I Walked Away And He Lost His Mind (Zephyra and Steven) novel Chapter 454

Verna declared, “You are destined to fail.”

Steven's handsome, refined face was etched with a chilling frostiness, but his tone was detached. “You went to all this trouble to injure yourself and force me to come see you... just to repeat these same tiresome words?”

“I've heard you. Once your injury is treated, go back to Ixia immediately.”

“I sprained my ankle! I can't go back, I need to be hospitalized!” Verna stared at him, then stood up straight and laughed mockingly. “And these aren't tiresome words. They're a reminder, a warning!”

“I know you'll regret it once you're lucid, but it's too late for regrets. The last time you were dying in the hospital, Zephyra didn't even come to see you. Isn't the change in her obvious? She was reborn too, wasn't she?”

“She remembers everything from our past life. Women are sensitive, suspicious creatures with no sense of security. You can't explain your relationship with me, so there will always be a thorn in her side. She can never be with you.”

“She doesn't want the you from the past, or the you from the present.”

An unknown fury roiled in Steven's eyes. “You're overstepping, Verna. Don't try to interfere in my business with her. My patience with you is limited.”

“Live your life quietly, be the secretary you wanted to be, and I guarantee you'll be well-compensated. But if you cross the line again and target her, for every inch you take, I will repay you tenfold.”

Verna bit her lip hard, her watery eyes turning crimson. “Steven, don't go too far! You know I have to be with you!”

“Verna, in our past life, you were compassionate and kind, dedicated to healing people. You had at least some redeeming qualities. This life, your personality has completely changed. You abandoned medicine for business, trying to be like me, but you don't even try to learn the first thing about finance. All you do is try to seduce men. It's pathetic.”

“You desperately cling to me and target her at every turn, claiming it's to get me back on the right path, but really you just want to lean on a powerful man. You're lazy, selfish, and nothing more than a pathetic clown. Zephyra’s smart. She can tell the difference. Even if she hates me now, she knows I would never cheat while married, much less get a woman pregnant out of wedlock.”

Verna's face flushed crimson, her chest heaving with rage as her pride was crushed by his casual words.

“If Zephyra didn't have a prominent family background, if she didn't have Mr. Lancaster Sr. protecting her, there's no way I'd be inferior to her!”

Steven didn't care about her accusations. Zephyra's success had nothing to do with her family's support, her grandfather's help, or him. She had fought her way to the top all on her own.