LOGINVincent’s P.O.V. (Continued)“Explain, Vincent? What exactly did Rita say?" Caellum demanded instantly.“Keep your voice down, Caellum. Don’t wake her up.” I hushed him while glaring hard at him.He was pissed but looked at Lauren worriedly.I took a deep breath and looked at her sleeping face.“Rita said that getting her memories later didn’t leave the same impact as it would have when those incidents happened.” I paused and took a shaky breath before looking back at them.Caellum’s face was drained of colour.Joyce was no better, but she was holding Caellum tightly.“She has been coping better with those memories, but her brain has also found a way to keep Lauren from going into shock or trauma.” I continued in a serious tone.“Whenever her brain feels a threat of those memories getting triggered, he puts Lauren to sleep. It’s her brain’s mechanism to save Lauren from any harm brought by those memories. They are a lot, Caellum. They didn’t try to hurt her or kill her once or twice.
Lauren’s P.O.V. (Continued)“Relax, bro. I am not going to blow the mansion up.” I was still nonchalant, but for some reason, I was exhausted and sleepy.“You are becoming more mysterious day by day, Lauren. You are now scaring me,” Caellum replied worriedly.“I am not becoming mysterious, bro. Most of the problems are already on the verge of vanishing at any time. It…. It’s just that we are still in dark about the identity of the person who not only killed our parents but is responsible for everything that happened to me.” I answered and took a deep breath.“So, you are forgiving the person who fed you illegal drugs all these years and made you forget so many things from time to time?” Joyce asked me, and a bitter smile crept on my lips.I didn’t want to open my eyes, but I had to.I slowly opened my eyes.“No, Joyce. What he did cost me so many precious memories, too. So, no… I am not going to forgive him any time soon.”She looked satisfied with my answer, but she was still angry.
Lauren’s P.O.V.“You owe us a very big explanation, Lauren. How many more things you hid from us?” Caellum asked me, sounding angry.“Keep this for later, bro. Today is the happiest day of our lives. We both got married at the same day.” I chirped, trying to brush this topic off.“Don’t change the topic, Lauren.” Joyce said sternly.“I am not changing the topic, Joyce. I just don’t want to go through everything today. I am tired, and I want to forget everything for some time.” I replied irritably.I hid everything, but I had my reasons.This wasn’t just about me.It was about my mother and the people who kept me alive all these years when someone wanted me dead at any cost.“How did you know so much, Lauren?” I sighed when Caellum suddenly asked me sternly.Joyce also furrowed her brows, but Vincent tightened his grip around my shoulder.“The way you planned everything, even our marriage, did you get your memories back?” He added and I looked at Vincent.He still had an expressionless
Subject9’s P.O.V.I closed my eyes and let her harsh words pierce my heart.She wasn’t wrong.For years, I protected her from the people who wanted us dead, just because Lauren was Aurora’s daughter.She did nothing wrong, and Aurora was innocent, too.Yet, they targeted her again and again, trying to kill her or hurt her in every way.I was like her shadow, protecting her at every step.Yet they always found a way to hurt her.I didn’t want her to be trapped in those horrible memories.That was why I continued giving her the same medicine that Cassius formulated for us – the people with severe PTSD after coming back from the war zones.I knew it wasn’t fair, but what other option did I have?And I never regretted my decision because it saved Lauren from all the pain and psychological trauma she had to endure because of those memories and incidents.Now she remembered everything, but she was psychologically strong enough now to face everything without crumbling.So, yes...I accepted
Lauren’s P.O.V. (Continued)My eyes almost popped out of their sockets in shock.Bounty on Sebastian Sterling?300 million?The next message came very quickly.[Z: Boss. What says? Shall I take the bounty?]I grimaced and instantly scolded him.[Cypher: Don’t overestimate yourself and stay out of it. It can be a bait. Don’t do anything just keep your eyes]“What happened?” Vincent asked me in a concerned voice.“Open the dark web.” I instructed him, dealing with the person who was trying to break the firewall of the hospital’s security.[Z: 300 million is not a small amount, boss. I can learn how to kill for this money]Z really got on my nerves sometimes.“What the f**k?” Vincent muttered, and I glanced at him with an amusing smirk.“Who do you think they will suspect after seeing this?” I asked Vincent calmly.“What if the Sterling are the one to put this bounty?” Vincent asked me in a serious tone.“That can be a possibility.” I mumbled and took a deep breath.“What do you want to
Lauren’s P.O.V. (Continued)I looked at Vincent when he took a sharp breath.“What’s wrong?” I asked him, arching my brow.“Protocol Z activated,” Bowan replied to me at the same time.“Good. Now, use Team Shadow to monitor all the activities and find out where Liam Sterling is.” I instructed him calmly but continued staring at Vincent, who was now looking at me with a cold, blank gaze.“Protocol Z activated, Mrs. Holster,” Nolan replied after some time.“Are you working for her or me?” Vincent asked him coldly.“Ask me if you are having a problem with this,” I said to Vincent, annoyed.He glared coldly.“Don’t forget that you made me CSO when you were injured, and Nolan was instructed to report to me.”Vincent was infuriated, but he had no refutation.“Don’t sit idle; find where Lupus is, and also Sebastian Sterling’s location,” I instructed Vincent, moving my gaze to the small cabinet where our laptops were.“So, that’s it?” Vincent asked, and I frowned.I took our laptops out but s
Lauren's P.O.V.I groaned in pain, trying to move my body a little, but screamed in pain. My whole body felt like it was crushed under a fully loaded truck. "Lauren.... Lauren." I heard Joyce calling my name worriedly, but I was in so much pain that I only whimpered again instead of opening my eyes
Lauren’s P.O.V. (Continued)“What the f**k? Are you trying to kill me by popping out of nowhere in front of me?” I yelled at Gabriel Westfield, my now ex-husband.My hold on my suitcase was so tight that I almost dug my nails inside my palm in fear.“What are you wearing?” he asked me in a shocked
Lauren’s P.O.V.I looked at the stack of cold white papers on which black letters were mocking at me. Three years of endurance, hardship, and commitment brought what….A Divorce Agreement…..I am just a normal human.When I signed up for this assignment, I knew what could come my way in the future,
Gabriel’s P.O.V.I thought that admitting my mistake of misunderstanding Lauren would ease my guilt of asking for a divorce, but it only made me feel worse.I painted her as a gold digger in my heart before asking for a divorce, but what I learned in the past two days made me feel worse than I felt







