She Is A CEO

"I'm not heartless or unfeeling..." After hearing Lauren's words, Eve's grievances finally dissipated a bit. She spoke with a hint of coquettishness in her tone. "What about you? Do you have me in your heart?" Lauren, who lacked the subtlety, asked Eve straightforwardly.

Lauren's words hit Eve's heart like a boulder, causing waves of shock and excitement to wash over her. All of these emotions were reflected on her face, which was now as red as if it had been set on fire. Lauren certainly knew the answer, but he wanted to hear Eve say it herself, so he moved closer to her and their breaths seemed to blend together. "Speak up..."

Lauren was already extremely handsome, but at this moment, her mind was swaying, and his eyes were even more charming. The innocent Eve couldn't bear his temptation, and suddenly her breath stopped, and she was thrown backwards. If she hadn't been sitting, she might have been fallen to the ground.

Quickly grabbing Eve who was dizzy, Lauren couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time.

His little flower was really too pure...

Naturally, after Eve regained consciousness, Lauren no longer pressed her for answers. However, their words and actions became even more intimate. Lauren firmly held Eve's small hand in his own. Eve didn't want to be perfunctory. Even though she was too ashamed, she still told Lauren her feelings, and in the next second, she was in Lauren's arms.

"Finally, you confessed your feelings," Lauren couldn't contain his excitement.

Eve muttered quietly to herself, "You were the one who confessed first, but it doesn't matter now."

The two finally exchanged their feelings. At this moment, Eve had already forgotten to ask Lauren's intention until her sister called and asked her, which suddenly made her realize her negligence. She quickly promised to go and ask Lauren immediately, hung up the phone and went out to find him.

As Eve opened the door, she saw her neighbor Lauren just walking out of his own room and still talking on the phone. Out of respect for Lauren, Eve was about to close the door and avoid interrupting him. However, in the next second, she heard Lauren utter a name that was all too familiar to her, causing Eve's movements to freeze.

"Lucia, Nia wants me to pressure you to hand over Stable Growth."

Eve's body froze when she heard these words.

"I didn't respond and I had no intention of helping her." Lauren was completely unaware that Eve was leaning against the door, listening to him speak and revealing his thoughts directly to Lucia. Lucia over there couldn't help but laugh, "But you will still help, won't you? For the sake of your little flower."

"Is it really okay to make fun of my helplessness like this?" Lauren wryly smiled. Since being brainwashed by Lola, his attitude towards Lucia had also changed unconsciously.

"I tried to get information from Nia, but she wouldn't reveal anything about you. Your secrecy is impressive, and she didn't even know that I already knew about your 'important' status," said Lucia. "What important status?" Lauren's tone was annoyed. "I don't want to help her at all."

Lauren made his intentions clear for the second time, and Eve felt a chill run down her spine as if thunder had struck.

Lauren actually told Lucia about her sister's situation. He never really helped her sister wholeheartedly; it was always forced! This realization left Eve confused and guilty, but also filled with anger. If he thought that way, why didn't he just tell her directly?

As anger gradually replaced guilt within Eve, she quietly closed the door and sat on the edge of the bed in her room. The sheets were bunched up in a ball by her hands as no matter how much she tried to console herself; she couldn't shake off the feeling of being betrayed by Lauren - he had been in contact with Lucia all along!

"Thank you for calling me about this matter," Lucia said seriously over the phone. "Whether or not you want to help Nia is up to you, but if we become enemies, then I won't show any mercy towards you." Lauren let out a bitter laugh before saying helplessly, "I know that I have no choice but to agree with Nia because of Eve. Telling you beforehand was just so that I wouldn't feel too guilty. I won't be involved personally though. It's up to you how you deal with Nia."

Little did Lauren know that Eve missed his most important sentence.

At noon, Eve quietly left the hotel without anyone noticing while Lauren argued with Stoffer and Dely over Nia's request for quite some time before finally giving his opinion on what they should do next. When he realized it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, he wanted to check on Eve's situation again.

The door had been knocked on for quite some time without any response from inside; Lauren thought maybe Eve was taking an afternoon nap so decided not continue knocking. Until six-thirty, there still wasn't any movement from inside her room, which raised an uneasy feeling within him.Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

He instructed the manager immediately, asking them retrieve footage from surveillance cameras. Only then did they discover that Eve had left by herself earlier, causing him relief and knowing Casper hadn't taken advantage of this opportunity yet...

"Casper has been sending people after me all this while," said Lauren who knew Casper intended harm towards both himself and Eve. Despite knowing Eve leaving voluntarily meant they couldn't let their guard down yet.

"Young master," Dely suggested rationally, "Why don't we find Nia? Miss Davidson doesn't have many acquaintances here in Athegate; maybe she went out looking for her?"

Lauren immediately pulled out his phone and dialed Nia's number, but to his surprise, Nia, who had always been eager to please him, didn't answer. After several failed attempts, Lauren was left deep in thought.

What could have happened?

Meanwhile, at the small villa far away from Lauren's location, Nia frowned as she held her silent phone. Lauren had called several times already but each time she tried to answer it, Eve stopped her. She asked her sister,

"Eve, what's going on between you and Lauren? Why did you come here alone and why won't you let me talk to him?"

Eve kept quiet with pursed lips and a pale complexion. Nia couldn't stand Eve's introverted personality but knew that she needed Eve's help in controlling Lauren. So she patiently asked, "Eve, if there is anything bothering you, just tell me okay? I'm worried about you..."

Finally lifting up her head slowly with lifeless eyes staring at Nia without focus, Eve spoke after moving lips for a while,

"Nia... Is only Lauren able to help you?"

"Didn't I explain it all that night? If it wasn't for Lauren helping us, both Kevin and I would be dead by now. To stay alive, we need more power... Will you help me with this, Eve?"

Nia pleaded earnestly, thinking that maybe Eve had changed or retreated because of Lauren's rejection.

Eve knew that if she acted like nothing was wrong, then maybe even after everything they'd been through, Lauren would still be willing to help her sister...

But the feeling of betrayal was like a thorn stuck in the depths of hear, burning every organ inside.