Semua Bab Love in the dark: Bab 611 - Bab 620

Zoey paled at his sentence. Her fingernails cut so deep into her palms in her clenched hands that she was starting to get numb from the pain. She inhaled slowly and glared at him, yelling, "Are you crazy?!" The child was young and still in danger, yet Laurence wanted to draw his blood. He looked down at Zoey sitting in the wheelchair and pursed his lips. He tried to erase the tiny bit of sympathy he felt toward her. The corner of his lips turned upward into a smile, but his next words were cruel. "It's not my child. Why should I sympathize with you?" he said, staring at her so he wouldn’t miss even the slightest change of expression on her face. However, Zoey wasn’t a fool. She swallowed and cleared her throat. "Why do you want to do that?" Laurence bent down and stared into her eyes, the look in his deep and unfathomable. "You really don’t know my reason?” Before she could answer, he smirked and said, "It's for a paternity test, of course." Zoey's guess was right, but she

Zoey watched her child very closely, so closely that she was haunted by nightmare after nightmare her first two days upon returning home.Laurence tossed the results of the paternity test in front of her, a faint sneer playing on his lips. Step by step, he closed the distance between them, just as he had when he slammed the pregnancy test report in front of her months ago, demanding to know what it meant.Zoey retreated in fear, feeling suffocated under the pressure the flimsy piece of paper inflicted. Before she could speak, the man grabbed her jaw, sending a sharp pain through her body. She heard him coldly state, "Where do you think you're bringing my son?"The scenes in her dreams always switched up abruptly. In the blink of an eye, she saw Laurence carrying her child away without looking back.She was so frightened that she woke up in a puddle of cold sweat. Even though she knew it was just a dream, the fear lingered. Because of that, she sometimes found herself reluctant to t

Teddy was only a month old. It didn't seem appropriate for him to travel around. Zoey had already chosen a small city she deemed suitable for her and Teddy to live in.Back in university, she had wanted to visit this city in the southwest, but life was difficult back then. The money she earned from her part-time jobs could barely cover her mother’s medical expenses. She’d had no choice but to watch others' online travel guides with envy. Once she started working, she became busy beyond measure. She couldn’t find time to travel. It now seemed like the perfect time. Moving away symbolized an escape from the turmoil in Northwell.That night, Zoey outlined her plan to her mother and uncle. Janet had been in the same position once, so she could see where her daughter was coming from. If they were to keep this up, they would never see the end of their tense relationship. There was no predicting if she would end up yielding at some point. Love grew slowly over days and months, much like how

When Zoey woke up in a daze, she had a splitting headache. Her whole body was limp—she felt completely drained of energy. She propped herself up on the ground and slowly got up into a half-sitting position on the ground.Gradually, fuzzy memories began washing over her.Hospital ... Taxi ... Driver ...Baby! Her baby!Color immediately drained from Zoey's face. Her face paled as she frantically looked around, but there was no one else around. Her hands were trembling so much she couldn't even pick up her phone. She swiped at the screen to unlock it and found over a dozen missed calls from her uncle, but she didn't have time to return them now. She had to call 911.When she got through to the police, she spoke at the speed of a tortoise. Her throat was acting up and she could barely gather her voice; this was the only way she could speak at all."My ... my child ... He's been abducted. I passed out as soon as we got into the car. I don't know where I am right now. But I remember w

It had been a while since Zoey had been to Laurence's office, so she almost pressed the button for the wrong floor in the elevator. There were many missed calls from Laurence on her phone, and her tendency to overthink told her he would be mad that she hadn’t answered his calls in days.With a change of mind, Zoey felt she could apologize and lower her attitude. It wasn't like she had never done so in the past. She couldn't count the number of times she had apologized to him. "Ding!"Zoey snapped out of her daze when the elevator arrived. The people in the office didn't seem to notice her as they focused on their work. Minutes before, Matthew had been shocked to find out she was coming up when the receptionist had called to notify him. Walking over to Zoey, he said, "Mr. Scott is in the office." She nodded, forcing a smile as she gave him a faint response. Then, she paused, politely saying, "Thank you." After that, she mustered the courage, walked up to Laurence's office, and k