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Jeffrey felt like he had stumbled onto a monumental secret. When Elliot asked him about it, he feigned nonchnce, "It''s not about what I''m going to do: I''ming with you. Remember how we had to track down Lauren when she ran offst time? I''m pretty good at this kind of thing." he said, patting his chest confidently.
Elliot, taking his word for it, replied. Tm not out to capture her, I''m going to plead with her. Somehow, she''s gotten in with
Felix."
"Plead with her?" Jeffrey was puzzled. "Since when are you in a position to be begging Lauren!"
"It''s all because she got Ms. Willow arrested by the police, iming Ms. Willow stole embroidery worth 2.8 million. It''s absurd, 2.8 million is nothing to the Bets," Elliot ranted, growing more agitated by the minute.
Jeffrey, growing impatient with Elliot''s venting, quickly cut him off, "Alright, let''s just go find her before it gets anyter, She might already be asleep."
It was a quiet, deep night. Soft lights from the Brooker''s Vi shone through the windows, illuminating the path in the courtyard.
Felix stood quietly outside Lauren''s room, holding a steaming cup of milk. He knocked gently on the door-once, twice, three times but there was no response. Is the asleep?
He pushed the door slightly, and it swung open
Through the crack, he saw Lauren in a white nightgown, standing by the floor-to- ceiling window.
"Ms. Bennen?" he called softly, but Lauren didn''t react.
Is she so lost in thought that she didn''t hear me? Felix wondered.
He stepped into the room, ced the milk on the table, and tried again, "It''ste. Drink your warm milk and get some rest
Still his words vanished into silence, with only the rustling of leaves outside breaking the quiet.
"Ms. Bet?" he called again, but was met with continued silence,
Growing more puzzled. Felix gently tapped Lauren''s shoulder.
Startled by the unexpected touch, Lauren trembled and spun around. Her sudden movement threw her off bnce, and her injured leg gave way, causing her to fall backward.
Felix quickly reached out, wrapping his arms around her slender waist and steadying her against him.
Lauren looked up in a panic, her long fingers instinctively resting on Felix''s broad chest. Her eyes still held a trace of her earlier rm
Just then, a ck Bentley slowly pulled up outside the Brooker''s Vi. The car door opened, and Jeffrey and Elliot stepped
out.
As they looked up, they saw through the second-floor window Felix holding Lauren closely, their bodies entwined in an embrace that, from their angle, appeared almost like a passionate kiss.
Elliot''s eyes widened in shock, a surge of rage boiling within him. “Lauren, have you no shame? Who allowed you to live with him?" he bellowed, pointing towards the second floor.
The scene in the bedroom window stunned Jeffrey; the ambiguous silhouettes struck him like a hammer, shattering his perceptions.
However, he quickly regained hisposure, furrowing his brow and gently tugging at Elliot''s sleeve, "Calm down, it might not be what it looks like. There could be a misunderstanding"
But Elliot was beyond reason, his eyes red and fiery as he red at the couple upstairs. His chest heaved with anger as he yelled, "A misunderstanding? Open your eyes! They''re wrapped up in each other''s arms, even... How could there be any misunderstanding?"
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He looked up at Lauren and roared, "Are you that desperate? Can''t you live without a man?"
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His voice, filled with biting anger, carried far in the quiet night, Lauren, missing a kidney and physically frail, couldn''t handle the physical demands of a rtionship
Thinking of this, a wave of uncontroble anger surged through him. He felt Lauren was deliberately tormenting them all with her reckless behavior.
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