Chapter 967:

Lacey was struggling to hold her tears back. Never had she felt such humiliation. With no other option, she continued down the street, her high heels clacking unsteadily with each painful step. Before long, her feet were aching terribly, and she nearly sprained her ankle.

On the brink of despair, Lacey sank to a squat by the roadside. Just then, headlights cut through the dusk.

A sleek black car pulled up beside her.

Thinking rescue had arrived, Lacey quickly stood. But as the window slid down, her heart sank. It was the last person she hoped to encounter.

“Miss Payne, my apologies for the intrusion,” Cody said, his smile stark against the iciness in his eyes.

so I decided to

bodyguards. Her

you lay a hand on me,

rang out,

you just ousted from Jake’s car? You had promised to collaborate with me, yet you’ve ignored all my messages. I assumed you had won Jake over, but I

words, her

now

aren’t as you perceive. I wasn’t thrown out. This is because

Lacey mid-sentence, his

a lost soul,” he declared,

navigate your way back across the city alone. If you choose the latter, you risk wandering through the cold, endless night, potentially succumbing to sheer exhaustion and despair.”

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