She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 848:

Given Lawrence’s temperament, he should have stormed out, creating an unbridgeable chasm between them. Instead, he merely wiped the blood from his mouth and, with roguish defiance, declared, “There’s only one place in this world where I truly belong.”

Jacob continued to pierce him with an arctic glare.

“Your bed,” Lawrence added provocatively.

Jacob’s fist found Lawrence’s face again. Both sides of his face now blossomed with angry bruises.

Jacob hadn’t anticipated this; he’d expected Lawrence to evade the blow.

“Doesn’t striking me like that hurt your hand?” Lawrence asked without resentment. He lifted an immaculate ashtray from the table and offered it. “Use this instead. It won’t damage your knuckles, and it’ll make a more satisfying impact.”

Jacob’s rage intensified visibly.

ashtray to its place and spoke with newfound gravity. “I genuinely need to talk

gaze, suppressing every flicker of emotion. “If you refuse

Lawrence called

his resolute silence and

at the doorway, watching Jacob’s hurried movements, feeling the weight of his rejection. “Aren’t you

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momentarily before resuming his

the doorframe for support. “Ten years ago,

Jacob froze mid-motion.

winced as pain

swimming with complicated emotions. After an eternity of silence, he opened them again, his tone

cautiously. “I simply wanted you to know that I’m no longer a part of the Hayes family. If even you reject me, I’ll have nowhere left in this

Jacob forced himself to maintain his

already thrust him out the door. However, the undeterred Lawrence soon reappeared, climbing through