Revenge is My Love Language novel Chapter 615

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But tonight, the few who approached her at the beginning quickly drifted away. Soon, she was standing alone, the other guests avoiding her as if she were carrying a plague. It wasn't just that the Brennans had rejected her; after hearing about her actions, no one with a shred of decency could bring themselves to like her. She was, by all accounts, an ungrateful wretch.

Feeling the chill of isolation, Lauren dug her nails into her palms. She had braced herself for this, but facing their scorn directly was still a cold, numbing shock. She could have skipped tonight, but she had come for a reason. *It's fine,* she told herself. *Soon enough, they'll be fawning over me again, just like before.*

Her eyes were dark and cold as she clenched her fists, wrinkling the fabric of her dress.

Suddenly, a server in a corner caught her eye and gave a subtle nod. Lauren's gaze flickered. She casually moved in that direction and, when no one was looking, slipped into a nearby restroom with the server.

"Lauren, do we really have to do this...?"

The server turned around. It was Penny, her face pale with anxiety.

"You don't have to," Lauren said, her expression grim. "You can just stand by and watch me lose everything. Then we can go back to the life we had before." Her voice was laced with venom. "Do you need me to remind you what that was like?"

Penny immediately pictured their impoverished life in the countryside, and her face went ashen.

Lauren let out a cold laugh. "Remember now? If you don't want to go back to that, then do as I say!"

"But if I get caught, I'll go to prison..." Penny whimpered.

Lauren knew that, of course. That was precisely why she was making Penny do it. If she hired someone else, the trail would inevitably lead back to her.