Chapter 161

Laurel’s POV

I stood in Blake’s villa living room, trying to look casual while scanning the place. A noise from upstairs made me tense up. Someone was definitely moving around up there.

“What was that sound?” I asked, looking at the ceiling.

Blake kept eating his noodles without looking up. “You heard something?”

“Blake darling, are you hiding someone upstairs?” I tilted my head.

He finally looked at me with a neutral face. “You must have heard wrong.”

I turned to Michael. “I heard wrop

Michael nodded quickly. “Yes, perhaps Miss Rose is just tired and hearing things.”

“I have excellent hearing,” he continued. ”

“I didn’t hear anything.”

Their obvious coordination made me suspicious, but Blake seemed so calm that I started to doubt myself. Who would he

even hide here?

“Maybe I did hear wrong,” I said, dropping it for now.

I sat at the table, noticing the chair was still warm. Someone had definitely been sitting here. I pushed that thought aside and focused on my goal.

“Blake darling, when did you buy this place?” I asked with a smile. “If Thalia hadn’t mentioned you might be here, I never

would have found you!”

I looked around the room. “And decorated like this…”

The cottage–style decor was everywhere – flowers, warm colors, soft fabrics. Nothing like the modern style Blake usually preferred.

“I hate this cottage style,” I said honestly. “It looks tacky and cheap.”

“Blake darling, how could you possibly like

stopped halfway to his

off guard.

seen me

gestured around. “I avoid this style/completely. How could I

move that always worked on Blake. “But if you like it, I can try to like

really, Blake darling… this

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But five years ago

I liked cottage style? I needed

she?” I laughed awkwardly. “I might have

“Laurel, you seem to

in my chest. Every gesture I’d made was carefully planned. In the past, my innocent act always worked on Blake. But now his piercing

I put my head on

getting worse,” I

furious. What had Rachel told Blake about Audrey? Why did that woman have

Audrey’s POV

every word Laurel said about

villa in my favorite aesthetic because he remembered what Rachel told him five years

surprise for her. But his careful planning backfired. His precious Laurel didn’t even remember

I leaned against the wall and closed my

measured: “Laurel. Do you remember

met?”

breath. When exactly did they meet? It

Laurel sounded smug. “The day we met was June 28th! The sun on the

the exact same day I rescued Blake. The same date as the code

cloudy. There was

Laurel. He used 0628 as the password

have known better. If Blake truly remembered everything from five years ago, why never m three years of

cold laugh escaped before I could stop it. At

Blake’s POV

n it during our

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at his phone. Mr. Mel, about

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