Billionaire’s Regret After Losing Her (Aurelia) novel Chapter 158

Chapter 158 You Just Never Learn

The fact that Aurelia wouldn’t even talk to him made

Dominic’s rage explode. He spun around and kicked the coffee table so hard it skidded across the floor.

The violence in his posture and the force behind that kick made Aurelia realize that if he used that kind of strength on her, she would probably die today.

One way or another, one of them wasn’t making it out of this alive.

“You’re so desperate to divorce me for Grant, aren’t you? He helped you with the baby thing too, didn’t he?” Dominic demanded.

Aurelia stayed silent. Every time they talked about divorce, Grant’s name came up, and after what just happened, she knew that anything she said to Dominic would be a complete waste of breath.

When she didn’t answer, Dominic turned back around. His eyes were bloodshot, like he wanted to devour her whole. He opened his mouth to say something, but his phone rang.

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The moment the call connected, Eleanor’s exhausted voice came through. “Lauren slit her wrists.”

Dominic went silent and looked at Aurelia.

Eleanor sobbed into the phone. “Ask Aurelia what it’s going to take for her to give the baby back. What price does she want Lauren to pay? If someone has to pay a price, then let me take it all on for Lauren.”

These past few days had been chaos with Aurelia causing trouble and Lauren threatening suicide at every turn. Eleanor was completely worn out.

Dominic stared at Aurelia but didn’t say anything and just hung up. He sat down on the sofa across from her, pulled out his lighter and cigarettes, and flicked the flame to life with a sharp click. He lit a cigarette and took one drag after another.

They sat in silence. The cold fury radiating off him made it clear he wanted nothing more than to grab Aurelia by the throat and force her to tell him where the baby was, but Aurelia finally broke the silence under that icy pressure. “I didn’t take the baby.”

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Aurelia still had a mouth and knew how to use it.

He took another heavy drag. “If it wasn’t you, then who was it?”

Aurelia went quiet. Who was it? See, this was his attitude right here. It was impossible to communicate with him when he refused to hear anything.

“You’re wasting time on me when you should be out looking for the child,” Aurelia said.

“You promised that you’d bring me the baby, and then we’d get divorced.”

“So because I said that, I must be the one who took him?”

What else was there to say? Whenever there was any conflict between her and the Hawthorne family, Dominic acted like he’d lost his mind.

He took another deep drag, and they fell back into complete silence until Eleanor called again about Lauren.

Dominic stood up, grabbed his coat, and headed for the goor. When he reached it, he glanced back. “If the baby:27

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He trailed off and left the rest unsaid.

Aurelia’s lips twitched into a mocking smile. “You’ll call the cops and have me arrested, right?”

The hostile energy coming off his back intensified, but he didn’t respond and just walked out. His footsteps and his silence felt deafening in that moment.

His voice drifted in faintly from outside as he gave instructions to the head of security. “If anyone tries to take her out of here tonight, don’t hold back. Kill them.”

Aurelia closed her eyes at his brutal tone. He was going to keep her trapped here until she handed over the baby, or if the baby didn’t turn up, he wouldn’t mind sending her to prison either.

She narrowed her eyes, picked up her phone, and called Lauren. The call connected quickly, and before Lauren could speak, Aurelia cut in with a mocking tone. “You think your mom’s problems are solved now, don’t you?”

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“What are you trying to do?” Lauren demanded.

“You hid the baby yourself, didn’t you?” Aurelia asked bluntly.

Lauren exploded on the other end. “What the hell are you talking about?”

“Am I wrong? Lauren, I know exactly what kind of person you are.”

Aurelia thought about what Dominic had said before he left, that unfinished sentence. Wasn’t this exactly what Lauren wanted to see?

Before Lauren could respond, Aurelia pressed on mockingly, and Lauren fell silent. “You still haven’t learned your lesson, have you?”

“Your mom hasn’t come back yet, has she? Did she send you good news?”

“What more do you want?” Lauren bit out through the phone.

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“Where’s the baby?”

“My baby is missing and you’re asking me where he is? Aurelia, you’re pathetic.”

“If I hand the baby over to Dominic, he’ll divorce me.”

Lauren fell silent.

“Isn’t that what you all want to see? So tell me where the baby is, let me give him to Dominic, and we’ll both get the result we want.”

Aurelia was absolutely certain that Lauren had hidden the baby, so she came right out and demanded it.

Lauren’s heart pounded hard when she heard Aurelia say “the result we want.”

Yes, this was the result she wanted. Even though Marilyn had warned her before leaving for Germany not to provoke Aurelia during this time, she still wanted Aurelia out of the Hawthorne family as soon as possible.

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Her grip on the phone tightened. “He really said that?”

“He’s convinced I’m the one who took the baby, and he says if I bring the child back, he’ll agree to the divorce!” Aurelia let out a light laugh at that.

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Aurelia continued, “Lauren, if you put this much effort into literally anything else, you’d probably be one of the richest people in the world by now.”

Aurelia couldn’t help but be impressed. Lauren really was Marilyn’s daughter, just as clever. The way she’d played this made Dominic believe her completely without a shred of doubt. What a waste though, using all that talent just to manipulate a man.

“So where’s the baby?” Aurelia couldn’t wait until tomorrow morning to meet Dominic at the courthouse. She wanted this done now.

Lauren’s grip tightened even more on her phone as she listened. Part of her desperately wanted Aurelia to use the baby to force Dominic into the divorce right away, but the timing wasn’t right yet.

She forced herself to give up the result she’d been waiting for and said, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“You don’t have to answer me right now.”

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