After saying those words, Lance turned towards Laurence and gave a curt nod in his direction. Laurence hesitated for a few seconds before turning around and exiting the room, leave them two alone.Amber who had watched the entire interaction, began to wonder what it was about."What are you up to?" She asked but Lance remained silent, staring at her with dark and merciless eyes.Shivers ran down her spine and she quickly tried to put distance between them by scooting her tired figure away."This...this is illegal." She warned. "You detaining me and whatever else you are planning, they're all illegal!""Oh so now you remember the law? Seeing as you kidnapped Roxanne, drugged her and even aided your scum of a boyfriend in trying to force himself on her, I had thought the law didn't matter to you, but would you look at that." Lance mocked."This and that are two different things, Lance Laurent!" Amber yelled. "I'm pregnant! I'm carrying the child of your brother! The heir of Laurent Crop
"Don't make me repeat myself once more, leave before you make me do something to you that you'd end up regretting." Henry warned his son sternly."Father!" Christopher bellowed. "Are you actually taking her side? After everything she's done?!""You started this rubbish Christopher! I should have thought you better than you are now. Rather than allowing your mother frequent all those parties, I should have insisted she stayed at home and raised you herself. But I didn't, I allowed her have her way and look how you turned out."The look of hurt flashed across Christopher's face momentarily, but just as fast as it had come, it disappeared. "You're saying all this Because of her!" Christopher insisted, an edge to his voice that indicated he was trying to convince himself more than his father.Henry didn't reply, he only stared back at his son in an unreadable manner and after a while, he pointed his hand in the opposite direction."Leave. You've truly drug the Laurent family name in the m
"We need to talk Lance, now."Lance frowned at this, but knew that she was right. They had to talk.So he nodded and walked back to his car, opening the door for her to get in, before shutting it. Roxanne settled in the passenger seat, watching as Lance rounded towards the driver's seat before slipping in.She didn't waste any time and went straight to the point. "That video of Penelope, was that your doing?"Lance turned to look at her but he remained silent, however, the look in his eyes was enough to give Roxanne the answer she needed."You said you wouldn't do anything drastic." She reprimanded, shaking her head and turning away."And I didn't." Lance defended."She's all over social media, Lance." Roxanne retorted."Yeah, and so what? She tried ruining your life, its only fair that she gets a taste of her own medicine." He retorted.Roxanne shook her head. "That doesn't matter." She said and turned to look at him."Yes it does.""No it doesn't!""It does. Would you really still h
Lance got in his car after he watched Roxanne walk into her company. He started the engine and drove away, making a U-turn for the opposite direction of the city with only one please in mind.The headquarters of Laurent Crop. The place where his father sat like the king.Roxanne was right, if he wanted to get more information and solve things quickly, then he'd need to act fast, else their lives weren't going to return to normal...Normal? What exactly was a normal life for them both?House on somewhere in a Caribbean beach? A small family and waking up in each other's arms to see their beautiful morning smile? That definitely sounded like a good and normal life...to him.As for Roxanne, he wasn't sure what she considered normal...if she'd consider what he considered normal, after all, her life had been flowing about perfectly normal before he forced his way In and turned everything upside down.He wouldn't be surprised if after all these was over, Roxanne suddenly wants to break up w
Resting his head on her shoulder, Colton closed his eyes and found what he had seen from earlier flashing in his mind.Roxanne. Lance. Stepping out from the same car. Kissing.His gut twisted in a painful way, causing him to sigh out and bury his face in the crock of her neck, taking in her calming scent to drive away the almost crippling worries.She turned her head towards him, her lips dangerously close to his ear, but she didn't speak and she didn't pull away either. She allowed him to stay like that as she quietly swallowed. However, even after a whole solid minute had gone by, she still hadn't relaxed with his head in her neck. Unlike when Lance would hug her from behind or when he'd bury his face in her neck just like this and it would feel good, peaceful and many times, pleasing, this felt...awkward? No, it wasn't awkward.Roxanne wasn't sure what the feeling was but she felt a sort of nervousness wash over her, which in turn only made her more conscious of his body heat that
Henry continued to stare at his phone screen, his eyes wide and his expression a shocked one, however, he did not deny what his son had said, nor did he make any comments."Oh, don't act like you've suddenly gone deaf, father," Lance's words snapped him back into the conversation. "You've always known. All these years, you've known that mother died earlier than she's supposed to, didn't you?"Henry locked the screen of his phone and faced his Son. "Lance, Listen..." He began, however cut off by Lance seconds later."You knew yet you did nothing like investigating it. Instead you allowed the very same woman responsible for your wife's death to slither her way into what was once our home!" Lance snapped and his hands gripped into tight fists. "You allowed her to ruin the little sanity that mother had left behind, all because you wanted to save face after having a child out of wedlock. A child who now happens to be the very same man who's making sure that all the money and reputation you
Roxanne frowned. What the hell was she doing here? Surely she wasn't here to act out one of her gimmicks because truthfully, Roxanne wasn't in the mood to handle whatever fuss she was about to throw.'Lets just get rid of her quickly.' Roxanne thought as she walked into her office, allowing the door shut by itself behind her as she left her gaze stilled on Penelope."Don't you know walking into people's office unannounced is a rather bad habit." Roxanne said, walking towards her office seat.Penelope clicked her tongue to the top of her mouth before speaking. "Ah, is that so? Well forgive me, I believed that we were playing a game of bad habits, seeing as you refused to let go of my fiance after all this time and my last warning."As Roxanne sank into her chair, she cocked her head to the side, scanning Penelope who sat in one of the couches. "Playing a game of bad habits?" She asked herself in particular before laughing ever so lightly. "No Penelope, you were just being delusional. N
Back at the Laurent family mansion, the sounds of things being thrown around could be heard as Christopher acted out his tantrums, still not the least pleased that Henry had taken Roxanne's side and even threatened to disown him.He was his father, not hers! So why did he take her side?! Why did he threaten to disown him if he did come back home, pack his things and get ready to be shipped off to some other country of unknown origin?!Why?!"Fucking hell, you're so annoying!" Christopher snarled as he kicked a pile of books on the ground and watched them scatter to different directions, each one hitting the walls as he seethed in anger.The doors of his room opened, however he didn't bother looking up and continue his tantrum as he kicked over the glass table situated in the center of his room, watching as the peice of furniture fell to the ground before inevitably shattering into pieces, but big and small."You shouldn't be acting out like this." Grace said as she walked into his roo