Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 398

Zoe and her friends couldn’t help but share a laugh at Lauren’s expense.

Lauren was darting around the room like a lost kite. Drunk customers shoved and pulled her around. Some perverted patrons even groped her. *

Her attempts at dodging the unwanted advances were met with reprimands.

That was better entertainment than any comedy.

“Hahaha! That retard! Why has she not changed from junior high at all? Did she stop growing by then?” Zoe laughed and pointed at the screen. “Betty, I’m dying to know. Where did you stash that stupid bear?”

“I hid it at…” Betty laughed and whispered something into Zoe’s ears.

Zoe laughed loudly. “What a brilliant idea! That dimwit won’t stand a chance of finding it anytime soon.”

Lauren desperately scoured the space beneath the tables and was kicked multiple times by the customers. She suffered bruises all over her body.

trembling, wrapping her arms around herself for comfort. Her mind went blank at the funny looks of the strangers around her. Her breathing became labored with

a sudden, the lighting changed. Confetti materialized in mid-air and cascaded down. The

focused on her search for the

She was left feeling dizzy and numb from the collision, which prompted tears to roll down her face.

head and was ready to run when the figure

s-sorry!”

“Laurie?”

covered her button nose and carefully lifted her gaze. She

this a dream?

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a noticeable change in his eyes. He wrapped one arm around her waist and gently placed the other on her nape to shield her from

patrons would not care about her safety

her heart drumming against her chest as she pressed

she had wanted to push him away, but in that very moment, she yearned for a brief respite after a night of feeling adrift in the crowd.

have done this, she repeatedly reminded herself. He was a decent man, but at the end of the day, he