He Laughed at My Tears, Now He Cries Alone Chapter 18

He Laughed at My Tears, Now He Cries Alone Chapter 18

The moment he entered the Lawson mansion, a vase came flying straight at his head.

Blood trickled down his forehead.

He didn’t even dare to wipe it away.

Mr. Lawson strode over and slapped him hard across the face.

“You have the nerve to come back here?”

“You brought this on yourself.”

“I don’t care what you have to do. Find Claire Monroe. Now.”

“Beg her to let us off the hook.”

“Otherwise, I’ll have you removed from the company, cut from the trust, and scrubbed from the family records.”

“You will never use the Lawson name to open a door for yourself again.”

On Tiffany’s side, the Vance family threw her out of the house.

She had made many enemies over the years.

Now that she was unprotected, many of them were lining up to settle old scores.

Just before I was set to leave New York, Derek finally found me.

He blocked the front of my car, his face the color of ash.

“Claire, I know I was wrong.”

“I shouldn’t have looked down on you because of your background.”

“And I especially shouldn’t have let them humiliate you.”

“I was stupid.”

“I know now that I was the one who was never worthy of standing beside you.”

When the car window lowered, his eyes lit up.

But in the next second, he saw Adrian’s arm wrapped protectively around my waist.

The flicker of hope on his face died instantly.

“Nothing you say now will make a difference.”

“I’m not saving the Lawson family.”

Derek stared at us, dumbfounded.

He hadn’t expected another man to be by my side so quickly after I’d left him.

He was the one who had said I wasn’t worthy.

But seeing me in another man’s arms was still a blade in his chest.