Beyond the Divorce

"I can assure you that she didn't." I affirmed confidently. "Before we came, Atlas gave me reassurance." "Oh? What did Atlas say?" Lauren asked with great curiosity.

"He said that I'm the true lady of the Pierce family, and I shouldn't worry about anyone else. Of course, he was referring to Grandpa. He was afraid that Grandpa would cause trouble for me, so he comforted me in advance," I explained. "Atlas really spoils you." Lauren sighed in admiration.

"Besides, Celine is focused entirely on Grandpa and Atlas during their discussions. She has no time to bother with me anymore. That's why I say she's nervous.

"But I have to admit that she's good at maintaining her composure, pretending like nothing's wrong. Just thinking about Celine's face, honestly, I really want to slap her."

"Desperation makes people do strange things, don't you know?" Lauren scoffed. "But let me remind you, the more desperate she is, the more cautious you should be. Be careful of her making reckless moves and plotting behind the scenes." "But she won't have the chance to do that," I asserted confidently. "Atlas is sticking to me like glue."

"I'm telling you, be careful with what you eat and drink. Especially anything from Celine's side. It's still better to be cautious." Lauren warned me.

Upon hearing Lauren's words, I burst into laughter. "Have you been watching too many thrillers?"

Lauren retorted, "Just keep what I said in mind. Do you think Celine is a normal person? In my opinion, women in big families like this one need to study thrillers as training manuals. It wouldn't hurt to learn a thing or two about survival." I chuckled and nodded repeatedly. "Got it. I'll catch up on them in my spare time."

"Don't just nod along. Be more careful," she said authoritatively.

"Got it. I understand."

say much more. Get some rest, and let me know when you're back. Call me

it. Tell Ivanna too, so she

discharged from the hospital today. She'll come over to report to me later and I'll tell her. Bye for now." We hung up, and I called my mom to

pour, so I lay on the bed, eventually drifting off to

kissing my earlobe, causing me to wake up groggily. Opening my eyes, I saw Atlas

turned over to hug him. "When did you come back? I

changed into casual home clothes so it felt like we were on a leisurely

the cheek and pointed to the

and was surprised to

checked my

laughed, quickly getting out of bed. "Sandy will scold me for

you and told me not to disturb you." Atlas got up too and knelt down to

3 p.m. when I fell asleep." I got

didn't see any sign of you waking up. Since we're