Chapter 20: Heartbreak and Deception

It's been days since the face off between Michael and Louis, and since Beth shut the door on Louis. Louis since then has been looking gloomy and has been less productive. Beth feeling sorry for her actions seeing Louis so not himself began to calm down and think rationally. Maybe she had overreacted. Maybe Louis really did have feelings for her. She decided to apologize to Louis and try to work things out. She decided to pay a visit to the mansion while bearing chocolates which she knows Louis loves. But as she approached his room, she saw something that made her heart skip a beat. Louis and Lauren were standing in the hallway, their faces inches apart. It looked like they were in the middle of a passionate kiss. Beth's heart sank. She felt like she had been punched in the gut. She couldn't breathe. She couldn't think. All she could do was stand there, frozen in shock and heartbreak. Lauren, still hating Louis and not wanting him to be with Beth, had seen her approaching and h