Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 744

Miles away, Jude Vance sat in front of his television, clutching a printout of Mira's high school daily routine that Lawrence Lance had dug up for him.

"Damn it, she's not human," Jude muttered. "Who the hell lives like this for an entire year?"

Jude considered himself a ruthless overachiever, but even he had never regimented his time to such a suffocating degree.

He wasn't watching the broadcast out of sheer admiration. He needed to study her. Know thy enemy to win the war.

Looking up at the screen, Jude's eyes drifted over Mira's striking, flawless features, and his thoughts took a darker, predatory turn.

"Lawrence," Jude drawled, "do you think a woman like that is fit to be a proper wife?"

"Marry her? Are you out of your mind? She's a terrifying force of nature. She's aggressively dominant. If you tied the knot with her, you'd never be able to touch another woman again. She'd tear your life apart if you tried." Lawrence gaped at him. He was stunned that the wealthy heir was actually entertaining such a twisted fantasy.

"She's dominant, sure, but she's exceptionally capable," Jude replied, his eyes narrowing calculatingly. "If I married her, she'd secure my inheritance without a doubt. She'd probably multiply the family wealth tenfold."

"Yeah, she has the capability," Lawrence scoffed. "But why the hell would she help you? What makes you think she'd be blindly loyal to a guy like you?"

"That's where you lack vision. What if I offer her the right incentives? What if our interests perfectly align?"

"What kind of incentives? Giving up your side pieces? Or dedicating your life to groveling at her feet?"

"The status of being my legal wife, obviously," Jude said smoothly. "She'll be the sole mother of all my heirs. Once kids are in the picture, she'll fight to the death to protect our empire. As for me? Of course, I'll still have my flings on the side. But they'd just be toys. I'd never bring them home, and I'd never let them get pregnant."

Lawrence stared at him, utterly appalled by the sheer delusion. The guy had already mentally drafted their entire miserable domestic existence.

Wait a minute. If Jude actually managed to pull off this deranged scheme, wouldn't this wealthy heir eventually turn into a massive threat to Lawrence himself?

No, he had to stop him. Or... actually, wouldn't it be better if Jude collided head-on with Owen Lance? Mira was Owen's girlfriend, after all. What would Owen do if he found out Jude was scheming to make Mira his trophy wife? Lawrence knew all too well how possessive men could be.

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