Chapter 918 Lawrence Would Marry Someone Else (Part Two)
Aria''s hand remained frozen on the dress that she was holding at that moment. ''Is it a threat?'' she
wondered. She realized that Lawrence wasn''t bluffing around. She knew that he was a powerful man
and was capable of whatever he had said.
A silence set in the whole room. Aria didn''t say a word. Lawrence continued to stare at her as she sat
fixed like a stone.
"So what''s your decision? What are you going to do? You are not leaving, I presume?" Lawrence asked
deliberately. ''She has been with me since a long time now and knows how I deal with things, '' he
mulled.
Aria fell on the sofa, her eyes staring at the emptiness ahead. With a resigned look, she asked
Lawrence, "What do you want?"
"Stay with me. You know that you are the only woman who I love," Lawrence replied with a decisive air.
''I will never let her go until I die, '' he thought determinedly.
"I love you deeply and I want to ask you if you would marry me? Will your parents ept me as their
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daughter-inw?" Aria asked. It was true that she also loved Lawrence and she hated to leave him. But
she wanted hismitment that he would marry her and now she was getting it but she wanted to be
sure.
"No, I can''t say," Lawrence replied straightforwardly. He had never thought about this matter earlier. He
wasn''t sure whether he would be able to wed her. After all, his parents might oppose them. So he
would rather give her an honest reply rather than give an empty promise.
His negative reply felt to her like a knife in her heart. With a desperateugh, she muttered, "It turns out
I am just your ything. You will never marry me."
Lawrence didn''t retort to the same.
Aria got up, went near Lawrence and sat on hisp. "Do you love Anna?" she asked, looking straight
into his eyes.
Lawrence met her eyes. The look in her eye indicated that she was a strong woman but wanted to
know the truth. "I loved her," he replied frankly.
Lawrence thought it better to tell her about his feelings for Anna. ''He loved her before meeting me. But
what about now? Does he still have a thing for her?'' she wondered.
"Do you still love her?" Aria asked, gazing at Lawrence with expectant eyes. ''Please say that you don''t
like her. It doesn''t matter if you have no feelings left for me. I''d rather want you as a machine with no
feelings. Please just don''t fall in love with other women, '' she prayed and hoped inside.
"She is back," Lawrence responded, as he looked into her eyes "I will have to protect her."
Although Lawrence didn''t say that he loved that woman, his reply still stabbed Aria''s heart deeply.
A bitter smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. ''Finally, he has also shown his true colors. This is
the love that he had for me, '' she mocked her folly.
"So what do you want me to do now?" Aria asked. She was aware that she had no choice but to
sumb to Lawrence and his demands. In the past, she could ask him to fulfill her silly requests. But
now his ex-lover was back and she knew that she couldn''t do that anymore. She thought that he would
not spend his time with her and look after her as before.
"Stay with me as if nothing had happened," Lawrence replied. Taking his eyes off Aria, he added,
"Don''t hurt her in case you happen to run into her."
Aria knew that he was trying to protect Anna. By asking her to not misbehave with Anna he was only
trying to protect his ex-girlfriend''s interests.
"She is a richdy. I am a nobody. That is why the difference in attitude. How dare Iy a hand on her?"
Aria responded with a wry smile. She bit her lower lip, and her heart throbbed in the pain of losing her
lover.
"I''m d that you know your position in my life," Lawrence said nonchntly. Seeing the forlorn look on
Aria''s face, he started feeling a bit bad for her. ''She looks so upset, but is still trying to control her
emotions, '' he thought.
Rising from hisp, Aria stepped forward to keep her distance from him. She pulled her clothes,
stopped to pick up the cards on the table and turned around. With her back towards Lawrence, she
said, "I''m going shopping."
She grabbed her handbag and bolted out of the house.
When Lawrence heard the door mmed, his indifferent, bossy expression turned into that of someone
who was forlorn. With knitted brows, he couldn''t think straight now. He didn''t know how to get rid of
such an awkward situation. He couldn''t deny that he still had some feelings for Anna. But on the other
hand, he knew Aria had really stolen his heart and he couldn''t let her go. As the CEO of the JC Group,
a rich young man from an influential family, he was aware that his wife should be a well-breddy from
a wealthy family. If that was the criteria, Anna was a better bride than Aria.
Lawrence smoked with a troubled expression. His mind was in a total mess. He had no ns for his
future with Aria. But the onlyfort was that Aria hadn''t left him. He intended to let nature take its
course in that matter.
In an international shopping mall, Charlotte and Aria walked around arm in arm. "I thought you would
not go shopping with me. But here we are," Charlotte began.
"Who else could I call except for you?" Aria responded as she looked ahead.
Noticing that Aria was preupied, Charlotte assumed that her friend still could not forget the
afternoon incident. "Did you have a talk with Lawrence, Aria? What''s going on with him and that
woman?" she asked, eyeing Aria''s side face.
"She is Lawrence''s ex. She will be married off to the Chu family," Aria exined inly.
"Oh my gosh!" Charlotte screamed in shock, as she gaped at Aria. "I thought you would get married to
Lawrence. You two looked so happy. There are so many women trying to win his affection, but he
chose you and spoilt you. How could he suddenly turn his back on you and go about marrying another
woman?"