Can’t Win Me Back novel (Alyssa and Jasper) novel Chapter 396

"I'm Ms. Lauren, the daughter of Javier Beckett. Why do you listen to Betty but not me? Go, now!" Lauren growled.

The butler scurried off to get her a car with a sullen look.

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The city shimmered with the glow of night lights. In a luxury lounge in ACE, Zoe and a few rich kids in Solana City drank alcohol and smoked. She looked more like a female gangster than a young lady from an esteemed family.

Zoe went to Yoarkley for her studies after graduating junior high. She didn't have many friends left in Solana City.

The ladies and gents that night were from the same social clique in her junior high class and her lackeys to bully Lauren.

"How's Lauren these days? I haven't seen her since we graduated. Isn't she keeping an unusually low profile for a Beckett?" someone wondered aloud.

Another gossiped, "Hey, I heard from my mom that Lauren's mentally challenged. That's why Madam Sophia doesn't parade her around."

"Seriously? No wonder she always seemed dumb and slow in junior high. Looks like she's a retard!" a third one commented callously.

"Hey, hey, that's rude," Zoe interjected. She crossed her legs and took a drag. "They call it 'autism' now."

"Ha! It's the same as retarded! Hahaha!"

Everyone erupted in laughter. Zoe snickered gleefully amid the mocking laughs.

The lounge's door swung open. A waiter led Betty in.

A hushed silence fell on the crowd, who exchanged confused glances upon Betty Beckett's arrival.

"Relax. Just keep going. Betty is one of our own," Zoe introduced and beckoned at someone. A rich guy promptly handed her a crystal ashtray, into which she tapped the cigarette ash.

Betty couldn't help but gape at the scene. She thought that Liana was the master of duplicity, but it turned out that Zoe was equally adept at wearing different masks.

"G-Give my teddy bear back!" Lauren stammered, her face now flushed with anxiety.

"You mean that dirty thing? I've hidden it."

"Where?" Tears welled up in Lauren's eyes as she panicked.

"Somewhere in ACE. Tsk, it's not much of a 'hide' if I reveal the location," Betty grumbled in a sickly sweet and wicked voice.

She continued, "My dear sister, I have not played with you much. Why don't we play a game tonight? Find your teddy bear. It must be feeling quite lonely, abandoned in some forgotten corner. Hahaha!"

Rage surged in Lauren's eyes. Betty's demonic laughter made her hair stand on end. Even during moments when Betty had belittled and bullied her, Lauren had never experienced such intense hatred.

With teary eyes, she bit the bullet and dashed into ACE like a rocket.