Chapter 8
Their eyes met, and Leo froze for a moment.
Laura let out a small, bitter laugh. “What a coincidence.”
Everyone has a limit to their tolerance for pain, and once you reach it, the pain seems to
anish. Faced with the absurdity of this moment, Laura realized she could feel nothing but calm.
A flash of discomfort crossed Melody’s face, quickly masked as she gave a gentle smile. “Sorry, Laura. I was only
now. You don’t mind, do you?“.
Just
Laura looked directly at Leo, her voice quiet. “I don’t think it was a joke. After all, he didn’t even come with me to my prenatal checkup because he was here with you.”
Only then did Leo seem to remember that today was her checkup. His chest tightened with guilt as he rushed to explain, “I’m sorry, I didn’t check my phone…”
Limp
As he stepped closer, Laura instinctively took a step back. “It’s fine,” she said, and even smiled again. “You two can carry on.”
With that, she turned and walked away, her pace quickening with each step.
Suddenly, a hand grabbed her arm, forcing her to stop and look back.
Leo’s gaze softened as he took in the redness around her eyes. His voice was gentler than before. “I’m sorry. I was just too busy to check the time, and Melody had a fever. She’s alone here with no one to rely on, so I couldn’t leave her…”
In that moment, Leo’s apology cut deeper than any of his cold words ever had. Melody was his friend, but wasn’t Laura his wife? Wasn’t she carrying *his* child?
The December chill seeped through Laura, draining the last bit of warmth from her body. Her voice came out low and hoarse. “No need to apologize. Go keep her company.”
Led was taken aback.
Laura managed a smile, one tinged with an indescribable bitterness. “Leo, have you ever
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heard that in a relationship of three, the one who isn’t loved is the true third party?
“In your eyes, am I nothing more than a third party?”
Her question was sincere, but Leo’s brow furrowed tightly. He denied it instinctively, “Stop talking nonsense. There’s nothing between us anymore.”
Laura almost laughed.
e was exhausted from laughing in just these few minutes. In her past life, as soon as Leo divorced her, he had eagerly married Melody.
If anyone was spouting nonsense, it was him.
Laura shook her head and spoke slowly, each word clear. “You told me to think carefully about divorce before making a decision. Well, I’ve thought it through.”
“After the New Year, let’s get a divorce.”
They could each retain some dignity, and this would grant her love for him a final grace period.
With that, Laura walked away, disappearing into the crowd.
Leo watched her determined figure retreating against the flow of people, feeling an inexplicable emptiness in his heart. Yet for some reason, he couldn’t make himself take a single step toward her.
The sky was dark and heavy the next morning.
Early on, Laura received a notice for a board meeting.
As she entered the conference room, she paused, her gaze sweeping across the directers who were already seated. Leo was at the head of the table, with Melody by his side. Everyone wore a serious expression, as if they had been awaiting her arrival.
A sense of foreboding washed over Laura.
After she took her seat, a board member immediately spoke up. “Laura, there has been a report accusing you of taking kickbacks during last year’s Forest Light Hotel project. Do you
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Laura’s mind went blank for a few seconds before she responded in disbelief, “Kickbacks?
Really?”
Suppressing her initial shock, she replied coolly, “I don’t know who made the accusation. However, the finances for that project were audited when it closed, and I handed over all the reports to Melody afterward.”
paused, scanning the room.
“I have always worked diligently. Even if I have no great achievements, I’ve put in hard work. Yet here we are, with such a grand setup to accuse me without any evidence.”
At that moment, Melody spoke up. “Actually, I never received the Forest Light Hotel documents. Laura, you didn’t hand them over to me.”
Laura looked at Melody’s calm expression and immediately understood. This woman had orchestrated the entire setup.
Laura let out a cold laugh. “Melody, be careful with your words. Are you prepared to take responsibility for what you’re saying?”
Melody’s expression faltered briefly before she replied in a soft, hurt tone, “Laura, I’m just a newcomer. There’s no need to be so aggressive toward me.”
Her vulnerable demeanor only made Laura appear more unreasonably hostile.
Not wanting to argue pointlessly, Laura turned directly to Leo. “Mr. Reed, I have never made a mistake with my files. Since the documents vanished after I handed them over to Melody, shouldn’t she bear the responsibility?”
Melody’s face turned pale.
All eyes turned to Leo, who sat at the head of the table, his expression unreadable.
After a long pause, he finally spoke, his voice cold. “Laura, you’re suspended pending investigation. Don’t come to the office for the time being.”
