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."

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

child for Landon? What if your illness is passed on to your child? Do you want

eyes, sweat beading on her delicate

the hardship of giving birth, does that mean he

continued to stimulate the vulnerable Lauren. "Harper Group is my dad's life's work. If Landon can't inherit Harper Group,

of the Harper family? If Landon insists on marrying you, he'll drift further away from the position of

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

felt like a sharp knife cutting into Lauren's

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

Zoe was about

Landon," Lauren spoke with her

weak, every word was

at those words. "What

I love him

always been a coward. I've never fought for anything for myself, nor have I ever desired anything. But now, I just want to be

gritted her teeth. "How

don't want any status. I just want to be with Landon. As long as he doesn't drive me away, I won't leave

these words, her eyes were so bright and captivating that they outshone all the stars in the

heels

in the corridor until