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.

gestured towards the bed. “Hands on your

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 she follow her passion. The next month after that, she quit and started going

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

now?”

slowly complied. In the end, Lawrence was in prison because he

underestimated her.

tense silence filled the 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 her, but it was tempered by a cold

for heroics.

deep breath, Sofia forced her voice to remain steady. “Alright, Lawrence,” she began, each word measured. “Let’s talk.” Her eyes flickered towards the discarded phone on the bed. “What do you want?” she asked. “You could have used the

a brilliant thing

a bit stupid. If he wanted revenge, he could have

revenge.

is Eunice?”

her face turned ugly. “In

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that you still do not understand the question.” Out of nowhere, he pulled out what looked like another black metal. It took Sofia a few seconds to realize that it was a silencer for the

attached to the gun echoed in the tense silence, shattering Sofia’s fragile

her, but she forced it down, shoving it deep where it wouldn’t cloud

growl. “Tell

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

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

the door with the authorities, but she knew it would be impossible. The

indeed alive,” Lawrence smiled. “But we both know

“You-”

She would stay

“You are- evil.”

anything. However, Sofia did not miss the amusement in the man’s eyes.

laced with steely resolve. “Why did you want her

his knee, the rhythmic click a constant reminder of her precarious situation. “Let’s just say, your dear old mother knew a little too much about some…

“What?”

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all, we were in love. I did love

could think of. Lawrence was meticulous. He slowly poisoned her

he

between Mr. Oh and Lawrence when she just

known that Eunice would not wake up again. What was the point of trying to end