Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Upon hearing Lauren's retort, Zoe was filled with rage. She clenched her fists so tightly that her meticulously adorned nails dug into the flesh of her palms.

If it weren't for the people around them, she would have slapped Lauren already.

Zoe took a deep breath. Smirking maliciously, she leaned close to Lauren's ear, speaking in a low, mocking tone. "You're right. You're not an idiot. You're a psycho."

A psycho.

She was a psycho.

Lauren's mind buzzed loudly, and cold sweat soaked through her pure white cotton dress.

At that moment, the piano music on stage began to play.

The melodious notes flowed into her ears. But for her, they were like painful melodies, only intensifying her stress.

"Lauren, you've always wanted to be Landon's wife—to be Mrs. Harper. But do you think you're qualified? You know your illness best. Do you think you can give birth to a child with normal intelligence for Landon?"

Zoe hit her sore spot, each word striking at her heart.

Lauren lowered her head. Tears were welling up at the corners of her eyes, and her cotton dress was crumpled from her delicate fingers, much like her heart at that moment.

"Landon is not only your lover but also the heir of Harper Group. He'll be the head of the Harper family in the future."

voice was cold as she said, "My dad's last wish is for our family to become a century-old aristocratic family. If you want to be Mrs. Harper, you'll need to bear

for Landon? What if your illness is passed on to your child? Do you want the Harper family to have no

closed her eyes, sweat beading on

if Landon doesn't want to let you go through the hardship of giving birth, does that mean

is my dad's life's work. If Landon can't inherit Harper Group, how can our

like you as the future matriarch of the Harper family? If

the heir of Harper Group. When that day comes, you'll become

like a sharp knife

you're not an idiot, you must understand my words, right? Think carefully if you really

that, Zoe was about to get

won't leave Landon," Lauren spoke with

weak, every word was

those words.

I love him very

Zoe's fierce gaze with all her strength. "All my life... I've always been a coward. I've never fought for anything for myself, nor have I ever desired anything.

gritted her teeth. "How dare

status. I just want to be

so bright and captivating that they outshone all the stars in the

persistence and shamelessness. Her high heels made sharp noises as she left under the annoyed

waited in the corridor until the ceremony