{"id":3005,"date":"2026-10-26T16:48:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/touchgame.uk\/?chapter=three-years-later-he-came-back-begging-354"},"modified":"2026-10-26T16:48:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:48:40","slug":"three-years-later-he-came-back-begging-354","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/touchgame.uk\/?chapter=three-years-later-he-came-back-begging-354","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 354"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 354<br \/>\nThree Years Later, He Came Back Begging novel Chapter 354<\/p>\n<p>Bonnie&#8217;s sprain wasn&#8217;t too severe, and within two weeks, she was walking normally again. During that time, Lawrence took over every chore imaginable.<\/p>\n<p>He cooked, cleaned, and took care of June.<\/p>\n<p>He drove her to work, and if she stayed late at the studio, he sat right there with her, no matter the hour.<\/p>\n<p>For lunch, he either brought homemade meals or ordered takeout straight to her desk.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from Yvonne and Perry, everyone in the studio assumed Lawrence was her boyfriend. Whenever they bumped into them, her coworkers would tease them.<\/p>\n<p>They joked that the Ice Queen of Kingswood University had finally thawed.<\/p>\n<p>Bonnie would explain they were just friends, but her colleagues would just exchange knowing smirks.<\/p>\n<p>No one bought the &#8220;just friends&#8221; routine.<\/p>\n<p>According to Yvonne, Bonnie and Lawrence had a magnetic field that no one else could penetrate. When they stood next to each other, they looked like a match made in heaven.<\/p>\n<p>Bonnie usually just brushed off the comments with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>But now that her ankle was healed, Lawrence&#8217;s excuses to hover were running out. Moreover, Bonnie could tell he was incredibly busy.<\/p>\n<p>Much busier than she was.<\/p>\n<p>He was running the regional operations for his company, and the weight on his shoulders was immense.<\/p>\n<p>She knew he was a dedicated professional.<\/p>\n<p>One night, she had fallen asleep at her desk. Lawrence had carried her to bed. Because he had a high-stakes meeting, he retreated to the balcony so he wouldn&#8217;t wake her.<\/p>\n<p>The Wi-Fi out there was terrible, so he stood pressed against the glass doors, laptop in hand, speaking in a low, authoritative register. Whenever he got strict, his deep voice carried through the crack in the door.<\/p>\n<p>She had actually woken up the moment he picked her up. Lying in bed, she listened to him tear into someone for a rookie mistake, his tone dripping with disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>He zeroed in on the issues with surgical precision. It was obvious he wasn&#8217;t just coasting\u2014he was deeply involved and commanded total authority.<\/p>\n<p>In that moment, she remembered something she had almost forgotten: Lawrence had always been fiercely driven and brilliant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-3005","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/touchgame.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/3005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/touchgame.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/touchgame.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/touchgame.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}