After All the Hurt, She Chose Herself novel Chapter 243

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Aria's expression went blank for a moment. "Huh?"

Raphael, eating leftovers?

Raphael?

Leftovers?

She couldn't connect those two things.

"Why the face?"

Raphael couldn't help but smile.

"I've been cooking for myself for all the years I was abroad. Sometimes I make too much, and I don't throw it away."

"But you're taking leftovers back to the Evernight estate..."

Raphael's eyes twinkled with more amusement.

"Who said I'm going back to the Evernight estate? As it happens, my apartment is right above yours. Welcome to the building, little neighbor."

Aria was dumbfounded.

After cleaning the kitchen, Raphael carried the insulated container upstairs.

As soon as he walked in the door, his phone rang.

It was a call from Aldous Evernight.

Raphael paused for a moment before answering.

"You've been getting very close to Aria lately. Is it because of the genetic disease?"

"Aria is still Gideon's wife, after all," Aldous Evernight said grimly. "Gideon will handle her affairs. You don't need to worry.

If this is because of Aria's connection to Dawn, then there's even less need..."

"Dad, what I'm doing has nothing to do with what you think. I just feel the Evernight family owes Aria far too much."

She was just a young woman, only twenty-three. She married into the Evernight family and had her life wasted for three years, ended up covered in scars, and got nothing in return.

"Is it because of Dawn?" Aldous Evernight asked. "It's true, if Dawn hadn't appeared out of nowhere back then and performed that surgery, you might have... But Dawn is not Aria. You don't need to transfer your gratitude for Dawn onto Aria, understand?"

Raphael instinctively glanced at the insulated container.

"I know you haven't given up looking for Dawn all these years. She is the Evernight family's benefactor, and we will certainly repay that debt. But for now, you must stop contacting Aria!"