Chapter 61 A Chance Meeting, Ill-Fated Destiny!

• Smiling, Axel reached out to tuck her scattered hair behind her ear. “Lauren, those words I said to Old Mr. Collins at the cemetery aren’t just talk. Now that I’m back, I’ll protect you. No one is allowed to hurt you anymore!”
• Upon hearing this, Lauren’s eyes instantly clouded with tears. She looked up and gazed at the man before her, while the man’s hand remained at her ear; it was an incredibly beautiful and intimate scene. Someone else once said to me that he’ll never allow anyone to hurt me and will protect me forever. “Axel…”
• The two people who were looking at each other naturally didn’t notice a dispassionate yet intensely outraged gaze a near distance away. Ethan was standing at a corner in the long corridor, talking on the phone, when he inadvertently glimpsed Lauren and Axel who were standing at the landing. At the sight of their intimate gestures that chagrined him greatly, an inexplicable burst of fire surged within him, and he abruptly hung up the phone in his hand.