She Is A CEO

Chapter 1072 Layered Design

"You can't just cut off our sisterly bond with me because of him, Eve. He thinks I'm behaving improperly, but has he ever asked me why I'm doing this? He only sees the surface, and only you can understand my pain, Eve. I hope you can be happy and be with him. If he really doesn't want you to have anything to do with me, then I..." Nia looked sorrowful and appeared selfless.

"Nia, don't say that!" Eve quickly grabbed her sister's hand and looked at her sincerely, "You are my sister and that will never change. Lauren just doesn't understand your difficulties yet. If I keep pleading with him, maybe he'll agree."

"Really?" Nia raised an eyebrow in joy.

"But there is one thing," Eve continued to look at her sister seriously. "If Lauren is willing to help you get rid of Casper, make sure you don't go against Lucia again in the future while managing the company well... would that be okay?"

"When did I ever want to go against Lucia? It's not like I have a choice either! But I promise you that as long as Casper no longer poses a threat to me, I will never go against them again! All for self-preservation so we can expand my company for our parents' retirement!" Nia promised solemnly even bringing up their parents.

Seeing how sincere her sister was being made Eve determined - she had decided she would help!

While Nia was talking with Eve about all this stuff, Lauren was searching through crowds of people alone looking for her trail. He was feeling regretful about telling everything to Eve.

He had lived a life of luxury since birth where power was always under his control; however now lost in unfamiliar streets, he had no idea what else he could do or who else he could turn too.

As time passed into afternoon hours, it finally dawned on him how useless blindly searching around like a headless chicken had been. Right when he pulled out his phone readying himself to call Lucia for assistance though, suddenly it rang by itself before any action could take place from him first-seeing the caller ID, it wasn't anyone other than Eve?! She finally turned on her phone!

"Eve! Where are you?" His voice lacked its usual calmness.

"I'm on Terrace Street... I'm so cold... can you come pick me up?" Her voice sounded weak as if she were barely holding onto consciousness anymore.

"Wait for me there! I'll be right over!" Lauren quickly grabbed a passerby and asked for directions after memorizing the address. He was surprised to find that he wasn't far from her location, so he ran towards the street with long strides.

Fifteen minutes later, Lauren saw Eve shivering in the crowd. He noticed that Eve was only wearing thin clothes and didn't even have a coat on. Lauren felt both heartbroken and angry as he ran through the crowd towards her, taking off his own coat and putting it on Eve before wrapping her tightly.

"Why are you so stubborn?" Lauren looked at Eve's pale face and lips angrily.

Eve's lips trembled from the cold as she remembered what her sister had told her not to let Lauren know that she came looking for her. When leaving Stable Growth, according to what her sister had instructed, she came here without thinking about why she didn't bring an extra coat with herself, but let her suffer in the cold wind instead.

But now, wrapped up in Lauren's warmth despite his loud scolding made Eve feel warm inside too because he cared about her well-being.

"He is worried about me." Inwardly happy at this thought, Eve forgot how much trouble it caused him when sneaking out alone earlier.

"Say something!" Seeing that Eve was staring blankly at him again made Lauren even angrier.

"In my haste this morning... I just ran out... and got lost..." Eve recited what her sister had taught her word by word.Content provided by NôvelDrama.Org.

"Why didn't you call me?! Do you know how worried I am?!" If possible, Lauren would have shaken eve hard to see if anything went wrong with her brain. She was weak physically, so she couldn't handle such harsh weather conditions!

"I..." Eve avoided eye contact with him feeling very insecure and timid, which led her into making impulsive decisions like shutting down her phone after getting angry. This wasn't unusual but she always regretted later on.

"Look at you!" Even though he wanted to blame her badly, seeing her hesitant look made it difficult for him to do so. He scolded her harshly before hugging her tightly, then hailed a taxi back to their hotel room together.

As Nia had expected, Eve began to run a high fever that night. Her body couldn't handle the torture of winter, and she lay in bed alone, burning up.

After some time passed and she regained some consciousness, she remembered to call Lauren. By the time Lauren rushed over anxiously, Eve had lost all awareness due to her fever.

That night, Lauren didn't sleep at all. Dr. Anderson also didn't dare leave and stayed with nursing staff to take care of Eve. In her delirium from the high fever, Eve kept murmuring about her sister and Lauren's stuff while Lauren sat by her bedside listening intently with a more serious expression as dawn approached.

Finally, when morning came around again and Eve's high fever stopped fluctuating for good measure; however considering her condition, Dr. Anderson advised that Lauren continue observing it closely. "It's my fault; otherwise she wouldn't have gone out alone," said Lauren blaming himself.

"Mr. Osade, I've already prepared medicine for you. If Miss Davidson starts running a temperature again, give it to her then confirm that she can rest easy now. But once things get worse, you can take her directly to the hospital. I'm afraid of delaying treatment," advised Dr. Anderson dutifully.

"Thank you so much Dr. Anderson," said Lauren repeatedly in gratitude, "for staying up with me all night."

"This is my duty," replied Dr. Anderson politely before saying goodbye along with his assistant.

Lauren returned alone back into the bedroom sitting by the bed and watching over Eve who was exhausted-looking. She was still sweating profusely on one side of forehead while Lauren was sighing heavily without realizing it himself,

"Eve... what am I going to do with you..."

Outside the window blew chilly winds as light rain started falling soon after, causing pedestrians on streets below scurrying away and making everything seem even more desolate than before.

Lucia stood overlooking the entire city from floor-to-ceiling windows and thinking about what Lauren had just told her on phone earlier.

She pondered for a long time before suddenly remembering something important, which prompted Lucia immediately dialing Juliana's number.