Sentenced to Marriage by MadlainQ

Chapter 117

My Nemesis

I froze, looking at Lanfen in disbelief. I had to admit that her story made some sense. If she truly was the target, that would have explained why she was the only one who appeared in the footage while the rest of whoever came there didn’t. Still, I had a feeling that I was missing something…

“How did you fool them?” I asked, tracing her face to catch the slightest change in her expression.

She blinked at me. “Pardon?”

“If those professionals came there to kill you, how did you manage to escape? Besides, I saw you running out of Aren’s room, and I didn’t see anyone else,” I said.

Lanfen sighed. “I know it might sound silly, but I hid in the closet in Aren’s room, hoping they wouldn’t find me. One of them even walked inside… I was afraid that he might hurt Aren, but, fortunately, he didn’t. Someone called that guy over, and he left the room, and then they all left. I waited for a while before I decided to run away from there… That’s probably when you saw me.”

I hated the way her story was believable. I was desperate to find any flaws in it, reasonable doubt.

“Do you know who those men were?” I asked.

She shook her head. “No, I assume that they were hired by someone from the company called Changshou Yao. They are trying to make their way into the American market, but they keep stealing our recipes and we have threatened them with a big lawsuit…” My eyes widened at her words. “And you think that’s enough reason to kill someone?”

She laughed, gently covering her mouth before saying, “It’s big money we are talking about, and big compensation they wish they could avoid. Besides, those guys might work for the Triad, and men from the Triads don’t negotiate-they kill.”

I gave her a nervous smile. She seemed to be tough and intelligent, a woman fighting alone for her life and position. If she wasn’t my husband’s ex-girlfriend, I would admire her, but currently, the greater she seemed to be, the more she pissed me off. It was easier to fight against the villainess, an evil lady-heartbreaker, but how could I possibly fight against a hurt, heartbroken woman who had been forced to spend a part of her life in an abusive relationship? Yet, I still didn’t know what it was that she wanted…

I leaned forward on the table and smiled a bit. “Would you mind if I called you by your name? You can call me Cora if you want to…”

She smiled back at me. “By all means, call me Lanfen.”

throat. “Then… Lanfen, what is it that you

to reunite with Aren. I wanted his forgiveness, but I also

remain composed. I was afraid she would say that, and I was

lips. “But then I learned that Aren had gotten married, and I saw him in

She made it clear that she didn’t care whether I loved him or not. All that mattered was if he loved me in return. I laughed awkwardly, pretending that I was

the thought that you would want to destroy my marriage…” She chuckled and

smile, pressing my hand to my

freaking lioness. But seriously, I wasn’t going to stand there and watch her try. At that moment, I became determined like never before to show Aren that he would never find someone better than me, someone willing to always be by his side and fight for him. The only

smiling at me as we finished coffee. “Unfortunately, I

for a coffee again in less awkward circumstances…” I stretched my lips

once Aren is back in New York,” she tossed,

I called out restlessly. “How did you know that Aren is not

you say

hand. “Well, I saw

that I bought her explanation. Her words raised a bright red flag. It might have been my paranoia, but everything inside me screamed that she lied. We said our goodbyes smiling, and even exchanged numbers, but we were not going to become friends. Even as I gave her my phone number, I was certain that she had already had it before, just like she had kept track of what Aren was

number. My finger was just about to slide through the green phone icon when suddenly I froze. Should I truly tell him about my meeting with Lanfen? If I did, I would have to tell him what we had talked about, and I would become her messenger. If I didn’t tell him, and he found out later, I would become the envious type who couldn’t trust him. Besides, judging

last time, this could easily

good,” I muttered under

I needed some advice. I needed someone to tell me that I wasn’t crazy Instinctively, I called Miranda, thinking that I could use some girl talk, but she didn’t pick up her phone. A minute later, I got a message from her saying

advice and the girl

the phone back in my purse when Jack called

a coffee with Lanfen,” I said instead of hello as I took the call. Jack went silent for a few seconds,

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