Chapter 405 No Room for Forgiveness
“Okay.”
Josh was in an exceptionally good mood.
He straightened his clothes and left the lounge with Mia.
Just as they reached the banquet hall, they ran into Marilyn.
Marilyn immediately grabbed Mia. “Where have you been? I tried calling and you didn’t answer!”
Mia glanced at Josh beside her, blushing.
“I had a bit too much to drink… so I took a nap in the lounge.”
“Oh, I see.” Marilyn didn’t think much of it and led her over to Lauren.
Lauren took Mia’s hand. “Mia, thank you for everything today.”
Mia’s smile was warm. “It’s your big day–this is nothing.”
“So, where are you headed after this?”
“I’m going back to the institute.”
“Why don’t you ride with us? We can drop you off on the way.”
But Mia shook her head. “Lauren, I can get back on my own. It’s your wedding day. You should focus on your wedding night with Mr. Felix.”
She gently pushed Lauren into Felix’s arms.
Felix raised a brow. “How about letting Josh take Mia back to the institute?”
The suggestion was exactly what Josh wanted. “Don’t worry. I’ll make sure Mia gets there safely.”
He turned to her. “Mia, shall we?”
Mia met his clear and earnest gaze, feeling a little shy–but she didn’t refuse.
The group exited the hotel.
By then, the rain had stopped.
Mia got into Josh’s car and left first.
Lauren and Felix were just about to get in their own car when a gentle voice called out.
“Lauren.”
Lauren’s steps froze. Even after ten years, that voice was still painfully familiar.
She didn’t respond and kept walking toward the car.
Alice’s voice grew desperate. “Lauren, I didn’t come here for anything else. I just wanted to wish you a happy marriage.”
Lauren stopped again, her voice cold. “I heard your blessing. You can go now.”
Alice’s face twisted with sorrow. “It’s been ten years… and you still won’t forgive me?”
For the past decade, she’d thought about Lauren every single day. She wished she could appear in front of her, make amends, shower her with care–repay every bit of what she owed.
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Chapter 405 No Room for Forgiveness
But she knew Lauren would never care for her apologies.
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Because she understood Lauren’s fierce and stubborn nature, she had stayed away all these years, even though her heart ached to see her again.
Ten years of restraint.
Now, not even fifty, Alice had a head full of white hair. She looked more like someone in her sixties or seventies.
The constant regret had worn down her health.
She knew she didn’t have much time left.
All she wanted was to see Lauren get married. To see, with her own eyes, that Lauren was truly happy.
More than anything, she wished she could be there to witness Lauren becoming a mother. If she could just see her future grandchild once, she’d die with no regrets.
With that hope in her heart, she had come to Balewood.
But Cloud Palace had refused her entry.
So she waited outside the hotel for hours–just to feel like she’d still somehow witnessed Lauren’s happiness.
Alice looked at Lauren with trembling hope.
She wanted–more than anything–to hear Lauren say the words “I forgive you.”
But she was destined to be disappointed.
Lauren met her gaze with an icy coldness, not a hint of warmth.
“Search your heart. Do you really think you deserve forgiveness?”
Alice’s body shook.
The pain she’d caused Lauren in their past life was irreversible–and even she knew she didn’t deserve to be forgiven.
Her years of hoping for forgiveness had been selfish in itself.
Alice let out a bitter laugh. “You’re right. I don’t deserve it. I understand now. I’ll never show myself to you again… But I still wish you happiness, Lauren.”
Lauren didn’t spare her another glance as she stepped into the car.
If she couldn’t forgive David, there was no way she could forgive Alice.
In her past life, Alice was worse than David.
David had hurt her thinking Willow was his biological daughter.
But Alice had known all along that Willow wasn’t–yet she still humiliated and tormented her own flesh and blood for the sake of an adopted child.
Yes, Lauren had been reborn–but that didn’t mean the past hadn’t happened.
If she forgave people like David and Alice, how could she face Mia, who had once committed murder just to avenge her?
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