De Lawrence: Ambition of the Past
Wrong Wounds and Love

Valerie woke up quickly upon hearing the news from the television. He gripped tightly against the iron bars with reddened eyes. News of Jessie's accident spread quickly including where she is now.

"I heard his condition is critical." Some guards talking.

Nah!

"He's in a coma."

The more Valerie listened, the more tormented she felt. The hand that was originally holding the bars moved to grab her hair.

"No way!"

Why Jessie? He had planned it! That man should have died.

"No— he can't die!" Valerie started laughing, but the clear liquid in the corner of her eyes kept coming out.

"Jessie's mine!" Valerie shook her head strongly, "i just want to get rid of Lawrence, not Jessie."

"Then why do you want to get rid of Xavier too?" The female voice made Valerie lift her head.

"Laura?"

Somehow the woman could be there, which obviously the guards were no longer there.

"Why are you doing this, Val? We believe you!" There was a wound behind that look.

Valerie approached and returned to holding the bars. The two of them were limited by the iron object so Valerie could not reach it any further.

"If it's just power, Jessie will give it! Why did you betray us and kill Jessica?" ask Laura again.

"You— you don't understand, Laura," she said, still with her tears.

"Then make me understand."

"Jessica's different! He wants to keep me away from Jessie. I promised I wouldn't bother Jessie but she's mad!" Valerie dropped her head on the bars.

Laura doesn't understand.

"Why should he be angry?"

Valerie raised her head back.

"Because I love her sister!" Laughing, the woman laughed again.

Laura felt her body instantly freeze.

"Ma— you mean?"

"Laura— I'm not interested in their treasures. I'm interested in their heir!"

That's the real truth. The reasons he told Jessie and Laura were very different. Valerie had no intention of telling Jessie the truth.

"You— you like Jessie?" asked Laura in disbelief.

"You don't believe me, do you?"

It's true that her parents caused Jessie's parents' death. But from the moment she met, Valerie forgot her original purpose. The pretty eyes that looked at her amicable and tenderly fostered another ambition in Valerie.

Love's. It might be crazy, but that's the real reason. He fell in love with a girl.

"You crazy?!"

"YES! I'M CRAZY, LAURA! I LIKE MY OWN KIND! THAT'S WHY I'M CRAZY!"

"I realized I couldn't have it, so neither could the man! Whoever gets in the way I'll get rid of it!"

Crazy one! Valerie's gone crazy!

"My parents did want their treasure but I didn't, Laura. I did no evil. I even stood faithfully beside Jessie, but— why didn't she look at me?"

"He won't be able to look at you anymore." Laura's face had turned flat as well as her words.

"That's not love, Val. You're obsessed."

"I LOVE HER!" shout Valerie.

"LOVE WILL NOT HURT!" lura finally. The woman pulled Valerie's shirt neck.

"You poisoned him, you call it love? Killing and hurting his loved ones, is that what you also call love?!"

"He loves you, Val. It took him a year to prepare for this! Wh why? He's hoping you'll change!"

Valerie didn't fight with all of Laura's mockery. The woman was silent with her tears.

Laura took off her grip and pushed Valerie violently to her knees. Valerie let her body lie down without any intention of moving. His hands clenched and shook.

"I wouldn't blame your feelings on Jessie even if it was wrong. But you've made the people you love hurt. So think for yourself what love means!"

Laura was about to leave after that, but Valerie's voice stopped her.

"How's— how's he doing?" He sincerely asked.

"Great bleeding, broken ribs and legs. He was in a coma with little conscious expectation. If he wakes up, he'll probably be disabled." Laura told me the truth.

Valerie's body shook with a sob.

"Sorry—"

"I'm sorry— forgive me, Jess," he sobbed.

"All because of Lawrence! He's the one who brought Jessie to Xavier!"

Laura realizes that Valerie thinks Jessie and Lawrence are different people.

Laura continued her steps with weight. He held back the tightness that had infiltrated his chest. Their friendship and togetherness have been shattered. He lost two families at once. Of course Jessie and Valerie have been a family to him.

Until the sobbing of Laura was also heard. Someone carrying the woman in his arms made the sobbing even more so.

"We're all hurt, Felix."

"I know."

Laura tightened her embrace at the man who these few days had been teasing her. As if he knew he wasn't okay.

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This is also a plot twist for me🤭