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.”

was cold as she said, “My dad’s last wish is for our family to become a century-old aristocratic

that you can give birth to a healthy child for

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

sweat beading on her delicate

of giving birth, does that mean he

“Harper Group is my dad’s life’s work. If Landon can’t inherit Harper

future matriarch of the Harper family? If Landon insists on marrying you, he’ll drift further away from the position

heir of Harper Group. When

word Zoe uttered felt like a sharp knife cutting into Lauren’s soft

an idiot, you must understand my

you

was about

won’t leave Landon,” Lauren spoke with her head

was weak, every

those words. “What did you

love Landon. I love him

eyes, meeting Zoe’s

a coward. I’ve never fought for anything for myself, nor have I ever desired anything. But now,

her teeth. “How

okay if Mr. Cornelius doesn’t like me and the Harper family doesn’t accept me. I don’t want any status.

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