Chapter 187
“And I hope you’ll give me that phone… it means a great deal to me. I’ll do anything you ask in return.”
I stared coldly at her. “A vegetative patient? Is that worth coming here to beg your rival?”
Audrey’s POV
“Yes, it’s worth it,” I answered, looking down.
“Audrey Sinclair, do you have some kind of obsession with vegetative patients?” Laurel’s voice was sharp. “When Blake was in a vegetative state, you were desperate to marry him and be with him.”
“Now that Blake has recovered and divorced you, you’re searching for another vegetative patient?”
I kept my head down, hands clenched into fists.
“How pathetic. Do you think everyone has Blake’s vitality? The miracle of a vegetative patient waking up – do you think you’ll witness that twice in one lifetime?”
“Or perhaps you believe Blake woke up because of you, so now you want to awaken another vegetative patient?”
I bit my lip hard, then looked up. “I don’t think Blake waking up had anything to do with me, and I don’t want to wake Rachel up. I just… want to see her once.”
With late–stage gastric cancer, I don’t have much time left.
I want to see Rachel one last time before I die.
I want to show her the jewelry designs I’ve created, to tell her that I never forgot our promise.
I want to tell her that in our next life, we’ll be sisters again…
“Seeing her or not, she’s still just a vegetative patient who can’t speak or move,” Laurel said. “Even if you see her, you’ll only be satisfying your own sentimentality. It serves no purpose.”
“Give up on this. I won’t give you that phone, and I won’t tell you anything about Rachel.”
She turned and started walking away. “It’s just gotten dark. If you go to the roadside now, you might still catch a taxi back to your apartment in the city.”
I lunged forward and grabbed her wrist.
“Please,” I begged. “I told you, if you give me that phone and tell me anything about Rachel… Even if I can contact her family but never see her, I’ll do anything you ask!”
Laurel stopped. “What could you possibly do for me?”
I hesitated, then took a deep breath. “I can help convince William to approve your engagement to Blake!”
I knew I needed to offer more. “I can even make William agree to your marriage!”
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I have less than three months left anyway.
In two months, Blake might just have time to prepare an engagement ceremony with Laurel.
As for their wedding… by then, I’ll be nothing but ashes. Even if William opposes their marriage, Laurel won’t dig me up from my grave to yell at me, will she?
Laurel turned back, suspicion in her eyes. “You’ll help convince William to let
marry Blake?”
“Yes,” I confirmed. “You know how much William adores me. I’m confident I can make him agree to your engagement with Blake in the shortest possible time.”
I saw a flash of interest in her eyes.
“You came to me for the phone and Rachel’s contact information,” she said. “If I give you everything now… and later that old man refuses to allow our marriage, I’d have no way to hold you accountable.”
I took a deep breath and proposed a solution. “Then let’s make a deal. We can do this in stages. First, return my phone and give me the Hayes family’s contact information. I’ll convince William to approve your engagement.”
“After William agrees to your engagement with Blake, you can give me Rachel’s phone.”
Laurel considered my offer, a smile spreading across her face. “Alright, deal!”
I felt a surge of hope. “So – ”
“However,” Laurel interrupted. “I have one more condition.”
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