Always Been Yours

Chapter 65

Enlightened by this, Sophia mused, “You know what, Mom? That actually makes sense!”

Lauren sniffed indignantly. “Of course.”

Next to them, Silas was starting to look a little uneasy at his wife’s scheming.

Catching sight of his obvious hesitation, Lauren frowned as she eyed him skeptically. “You’re not actually feeling sorry for them, are you? Don’t forget that Reinhart Group is hanging by a thread, Silas! There won’t be anyone taking pity on us if our company were to crumble. Besides, all that we’re doing is locking them up; it’s not as if we’re torturing them or anything. What are you getting so worried about? Do I look like I would dispose of them and carry their parts out in body bags?”

Silas’ heavy brows were knitted together in concern. He had been worried that their endeavors had crossed the line, but after hearing Lauren’s elaboration, he decided that she had a point as well. He sounded his agreement, but he still told the butler, “Make sure you send three meals every day up to their rooms; I don’t want them starving.”

The butler nodded solemnly. “Of course.”

flashed in her serpent-like eyes. She had no objections to feeding Timothy three meals a day, given that he was

telling the butler, “Remember, that wretched girl only gets one meal a day and any more than

butler stiffened when he heard this, but after

into the room. She banged her fists against the door and yelled profanities, but

coursed through her veins. The deep-seated hatred

the house mentally prepared that Timothy might not follow her back home, but as it turned out, she had sorely underestimated how despicable Silas and his new family could be. What she didn’t expect

it’s all Lauren’s doing! That treacherous

to wait for her turn to be hung at the gallows. She took a deep breath and willed herself to calm down, then decided to look for a way out of here; if she didn’t leave now, she and Timothy would become sacrificial lambs, ready to be slaughtered at the altar

and peered out of it, assessing its viability as an escape

running away, and while there was a chance she