Three Years Later, He Came Back Begging novel Chapter 530

Only Hannah and Odette remained in the living room.

In Odette's memory, the two of them had always shared everything. Hannah used to be so close to her. But at some point—maybe right around the time they decided to send her to Europe to study—the girl had stopped opening up.

Looking back, that was precisely when Lawrence and Bonnie had started dating. Odette remembered being the one to happily break the news to her.

Odette wanted to ask her about it, but the words felt too heavy. She sat in silence for a long time before finally turning to Hannah, who was still staring blankly toward the hallway, her face stained with tears.

"Hannah..." Odette's heart ached. She moved closer and gently stroked her hair. "Talk to me. Tell me what's going on in your head."

Hannah blinked, her voice hoarse. "What did he tell you?"

Odette looked at her adopted daughter—a girl she had always been so incredibly proud of—with a complicated mix of pity and pleading. "Sweetheart, I know we can't control how we feel, but we can control our actions. If you care about Lawrence, you need to respect his choices, not selfishly try to destroy his relationship with Candie. She is innocent in all of this. Besides, you and Lawrence... it's impossible."

"Why is it impossible?" Hannah cut in, her voice tight. "Mom... we aren't blood-related. We share no DNA. So why is it impossible? Why?"

Why did they get to decide it was impossible without even asking her? Why were they handing down her death sentence?

The memory of Lawrence walking out without a backward glance, Nana's guilty eyes, and Carl's disappointed head shake fueled a violent, agonizing surge of panic in Hannah's chest.

She wanted to scream. She wanted to grab Lawrence and demand to know what had happened to make him so heartless. How could he crush her dignity under his heel and leave her to face the family's judgment alone?

Was it just because she had upset Bonnie?

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