Chapter 488 Now and Then

Laurence stayed silent for a long moment when he heard Zoey’s words, guessing that she probably knew her uncle was injured.

With all the strength she could muster, Zoey continued, "I wish you had died a long time ago." She felt dizzy as she spoke and steadied herself against the wall. "They should have killed you when you got kidnapped. You should have died at seventeen. All of us should have." Her voice was low and unsteady as she spoke.

On the other end of the line, Laurence's expression darkened at the ruthless words like a violent storm. Everyone in the meeting room watched their boss' expression gradually change. The pen between his fingers bent as his knuckles turned white. He did not apologize but seemed to allow her to vent her anger.

Zoey disliked hospitals because her memories of them weren't pleasant. Since she was a kid, she had had to accept countless medical warnings from doctors saying her mother had barely survived. After that, she lost her first child at the hospi