Chapter 444

Just think about it-Mr. Harrison Lancaster is Anastasia’s husband. And yet, after all this time living in Rosewood Manor, Anastasia still hasn’t found a way to cure him. All she can do is stand by helplessly as her husband’s health slips further away, inching closer to death.
But what if Lauren suddenly stepped up and cured Mr. Lancaster herself? What a slap in the face that would be for Anastasia.
Lauren weighed her options, calculating silently.
Harrison, meanwhile, sat with an unreadable expression-his eyes deep,
betraying nothing of his thoughts or emotions.
After a long silence, he finally spoke. “What is it you want?”
Lauren’s heart leapt. She answered without hesitation, “I have only one condition. Once you’re well, I want you to divorce Anastasia.”
It wasn’t that she actually wanted Harrison for herself. Whatever foolish ideas she might have entertained before vanished the moment she faced him head-on. The cold, intimidating force he radiated left her with no illusions. No-she didn’t want him. But she wanted Anastasia to lose everything.
Elsewhere, at the university.
Anastasia had just wrapped up her business when Maggie and the others finished class. She considered calling Harrison-just to check in-then maybe grabbing a meal with her friends.
Suddenly, a message from Logan flashed across her phone: Lauren had gone to Rosewood Manor, claiming she could cure Harrison.
Anastasia’s expression hardened instantly.
“I’ve got an emergency. Rain check on lunch,” she called out, already striding away.
She rushed back to Rosewood Manor as quickly as possible. Lauren had the nerve to target her husband? She must have a death wish.
Back at Rosewood Manor.
Lauren spoke her terms with complete confidence-Harrison would surely agree! Compared to Anastasia, her own life was far more valuable, wasn’t it? She was the only one who could save him, after all. The temptation would be too great for him to refuse.
He’d have to say yes.
But as she savored her imagined victory, Harrison’s face suddenly darkened, becoming downright terrifying.
“Guards!” Harrison’s voice was icy. “Throw her out.”
What?!
Lauren jerked her head up, disbelief etched on her face.
“I’m the only one who can save you! Don’t you want to live?!”
Harrison remained unmoved, his gaze glacial. “Say one more word, and I’ll have you carried out on a stretcher.”
The contempt in his eyes sent a chill through Lauren’s bones. Her face went pale as she dug her nails into her palm.
“You-”
“The only reason I haven’t dealt with you yet is because Ana.doesn’t want memterfering. She’d rather handle you herself,” he said coldly. “But if you keep running your mouth-”
He narrowed his eyes dangerously, leaving the threat hanging in the air.
Lauren felt ice settle in her veins. She realized, with a jolt of terror, that he wasn’t bluffing. He really might kill her.
When Anastasia arrived home, the first thing she saw was Lauren being thrown out by the guards, clutching her palm and looking utterly humiliated.
Logan hurried over and whispered a brief explanation in her ear.
Anastasia’s eyes narrowed, and a cold smile flickered across her lips.
Without slowing, she strode straight toward Lauren. Before Lauren could even react, Anastasia drew back her foot and landed a sharp punishing kick right in Lauren’s stomach.
Lauren, completely unprepared, screamed and toppled to the ground.
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“What’s wrong with me?”
Anastasia’s voice was icy, her gaze cutting down. “You tried to threaten my husband into divorcing me.
Where did you get the nerve?”