تسجيل الدخولLauren’s P.O.V.I let the phone vibrate on the desk without even glancing at it.The whole day had exhausted me to the bone, and I had no intention of talking to anyone, let alone Celia Ashford.She had been calling me constantly for the past three hours, and I rejected every call after taking the first one.She blamed me for ruining her relationship with Gabriel.She asked why I was still pestering Gabriel when I had already divorced her.She blamed me for not giving up a slot in the trial because I was jealous of her being the one in Gabriel’s heart.I listened to her nonsense for merely a few seconds, but it intensified the headache.So, I did only one thing.I hung up.But I didn’t block her number.Let her call me to her heart's content.But I did one thing.I sent the recording to Gabriel and blocked him.I already knew about Gabriel’s visit and what Caellum said to him.I had no problem with that.Back then, when I decided to marry Gabriel to repay the favor, Caellum almost loc
Gabriel’s P.O.V. (Continued)“You are spying on me?” I asked her through my teeth.There was silence on her side for a few seconds, but I chuckled dryly.“Do you really think that you can control me, Celia?” I asked her mockingly.“Who are you to me?” I added without any hesitation.I heard her gasping, but I felt nothing.What was there for me to feel?“I told you the very first day you approached me that I would help you with your treatment as much as I could, but there will be no ties between us. For the world, you are my girlfriend, but that’s it.” I continued; my voice got colder with every word coming out of my mouth.She sobbed, and I hung up.I hated being controlled, and Celia was doing the same thing.I owed her a favor, and that’s why I divorced Lauren.My breath was ragging.I closed my eyes and took a few deep breaths to calm myself down.“You brought this upon yourself, Gabriel. Celia has always been like this. You knew this, and yet you let her come back when you should
Caellum’s P.O.V. (Continued)For a few seconds, he stayed frozen in his place.His eyes widened in shock, and he just stared at me blankly.I didn’t have the patience to sit here and watch him.This man made my baby sister’s life miserable for three years, and in the end, what she got was divorce papers in gratitude.I looked at my wristwatch impatiently when he didn’t speak again.“If you have nothing else to say, leave the company premises, Mr. Westfield. My sister is not idle to entertain you, and I don’t want you to appear in front of her again. You have already hurt her enough,” I spoke coldly while standing up.His expression changed.He looked at me with a blank gaze this time.“So, you guys have already painted me as a villain, huh?” he asked, and I jerked my head backward in confusion, furrowing my brows lightly.He slowly stood up and adjusted his cufflinks before speaking up.“I know what I did wrong, Mr. Shaw, and I never hesitated admitting my mistake, but Lauren is not c
Vincent’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.“You are still not recovered enough to be here, Lauren. You should listen to Chris and rest at home for a few more days.” Ryan scolded me worriedly when I took the chair in our small meeting room inside the institute.“I can’t stay in bed for even a minute, Ryan, and please don’t te
Gabriel’s P.O.V.I stormed right towards the garage to get my car. I need to go away from here for a while if I don’t want to have a conflict with Celia.I had been doing everything in my strength, and I understood her emotional state, but it didn’t mean that she could accuse me at any time.Not wh
Gabriel’s P.O.V. (Continued)“You promised me that I would be back on my feet, Gabriel. You promised me.” She screamed at the top of her lungs, anger, hatred, and pain evident in her voice.“It has been a month since I returned, and yet I am still in this state.”I just listened to her outburst wit
Lauren’s P.O.V.The heavy, unfair, and suffocating silence in the room pressed against me.I let out a quiet, humorless laugh, shaking my head slowly.“I understand now,” I murmured bitterly without looking at them.I don’t need to see their reactions. They decided for me as if my opinion and my pr







