The Heiress Revived from the Ashes (Lauren Bennett) novel Chapter 40

Chapter 40 The Breaking Point

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“If Mr. Lucas is not here to send me back to prison, then you can leave. If you want to sue me, I’m ready to face you anytime.”

Lucas’s heart ached. “Laurie, I just came to check on you.”

Lauren remained icy. “I don’t need it.”

Her repeated refusals pushed Lucas to the edge of his patience.

He took a step forward, his eyes filled with desperation and pain. “Laurie, what do I have to do to make things right between us? Can’t you see how much I care for you? Ever since you got out of prison, I’ve made time to visit you whenever I could. But you keep pushing me away. What do you want from me? Just tell me!”

Lauren finally looked at him directly, her gaze like two icy blades. “I spent five years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit. and yet you, the lawyer who used fabricated evidence, are the one who feels wronged? Mr. Lucas, you studied law. Don’t you know how important innocence is to a person?”

Lucas’s face turned pale, his heart bitter.

I didn’t want it to be like this, but I had no choice.

Willow had helped him. If it wasn’t for her financial support during college, he wouldn’t have graduated.

This alone showed that despite being a wealthy heiress, Willow was still kind–hearted and down–to–earth.

I couldn’t believe that Willow would push Elaine down the stairs. But since both Mr. David and Madam Alice pointed the finger at Lauren, even if I didn’t believe it, Lauren was the only possible suspect.

He looked at Lauren with sorrow, hoping that she would understand his

dilemma.

His eyes were filled with helplessness and conflict. “Laurie, no matter what happened in the past, we have to move forward. Why are you holding on to the past?”

Lauren felt like she was hearing the biggest joke of her life.

Those who haven’t been hurt will never understand the pain

Only now did I see Lucas for what he really was, which is a fool who would deceive me without a second thought.

I had been wrong, and yet I couldn’t care. If I did, I was the one who was petty and clung to the past.

I hated that!

I hated that it had taken me so long to see his true colors.

If I had known he was like this, why had I worked so hard, taking multiple jobs and entering countless competitions just to earn enough money so he could focus on his studier?

I had been afraid he would worry, so I had never given him the money directly, instead anonymously funding his education.

Never in my widest dreams had I imagined that the law student I had supported would use his knowledge to send me to prison once he graduated.

And now he had the audacity to tell me to move on.

Lauren found Lucas utterly ridiculous, and she couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

He claimed to care about me, but his real purpose was to accuse me of pushing Willow down the stairs.

When he asked that question, he wasn’t looking for my explanation. He had already made up his mind.

He told me not to dwell on the past, to look forward, but I had done nothing wrong. All the accusations had been made up by him.

He was the one who had made the mistake, but he refused to admit it and instead demanded that I be the bigger person.

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Chapter 40 The Breaking Point

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Who did he think he was?

What gave him the right?

As Lauren’s mocking laughter filled the room, Lucas’s expression grew darker. Her laughter rang in his ears, piercing and unbearable.

“Stop laughing.” Lucas growled, his voice deep and filled with suppressed anger.

But Lauren continued to laugh, her eyes reddening, the hatred in her gaze sharp enough to tear through Lucas’s facade.

“I said stop laughing!” Lucas snapped, his voice rising. He reached out and clamped his hand over Lauren’s mouth, pinning her to the bed.