Can’t Win Me Back

Upon hearing Lauren’s retort, Zoe was filled with rage. She clenched her fists so tightly that her meticulously adorned nails dug into the flesh of her palms.

If it weren’t for the people around them, she would have slapped Lauren already.

Zoe took a deep breath. Smirking maliciously, she leaned close to Lauren’s ear, speaking in a low, mocking tone. “You’re right. You’re not an idiot. You’re a psycho.”

A psycho.

She was a psycho.

Lauren’s mind buzzed loudly, and cold sweat soaked through her pure white cotton dress.

At that moment, the piano music on stage began to play.

The melodious notes flowed into her ears. But for her, they were like painful melodies, only intensifying her stress.

“Lauren, you’ve always wanted to be Landon’s wife—to be Mrs. Harper. But do you think you’re qualified? You know your illness best. Do you think you can give birth to a child with normal intelligence for Landon?”

Zoe hit her sore spot, each word striking at her heart.

Lauren lowered her head. Tears were welling up at the corners of her eyes, and her cotton dress was crumpled from her delicate fingers, much like her heart at that moment.

“Landon is not only your lover but also the heir of Harper Group. He’ll be the head of the Harper family in the future.”

demeanor, as if she were considering the bigger picture. Her voice was cold as she said, “My dad’s last wish is for our family to become a century-old aristocratic family. If you want to be Mrs. Harper, you’ll need to bear a descendant of the

chances that you can give birth

passed on to your child? Do you want the Harper family to have no successors? Do you want Landon to

closed her eyes, sweat beading on her

hardship of giving birth, does that

life’s work. If Landon can’t inherit Harper Group, how

accept a woman like you as the future matriarch of the Harper family?

and let Uncle Preston become the heir of Harper Group. When that day

word Zoe uttered felt like a sharp knife

an idiot, you must understand my

carefully if you really

was about to get

Lauren spoke with

voice was weak, every word

pupils suddenly shrank at those words. “What did

Landon. I

slowly raised her eyes, meeting Zoe’s fierce gaze with all her

for myself,

teeth. “How

Mr. Cornelius doesn’t like me and the Harper family doesn’t accept me. I don’t want any status. I just want to be with Landon. As long as he doesn’t drive me away, I won’t