With a cold smirk, Mitchel declared, “Lauren, I've given you plenty of chances.”
Stunned, Lauren felt a sense of dread wash over her.
Desperate, she reached out to grasp his leg, tears streaming down her face.
“Mitchel...” she pleaded.
Angela's Library
But it was too late.
Her hand barely grazed his trouser hem when she saw him lift his polished
leather shoes and bring them down mercilessly.
The hard soles crushed her hand, and Lauren's fingers felt like they were being
shattered. The intense pain whitened her face as she screamed in terror.
“Mitchel... What's happening? I... I'm Lauren...” she cried.
But Mitchel's sympathy for Lauren had evaporated, his protection for her
squandered.
Crack! The cruel crunching of her fingers under his feet echoed ominously, a
sound as chilling as the approach of death itself.
Mitchel’'s expression was icy, his eyes glinting with a malice reminiscent of the
devil. He declared, “I've made it clear that Raegan is my bottom line, yet you
persist in crossing it.”
Lauren's agony triggered a flood of tears. Desperately, she cried out, “It's not as
you think... Don't listen to Nicole... I didn’t do it...”
Her words quivered, lacking conviction.
Mitchel crouched before her, forcefully turning her face toward him.
His tone was icy as he asked, “You think I'd trust Nicole?”
This question sparked a glimmer of hope in Lauren. Tears the size of beans
streamed down her cheeks as she pleaded mournfully, “Mitchel, if you don’t
believe her, why are you doing this to me? I never said those things. It's your
child. How could I call it a bastard?”
Suddenly, Lauren froze in place.
Mitchel had clicked on a video and played it in front of her.
“You and that little bastard... It's better that it's gone...”
Her harsh speech and brutal expression were captured clearly.
Mitchel had set up a camera to protect Raegan, a feed only he could access.
After Nicole's departure, he activated the surveillance footage but found himself
unable to watch more than a brief segment.
This was Lauren, the one he had always thought nothing more than a kind and
naive girl. He had been treating her well for years. How could she be so vicious?
Lauren was terrified, feeling as though she had plunged into a freezing dungeon,
her body shaking uncontrollably.
“Lauren.” Mitchel articulated each word with a chilling tone, “Do you believe
you're clever enough to fool me?”