay down like this, love. Let me see you a bit longer,” he whispered huskily.The vibration in her voice made me feel butterflies flickering hard in my belly.I smiled, but my gaze moved between his lips and his eyes.I sucked in a breath when his gaze darkened, and his Adam's apple bobbed hard.I slowly moved my hand on his torso towards his neck.I felt the tightness of every chest muscle under my skin.“Don’t drive me crazy, love. I longed for this day for more than four years.” He whispered using the same tone.I pressed my chest on his chest, feeling a faint spike in my breathing.“It’s not like we never kissed
Lauren’s P.O.V.“I sent you the list of the patients that I marked for our trial. After finishing all the interview videos, I guess these patients are suitable for our research. Ask the team to talk these patients and their family members, and complete all the legal formalities in the next fifteen days.” I instructed Cheryl over the video call.“Okay, Lauren. I received a special recommendation letter from the military office just now.” she told me, and I knitted my brows.“I sent that to you. Take a look.” She added me and I immediately opened my mail.My heart skipped a beat when I saw that letter. It was really from the military office.Once again the government approached our lab.Is this a coincidence, or is someone working behind the scene now?“Don’t respond them for now, Cheryl. Let me go through the case first,” I instructed her calmly, masking my inner turmoil.“If….. if you ask me, we should decline this request.” She spoke softly. I raised my brows slightly, waiting for he







