LOGINVincent’s P.O.V. (continued)“Lauren. She has started sleepwalking, and the problem is that she goes for knives during her walk,” I answered him in a serious tone.He gasped in shock and blinked hard while processing what I said.I gave him time to come out of his shock.“Did….. did you tell her about that?” he asked me after a while. He was still in a state of disbelief.“No,” I answered calmly.“Why not?”“Because she already has so many things to take care of, and I don’t want to add one more to that list,” I replied without any hesitation.“This is serious, Vincent. She must know,” Caellum argued, angry with me now.“I know, Caellum, but the problem is that her sleepwalk is not natural,” I argued back, my voice raised a bit.He was about to yell at me when his phone started ringing.He shut his mouth, but his face had turned dark by now.My phone also started ringing at the same time.I sighed and took my phone from the coffee table.He also took his call.“I sent you the report o
Vincent’s P.O.V.“Why this look?” I asked Caellum while giving him a glass of wine.We both needed this.He took the glass from me but didn’t answer me immediately.He looked lost.And troubled.I didn’t press and slowly walked to the long couch.Lauren had a meeting to attend.She had already gone, but what we did half an hour ago was still reeling in our minds.“She has grown up,” Caellum mumbled while sipping the wine.I sat down comfortably and took a sip, too.“My baby sister has all grown up,” he mumbled again.I didn’t say a word in response because I was also in a state of trance.The next few minutes, we just sipped slowly while drowned in our thoughts.I didn’t know why, but my mind was still reeling from a line about Lauren that Liam told us that day.That they manipulated her genes, and that’s why Lauren’s brain was this sharp.She has always been intelligent and was called a prodigy by her teachers and professors, but what she did today was far from a prodigy status.She
Lauren’s P.O.V. (Continued)Caellum’s jaw tightened more, but I knew that he got what I wanted to do.The silence in the room was thick with tension, but I was calm.He took a deep breath and slowly moved towards the main chair.“What do you want me to do, Ms. Shaw?” Nathaniel asked me in a firm and calm voice.I moved my gaze to the laptop screen.“I want you to take all the calls from all our partners and the investors. You know how to deal with them. Assign a team from the legal department to prepare documents. We are going to sue the institute for defamation, ruining my reputation, and causing financial loss to the company. You will get the details in a few minutes,” I instructed him calmly, logging in the cloud according to my memory.I didn’t have any memory related to those people or the incidents, but I remember the rest of the things.So, I knew very well where to find what I wanted to know.“Okay, Ms. Shaw,” Nathaniel answered me and then walked back to the door.“Caellum,”
Lauren’s P.O.V. (Continued)“What is it?” I asked her in a concerned voice.She didn’t answer but approached me and raised her tablet towards me.I furrowed my brows but took the tablet from her.There was an article open on the screen, and the very first line turned my blood cold.“They have gone too far,” Carla muttered in a low and angry voice.I didn’t reply, but read the article.Every word written there was like a jab from a sharp knife.Vincent came back to me and sat down on the armrest beside me.He wrapped his hand around my shoulder from behind.But I just read without blinking.“I have already alerted the PR, and Mr. Shaw is also informed.” Carla continued informing me in a suppressed and low voice.“Don’t suppress this,” I ordered her coldly, still reading.She didn’t react immediately.The silence in the room was thick.I felt numb for a few seconds while finishing the article.This was their blatant personal attack on me, but it’s going to hurt the company too.They wer
Lauren’s P.O.V.“Here.” I looked up and saw a glass of water in front of me. Vincent gestured for me to take that.“I am not thirsty.” I refused and closed my eyes again.“You need this. Just drink.” He insisted, getting on my nerves.I wanted to yell at him so badly that I almost lost control over my emotions, but I opened my eyes and took the glass.I finished the glass in one go.The cold water soothed my throat.I felt coldness going down from my throat to my chest to my stomach.And yes, it brought some calmness to my chaotic mind.I gave the empty glass back to him and took a deep breath before closing my eyes again.Vincent didn’t go to his company.He didn’t leave me.Nevil went to Vincent’s office to get his stuff here.Vincent called Caellum after we reached my room.I didn’t know what they talked about because I was going through the documents and data that Joyce sent me on the mafia don Lupus Wick.I was pissed because I didn’t remember a single thing about that incident a
Lauren’s P.O.V. (Continued)Vincent’s grip on my fingers tightened at the same time.And it wasn’t comfortable. I looked at him questioningly.He loosened his grip a bit, but I could feel tension in his body.“Don’t tell me that he is also someone whom I forgot?” I joked, but my mind was racing.The way she took this name, he is not a friend.So, I forgot an enemy, and this is the most dangerous situation.“There is a file somewhere in your cloud, Lauren. I don’t know the exact location or exact cloud, but you once told me that you have everything stored safely. If you forget in the future, you will use that file. Liam Sterling and Lupus Wick are both related to the mafia.” She said further.My smile faltered as soon as she mentioned Liam.“What do you know about him, Joyce?” I asked her in a serious tone.She didn’t answer immediately, and it only made me grimace.I told her not to involve herself in the situation with me.But my friend was stubborn enough not to listen to me.“Joyce
Gabriel’s P.O.V. (Continued)She didn’t say a word, but I heard a faint gasp.Yes, I wasn’t happy, because Lauren Shaw, the woman whom I discarded without a single thought, was happy with another man out there while I was living hell every day.“She is now your past, Gabriel. Leave your habit of go
Gabriel’s P.O.V.“You sent her a legal notice? The woman who made you stand up again and live a normal life, you sent her a legal notice? Since when did you become this ungrateful, Gabriel?” Mom yelled at me while throwing the glass of wine that she had in her hands when I entered the room.“She us
Third Person’s P.O.V.She lived up to her name by anticipating all my moves and handling them unexpectedly well.The second she looked at the camera; I knew that she had already caught me.But I didn’t leave the system immediately.Curiosity kills the cat, and now I was glaring at the crashed serve
Lauren’s P.O.V.“Oh, come on, Mr. Dickson. You have been in this business before I was even born. Yet, you think that a company like us will have no backup?” I asked the COO of Franklin & Co. with a sly smile, indifferent and completely at ease.It was my reply to his question of how we are suppose







