GoodReadBut before he could finish his sentence, Dorothy cut off Lane.
After such a long time, he still had that roguish charm mixed with undeniable handsomeness.
Truth be told, if only he hadn't been so obsessed with her, Lane could have had a pretty decent life! At least back in the day, his
East Star Enterprises was doing quite well, not quite on the level of the Lopez Corporation, but it had made a nfor itself in the
banking world.
And now, seeing him again...
He had be a fugitive, wanted for murder.
Dorothy couldn't hide her dismay.
"Lane, do you regret killing Quincy?"
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Caught off guard by the question, Lane paused for a moment, his thin lips twitching, "No regrets! Only by killing her could Everett
be brought down!"
"Just because Everett bought out yourpany, you'd rather bear the weight of a life on your conscience, just to see him dead?"
Dorothy's gaze fixed on him,pelling Lane to meet her eyes, "l don't get it, | really can't understand."
In the business world, being bought out by anotherpany is nothing unusual!
If otherpanies can be acquired, why couldn't East Star Enterprises?
With the Lopez Corporation shining so bright, they could buy out anypany they wanted.
Does that mean every CEO should go after Everett with a vengeance?
Lane took a sip of the coffee he had ordered earlier, "Do you really not know why Everett bought out East Star Enterprises? He was
trying to force you back to the Lopez Corporation!"
"Yes, Everett did have that intention." Dorothy wasn't naive; she understood the underlying reason why Everett went to such
lengths to acquire East Star Enterprises. But still... "At the end of the day, it was all about me! You could have just handedover,
and all of this could have been avoided."
Dorothy felt that back then, at least at that time, Lane wasn’t so fixated on her!
He liked her, sure, but a rogue's affection for a woman couldn't possibly turn into obsession overnight!
Especially when she hadn’t shown any interest in return.
"End it? Why would | want to end it! Handing you over would mean I've lost."
Lane raised a hand to rub his temple. Because of the cap he wore, Dorothy couldn't see his expression as he looked down.
"Dorothy, | hate it when someone so blatantly steps on me! I'm a man; | have my pride! Besides... | actually thought Heather, that
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He truly believed that if his plan with Heather had succeeded, she would have gotten Everett, and he could continue pursuing the
single Dorothy.
After a long silence, Dorothy finally spoke, "Lane, turn yourself in. Stop running."
That was the only thing she could say to Lane now.
"Turn myself in?" He laughed, a low chuckle that seemed to shake his chest, "Now that I'm as good as dead, you're suggesting |
turn myself in, without considering the consequences for yourself?"
"Dorothy, you have no idea what I've been through since leaving Eldorria City! I've never suffered such indignity in my life! So, |
swore | had to have you, even if it meant taking this final step!"
"Indignity?"
"Yes, indignity!" Lane slammed his coffee cup down, "I want to see Everett unable to rest in peace! The woman he schemed so
hard to have is now going to be mine!"
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