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It took a lot of courage for Raegan to speak.

For the past few years, when Lauren was with Mitchel, Raegan had hidden her feelings and only admired Mitchel secretly.

Time had engraved those habits in the depths of his soul, and the old customs died hard. And now he was trying to bite off more than he could chew.

She was aware of her naivety, but all she wanted was to be better than Lauren.

The feeling of helplessness she felt, knowing that Lauren was behind everything and being unable to make her pay, ate away at her.

Lauren was an expert at pulling Mitchel's strings. Why couldn't she do the same? Especially now that he had the upper hand. After all, she was pregnant with Mitchel.

But when Raegan finally spoke, Mitchel responded to her words with heavy silence.

Panicking, Raegan looked away, wriggled out of his arms, and added, "If you don't want to talk about it, that's okay."

Mitchel knitted his eyebrows and pulled her into his arms again.

"What do you want to talk about then?"

His words suggested that the topic intrigued him.

Raegan pursed her lips and said, “I know Lauren has helped you in the past. But how long do you plan to return the favor? Is there an expiration date on your gratitude, or is this going to last the rest of your life?

If Mitchel intended to take care of Lauren forever, she would give up, she was too exhausted to continue like this.

Mitchel looked down and gently brushed her nose with his thumb.

"Why do you care so much about Lauren? Are you jealous?

Raegan nodded bluntly, which caught Mitchel by surprise and made him smile.

With a pleased smile, he leaned down to meet her lips and kissed her passionately.

"You should know that I feel nothing for her beyond gratitude."

However, Raegan didn't like his reassurance. Mitchel had said it before, but he always ended up choosing Lauren over her.

«Every time I have a conflict with her, you take her side. Just because I don't complain doesn't mean it doesn't affect me."

She raised her eyes to meet his, and her thick lashes seemed to touch his soul.

«It does bother me, Mitchel. "I don't think anyone would want their husband to act like that with another woman."

As they lay face to face and their gazes locked on each other, Mitchel was truly surprised by her frankness.

Furthermore, an indescribable feeling of satisfaction arose from the bottom of his heart.

"I see. “I will be more careful in the future,” Mitchel assured him.

Raegan didn't expect Mitchel to completely erase Lauren from her life. But at least he was willing to make a change.

Maybe it was something Luciana had said that had lit a fire in him and made him want to fight for his happiness. Even if he failed, at least he had tried with all his might.

“This is your last chance,” Raegan said firmly as she stared Mitchel in the eyes.

Mitchel saw the resolve in Raegan's eyes, which made him inexplicably nervous.

Mitchel kissed her eyes and held her tightly in his arms.

“Raegan, I promise you that from now on, you will be the only woman I hold close to my heart.”

At this, Raegan looked up to gauge his expression.

God, this man was a work of art. His face and features were as flawless as a sculpture, especially his piercing eyes.

At that moment, Raegan saw her own reflection in those lovely eyes and felt a wave of emotion wash over her.

Raegan looked away nervously, but then her eyes landed on Mitchel's throat. He swallowed and she took the moment to plant a kiss on him.

For a second, she felt him shudder.

"What are you doing?" Mitchel grabbed Raegan's wrist and stopped her with his sharp gaze.

Raegan didn't say anything and just ran her tongue over the bite mark he had just left on her neck. She licked and sucked him, just as he had done before, which seemed to make him uneasy.

"You don't want to sleep tonight, huh?"

Mitchel loosened his grip, then changed his position so he was on top of her.

«Lower your voice. "My mother is a light sleeper."

It didn't take long for Raegan to realize that upsetting a man, especially Mitchel, wasn't a good idea.

He explored each of her erogenous zones with agonizing slowness.

Raegan was about to lose control. His muffled murmurs were on the edge of his lips, but he didn't dare let them escape.

Worried that she wasn't enjoying the moment, Mitchel played with her lip with his index finger and said hoarsely, "I was joking just now." "My mother is a heavy sleeper."

Still, Raegan did her best not to make a sound. They weren't in their place and I couldn't completely let my guard down to enjoy.

Under the dim lighting, she saw his face strained and a bead of sweat dripping from his chin. He was as torn as she was. The feeling was too inexplicable to put into words.

Once Mitchel tried it, it was hard for him to stop.

Finally, with both of them drenched in sweat, Mitchel took her back to the bathroom.

Under the bathroom light, Raegan's legs looked red and swollen.

Mitchel carried her back to bed. He applied ointment to her bruises and left her lying on the bed. Feeling sorry for her, he warned her in a hot, hoarse tone, “Don't try to excite me like that next time. Your skin is too delicate for that.

Raegan was too tired to argue with him. Furthermore, his legs hurt so much that he couldn't lift them.

He rested his head on his arm and stared at the ceiling.

Finally, he broke the silence.

“You probably think I'm talking to Lauren for no reason. I understand that you don't like it. But the thing is, even if he's not directly responsible for my grandmother's death, he at least had something to do with it. "I can't forget about that."

Mitchel listened in silence to his words.

«Look, you know what matters to me. So don't provoke me again with Lauren's issues, okay?

Mitchel was not silent this time. He rested his chin on her hair and swallowed hard on his Adam's apple.

"You have my word."

The next morning, Mitchel headed to the company on some business and instructed Tessie not to wake Raegan until nine.

However, Raegan got up before Tessie could wake her.

After breakfast, Raegan said goodbye to Kyler and Luciana and had the driver take her back to Serenity Villas.

In the afternoon, Raegan was exhausted from the night before, so she decided to take a nap.

When he woke up, night had already fallen.

In some ways, he missed Mitchel. He picked up the phone to call him, but he didn't answer.

He thought he was too busy with work and shrugged his shoulders.

Dinner time arrived and I still didn't hear from him. A little nervous, she tries to call him again.

But his phone remains untraceable.

Meanwhile, tension was quite intense in the office of the CEO of the Dixon Group.

It looked like he was about to crush the report in his hand.

The report clearly stated that the similarities in the samples were surprisingly low, indicating that there was no biological relationship between him and the baby.

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