Love in the dark のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 61 - チャプター 70

Laurence liked Zoey’s intelligence and her occasional acts of spontaneous seduction. He looked at her face, her lovely smile still hanging on her lips. Even if she had been forcing it, her smile was still far prettier than anyone else’s in this banquet hall.“Don’t get on her bad side next time.” Laurence didn’t say anything else.Zoey felt like a dagger had stabbed right through her heart, but she ignored the pain, gradually letting her smile disappear. “Why would I rile her up? She was the one who started it,” Zoey said.Laurence nonchalantly raised an eyebrow. “Can’t you avoid her?”“She’s trying to hurt me because she thinks of me as an obstacle. How can I avoid her?” Zoey squeezed his arm affectionately and smiled again. “Why don’t you tell Jasmine that I’m just your wife on paper? Maybe she’ll stop out of the kindness of her heart.”Laurence was quiet for a while after she finished. Perhaps it was because he didn’t believe that Jasmine would be petty enough to pull such childish

Shawn’s tone was filled with the intention to humiliate, with many unsaid meanings behind his words. Laurence looked at him blandly.“Now, why are you suddenly so interested in my life?”Shawn usually wasn’t one to poke his nose into others’ affairs as he wasn’t interested in them, especially ever since he took over the family business. He was far too busy getting his hands dirty, so he didn’t have the time to get nosy even if he wanted to. Shawn had an icy expression on his face, the look in his eyes indiscernible.“Just curious.”Laurence grinned.“Do you even get curious about anyone other than Sarah?”Shawn’s feelings for Sarah were no secret. Anyone could see it from a mile away, and this was coming from Laurence when he was still a young and childish boy. Laurence would be lying if he said that he didn’t care about Laurence’s crush on Sarah. However, he had been young and wild back then, and he allowed Laurence to go after her. If Shawn successfully wooed Sarah, then he would acc

Zoey’s body stiffened. She hadn’t thought that Shawn would remember that. There would always be times when one would find themselves at an impasse. If she hadn’t been so desperate for money and had another way to make a living, she wouldn’t have gone to work at Nightbloom. Laurence didn’t care. He could guess why Zoey worked at the nightclub: her mother’s medical fees couldn’t be shouldered by a young student.Laurence had never once heard Zoey bring up her father. Maybe her father had already passed away, if it wasn’t because of some other reason that was difficult for Zoey to explain. Seeing how Laurence seemed unperturbed by this revelation, Shawn lost interest. That was right—Laurence probably didn’t care because he didn’t have feelings for Zoey.Shawn’s head began to ache again. In truth, he had been weathering the pain for a while now. Every time he saw Zoey, the pain would shoot through his temples, crippling him. And yet, he didn’t want to turn his gaze away from her. Shawn had

“Oh, that’s right. I completely forgot about that,” Zoey whispered.Getting that medical checkup had been a beneficial thing for them both. Zoey felt embarrassed. All that worry about her past and Nightbloom, and Laurence didn’t care. She didn’t say anything after that. Laurence seemed to have become tired as well, for he was quiet as well.The silence in the car was terrifying. Zoey was exhausted, so she peeled off her high heels without any regard for Laurence next to her, laying her bare feet on the mat. She lazily stared out of the window before closing her eyes and drifting off. They soon arrived back at the house. Laurence didn’t wake Zoey, instead quietly spending a few minutes with her. Then, he turned to look at her, his gaze boring into her face. Laurence had squashed down his anger earlier, even if he didn’t know where this anger came from. He didn’t like how familiar Shawn had been with Zoey, as though he knew every bit of her past. High school classmates, huh?If Laurence

Zoey wasn’t sure either; she had never taken a morning-after pill before. Her face and neck itched, and she couldn’t stop herself from reaching up to scratch them. Laurence grabbed her hand and held it in a firm grip.“Don’t scratch. You’ll break the skin.”Zoey felt uncomfortable as she frowned.“But it itches.”Laurence carried her downstairs, one hand gripping her wrists tightly to stop her from scratching.“You have to put up with it no matter how badly it itches.”There was allergy medication inside the first aid kit in the living room. After Laurence placed Zoey down on the couch, she instinctively reached up to scratch her face now that she had regained her freedom. Laurence was once again forced to stop her, pinning her arms behind her. He then pulled his necktie off to tie her hands. As he looked for the first aid kit, he gave her a warning.“Stay.”Zoey wondered if Laurence had learned how to tie up others from a professional. The bonds on her hands were tight. Struggling to