The Last Time I Cried Your Name novel Chapter 393

A few seconds later, he spoke up, his tone flat. “Aren’t you worried Franco might pull his statement back?”

She just smiled, the edge in it sharp. “Honestly? If Franco changes his mind, it doesn’t really bother me. He’s the one rushing because he needs something from me. I’m not the one in a hurry to have him. I’ve waited all these years. What’s a little longer? And if I tell him he has to divorce Petty and marry me for the antidote… wouldn’t that hurt Petty even more?”

Jay tipped his head, motioning for the bodyguards to step back.

He looked at Laura, almost bored. “You know why I was so intent on making you take this pill?”

Laura’s expression shifted. Just for a moment, she looked genuinely thrown.

“Sending it to a lab would take forever. But if you take it now, we find out the truth in a second. My guess? It isn’t the antidote at all. It’s poison.”

Goosebumps prickled along Laura’s spine. She couldn’t look away from Jay.

It took her a moment to get her voice back. “This is what Franco wants?”

“Where’s the real antidote?”

A shadow fell across the top of the stairs.

Laura looked up and met Franco’s eyes. He stood there, cold and removed, staring straight down at her. Her mouth trembled. “Franco…”

She tried to scramble away in the basement, panic wild in her eyes. “Let me explain, Franco. Please. I just wanted a bit of insurance. I didn’t want to lie to you, you have to believe me. If you divorce Petty and marry me, I’ll tell you where the antidote is, I swear.”

Franco watched from above, eyes narrowing. As she struggled, a flicker of light caught on her collarbone.

Laura was always calculating and ruthless. Ready to use poison as leverage, but too scared to really risk her own life.

The antidote had to be hidden somewhere risky, somewhere nobody would ever expect.

“Jay,” Franco said quietly. “Take off her necklace.”

Jay didn’t hesitate. He stepped forward and reached out.

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