Mr. Chairman’s Devious Wife by Brey Mitchylle

Chapter 106

“You” Sofia’s hand trembled the moment she saw Lawrence calmly sitting down on the chair next to the bed, a gun in his hand.

Sofia’s heart lurched into her throat, squeezing with icy terror that instantly eclipsed the exhaustion that had moments ago been her only concern. Lawrence. How? It was impossible.

He was supposed to be rotting away in some godforsaken prison cell, a consequence of the years of torment he’d inflicted upon her. Yet, here he sat, casually perched beside the bed, a glint of manic amusement dancing in his eyes as he regarded her with the same chilling smile that he used to fool her mother and her!

“Hello… Sofia,” Lawrence spoke.

“How?” Sofia asked, her voice trembling. How was he able to get out of prison?

The question tumbled out of Sofia, laced with a tremor that betrayed the storm raging within her. But even as she demanded answers, a horrifying realization dawned. It didn’t matter how he escaped. He was here. In her sanctuary. A predator in her den. Panic threatened to consume her.

Lawrence, however, seemed to relish in her reaction. He uncrossed his legs, the casual movement sending a fresh wave of nausea through Sofia.

“Let’s just say,” he drawled, his voice dripping with sickening amusement, “prison wasn’t exactly living up to its name. But hey,” he shrugged, his gaze flickering around the room, taking in the subtle signs of Alexander’s presence, “looks like I found myself some rather… comfortable accommodations.”

“What are you doing here?” she asked. This man must have escaped prison just now or a couple of hours ago. Meaning, he should have had the time to run away from Illinois, but he didn’t. Sofia thought about her dead phone. Again, she had forgotten to charge it earlier.

Perhaps someone tried to call her, informing her of Lawrence’s escape, but she wasn’t able to receive it as her phone died.

A cruel amusement glinted in Lawrence’s eyes. “Is that really a question that you should be asking right now, princess?” he drawled, his voice dripping with condescension. He gestured lazily with the gun in his hand, the casualness of the movement making Sofia’s stomach clench.

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“Sit down, Sofia,” he commanded, the amusement fading into a steely glint. “We have a lot to catch up on.”

The order scraped against her raw nerves. “Go on…” Lawrence smiled. “Do not make me say it again.”

Sofia swallowed.

“Uh-uh… get your things out of your pocket and throw them on the bed,” he added.

This time, Sofia complied. She took her keys and phone out and then threw them on the bed.

sit…” Lawrence gestured towards the bed. “Hands on your head.”

“Do you really think I am a threat?” Disbelief flashed in her eyes. When she was younger, she always wanted to learn martial arts and well, she tried to. But Lawrence insisted that

response. “I never saw you as one…” he said. “But

now?”

In the end, Lawrence was in prison because he

underestimated her.

room, broken only by Sofia’s breaths. Lawrence watched her with amusement, the gun still a constant, chilling reminder of his power. Defiance simmered within

for heroics.

discarded phone on the bed. “What do you want?” she asked. “You could have used

brilliant thing to

wanted revenge, he could have

revenge.

Eunice?” he

ugly. “In

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question.” Out of nowhere, he pulled out what looked like

attached to the gun

but she forced it down, shoving it deep where

repeated, his voice a low growl.

glint in his eyes wasn’t amusement anymore. It was a cold, predatory hunger, and Sofia knew exactly what it meant. He wasn’t here for some twisted reunion, for some pathetic attempt to recapture a past that never truly existed. He

safe,” Sofia answered as her gaze darted around the room, searching

would come barging into the door with the authorities,

smiled. “But we both know that is useless, yeah?”

“You-”

have been enough to ruin her insides. She would stay in that state forever until she breathes her

“You are- evil.”

as he leaned back without saying anything. However, Sofia did not miss the amusement in

laced with steely resolve. “Why did you want

voice devoid of emotion. He tapped the silenced gun against his knee, the rhythmic click a constant reminder of her precarious situation. “Let’s just say, your dear old mother knew

“What?”

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I did love your mother if you were curious.” Lawrence

she asked. Right now, this was the only thing that Sofia could think of. Lawrence was meticulous. He slowly poisoned her and her

drastic? Why would he suddenly tell

the conversation that she managed to hear between Mr. Oh and Lawrence when she just discovered that Daniel was cheating on her. At that time,

wake up again. What was the point of trying to end