Lauren's good mood instantly vanished as her face darkened. She snapped, "Why don't you just have me killed then?"

"What did you say?" Tiana raged.

Lauren took a deep breath and confronted her mother, who had always been extremely strict with her. "Since you want to control my thoughts and freedom, why not just have someone kill me? Then, you won't have to look at me anymore!"

Tiana raised her hand to slap Lauren but stopped herself at the last moment. "Lauren, I may not be able to control you, but remember this—you're a Rhodes heiress, not some common street girl."

She added icily, "If you continue this entanglement with Andrew, you won't just destroy yourself, you'll end up destroying him too!"

Lauren's heart skipped a beat as she laughed coldly. "Mom, I've said this before—you can take away my CEO position and keep me under house arrest, but the one thing you can't touch is the only person I care about and love. If anything happens to Andrew, you won't see me in a wedding