âThank you for worrying about me, Landon.â Javier smiled.
âItâs not just me. Thereâs also Lauren and Jasper. They all care about you.â Landonâs words were so sweet.
In fact, it wasnât just to please his future father-in-law. He also wanted to gain favor for Jasper.
âI havenât seen Lauren in a long time. Come to my study, both of you. Letâs sit down and have a good chat.â
With an affectionate smile, Javier gestured to Lauren. âCome, Lauren, come to me.â
Although Lauren communicated less with Javier as she grew up, in her memory, he was the one who loved her the most when she was al child.
âDadâ¦â
With glistening eyes, Lauren let go of Landonâs hand and walked toward Javier.
For some reason, when Landon saw this scene, his eyes reddened, and his nose prickled.
He knew very well that, no matter how well he treated Lauren or how much he loved her, he couldnât replace the position of family in her heart.
Perhaps many people could live without love, but no one could endure losing their family.
As Lauren approached, Javier smiled and opened his arms to encircle her petite frame. He embraced his long-unseen daughter, gently curcoomy noi num.
Meanwhile, she pressed her face against his chest. For some reason, her heart trembled. A surge of complex emotions washed over her, and she secretly shed tears, moistening Javierâs neat shirt.
At this moment, Bettyâs anger finally reached its peak, and she was almost crying.
As Javierâs eldest daughter, she had always been the apple of the Beckettsâ eyes. With her intelligence and beauty, she had been the focus of her parentsâ attention, overshadowing Laurenâs existence.
Lauren had now taken away everything that originally belonged to her, from Newton to Sophia to Landon.
Even Javierâs favor was taken away from her.
She hated Lauren. She hated her to the core.
Conversely, the grounded Sophia was terrified after seeing the news about Jeffrey and the online comments.
She fumbled for the medication Tristan left for her. After injecting herself twice, she finally calmed down and had some capacity for rational thought.
She never expected that Jeffrey, who had fled to Tsulu, would be arrested. Furthermore, she didnât anticipate that the blame for Ninaâs death would still be associated with her.
The police hadnât summoned her, indicating that Jeffrey hadnât ratted her out.
However, as long as he was alive, there was a risk that he couldnât withstand the pressure and would spill the beans, revealing everything about hiring him to kill Nina. By then, it would be too late.
Since Javier had grounded her, she couldnât do much.
The only person who could do things for her was Betty.
With swollen eyes, Betty came to see Sophia. She sat there, sobbing uncontrollably.
However, Sophia had no time to deal with her bad mood, immediately saying, âJeffrey has been arrested, and thereâs a good chance he might reveal what weâve done. We canât keep him alive.â
âWhat weâve done? What have I done?â