Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue
Chapter 1733

Cornelius asked, "That lady from the Beckett family has a mental condition?”

"That's right, Grandpa.” A vicious look flashed across Zoe's gleaming eyes. She continued, "She andthe entire Beckett family have been hiding Lauren's condition from you all along. She actually hassevere autism. In other words, she is mentally disabled.

"I was in the same middle school as her. At that time, other classmates would call her “dumb’ and“idiot’ behind her back. She also quit her tertiary studies halfway because of her condition.”

"No wonder I've always felt that there was something strange about her every time I met her.Despite being 21... or is it 22? Her mind is still like a child's. Turns out that it's because of her mentalproblem!

"As expected, Sophia's offspring is indeed problematic! Even though she died, she still left herretarded daughter to wreck my precious grandson!”

Cornelius started coughing. He was so consumed by anger that he started to feel unwell. Hecoughed continuously until his face had flushed red.

Zoe helped to soothe his back immediately. "Deep breaths, Grandpa. Watch your health!"“Landon... Does he know about that woman's condition?"

“Landon is well aware."

Cornelius became even more enraged. More than that, he couldn't wrap his head around it. "He stillwants to marry her even though he knows about it? He's out of his mind! Isn't he afraid that theirchildren would also be mentally impaired?

"I really don't understand it. As my grandson, he can have any woman he likes. Why is he so fixatedon a dumbo?"

"Landon is being tricked by Lauren's naivete. He has had so much fun with glamorous women in thepast that he's now unable to stop himself after getting a taste of something plain,” Zoe remarked ina scornful tone.

Cornelius’ eyes became bloodshot from fury. He hit his palms against the couch’s armrestrepeatedly. "The entire Beckett family is a bunch of swindlers! They think that they can shove theirundesirable daughter into our family... In their dreams!

"As long as I'm around, I will never let that woman marry into our family! I will go and meet Newtonfirst thing tomorrow morning and break this marriage off!"

"I'm afraid that won't be a good idea, Grandpa.”

Zoe knelt down on one knee next to Cornelius. She held his trembling hands and comforted him. "Ifyou go to Mr. Beckett Senior in such haste, Landon will hear about it immediately.

"You should already know what his personality is like. If he replaces out, he will surely cause a ruckus.He's also such good friends with Mr. Beckett. With him siding with outsiders, we will end up beingthe ones at a loss."

"My dear granddaughter, you're so thoughtful! How smart of you!"

Cornelius started to calm down. He then pressed on, "How about if you come up with an idea forme? How should I handle this?"

"Lauren and I used to be schoolmates. Let me replace time to speak with her face to face."

When Zoe spoke, her voice was gentle and the look on her face was kind. "I'll tell her how I feel andreason with her. In that way, I hope that I can convince her not to cling to Landon any longer. Theywill not have a future together.”

Cornelius thought about Landon, who had fallen head over heels in love. He couldn't help but feelworried. "What happens if you're not able to convince that lady?"

"Then, I will use the second method—one that is a little cruel and vicious. That said, it is a methodthat can make them have a clean break."

Zoe smirked slyly. "You just have to wait and see.”

After a short period of recuperation, Lauren resumed her school life as usual.

She had experienced such an enormous crisis at school. However, no matter how great thecommotion was, it would die down quickly when it happened in such a structured environment.The surveillance footage had been deleted and there were no bystanders during the incident. Dueto the pressure from the Harpers and Lauren's identity, the school kept silent about the incidentwhere she was held hostage.

Lauren was able to live a peaceful life thanks to all that Landon had built for her.

If possible, Landon would have loved to build a flawless ivory tower so that he could keep andprotect her within it, like a flower in a closed terrarium.

Nonetheless, what he didn't know was...

That night, she was outside the study. She had overheard the conversation that sent chills down herspine. That conversation had become like a fine yet barely discernible crack along the wall of theclosed terrarium.

Perhaps, just like that, this would be the end.

Maybe, eventually, the crack would spread slowly and become like an extensive web. In the end, theentire terrarium might be covered in cracks.

Every day, Angelina kept Lauren company and watched her like a hawk.