Sign the Papers Mr. Langford novel Chapter 18

Willow smiled sweetly, accepting every compliment with practiced grace.

Still, she offered zero corrections.

Then, her eyes sought out Wren.

Across the crowded room, every trace of her pathetic, trembling victim act had vanished.

It was replaced by a smug, intoxicatingly vicious triumph.

Wren took one look at her and turned away.

Julian leaned in. "Do you want to stay?"

Wren checked her watch. "I'm scheduled to hash out the details with Dr. Sterling in ten minutes."

"Alright."

"Dr. York," she called out suddenly.

Julian glanced at her. "Yes?"

Staring at the circus of sycophants surrounding Willow, Wren's voice was soft, but crystal clear.

"Tell me... if everyone universally agrees that a seat belongs to someone else, is it really mine anymore?"

Julian didn't answer immediately.

After a long pause, he said, "The seat doesn't matter. What matters is whether you actually want to sit in it."

Wren smiled.

"I don't want it anymore."

The words slipped past her lips with a lightness she never thought possible.

A short distance away, Lawrence was fielding handshakes from a group of investors.

As if sensing a shift in the atmosphere, he looked up, his gaze finding her.

But Wren had already turned her back on him, following Dr. Sterling toward the private lounges.

Lawrence stared at her retreating silhouette, a nearly imperceptible frown tightening his features.

Willow glided back to his side, her voice dripping with fake concern. "Lawrence, do you think Wren is angry again?"

Lawrence dragged his eyes away from the lounge doors.

"She'll come to her senses."

Willow probed gently, "But what if she never comes back?"

Lawrence reacted as if she had just suggested the sky was green. His tone was drenched in absolute certainty.

"She will."

Willow stared up at him.

Lawrence's expression was composed, yet underpinned by a fierce, undeniable arrogance.

"She could never abandon Leo. Nor could she walk away from the Langford family."

And she could definitely never abandon him.

Lawrence didn't say the last part out loud.

But in his mind, it was an indisputable fact.

Wren had loved him desperately for years.

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