Billionaire’s Regret After Losing Her (Aurelia) novel Chapter 162

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“If anything comes up, have him contact you directly, and be careful,” Lauren told Kellen.

Kellen nodded. “Don’t worry, Ms. Drake.”

With all those guards that Dominic had stationed there, it wasn’t going to be easy for them to do anything.

“Did you see Dominic’s expression earlier? Do you think he heard us?” Lauren asked quietly.

With all of Dominic’s people outside, she didn’t dare speak too loudly.

When she brought up what had just happened, Kellen’s expression shifted slightly. She thought for a moment and then shook her head. “I don’t think so.”

After all, if Dominic had heard everything, he wouldn’t have just left like that. Lauren realized this too, and the weight on her chest lifted slightly. “Just be more careful from now on.”

She’d been terrified just now. She’d thought Dominic had heard everything, and his expression had made her shake

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Meanwhile, Dominic was on his way to find Grant. Jason was driving, and Dominic held a cigarette between his fingers. He didn’t say anything the whole way.

When they stopped at a red light, Dominic spoke up, “She was scared back there, wasn’t she?”

He was talking about Lauren. When Lauren had faced him earlier, Dominic had clearly sensed her fear, and her eyes had been evasive too, avoiding his gaze.

Jason remembered seeing Lauren trembling all over, obviously terrified of something. But then he thought about the missing baby. “Probably because the baby’s gone. She’s scared the kid won’t make it back alive.”

“She’s not scared of me?”

Jason went silent. That couldn’t be right, could it? If Lauren was afraid of Dominic, she wouldn’t have been trying so hard to marry him and stay in the Hawthorne family. If she wanted to marry him, there was no way

she’d be afraid of him.

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“She’s probably just scared we won’t find the baby. Any

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mother would be terrified when her child goes missing.”

Jason’s explanation eased some of Dominic’s doubts.

They’d just arrived at Grant’s mansion in Shallow Bay when Aurelia’s call came through. Dominic was surprised to see her calling, but he answered anyway. He held the phone to his ear, his voice cold. “Still up?”

It was almost one in the morning, and she was still awake. Didn’t she know what condition her body was in? Thinking about how Aurelia had just had a miscarriage not long ago made the pressure in Dominic’s chest unbearable.

“Are you at the hospital?”

“What is it?”

“Come back. I have a lead on the baby.”

“A lead?”

Aurelia went quiet on the other end. When she heard the mocking tone in his voice, her grip on the phone чghtened.

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She’d thought it over and decided to call Dominic anyway. If Lauren was bold enough to use the baby as part of her scheme, then she probably wanted more than just a divorce between her and Dominic.

She wanted to shatter their relationship beyond repair, or maybe she wanted Dominic to send Aurelia to prison himself.

Actually, Aurelia’s feelings for Dominic were already shattered into pieces, even without all this.

But Lauren was ruthless. She wanted to crush Dominic’s

feelings for Aurelia too. A vicious woman like Lauren who would use a baby as part of her scheme could be capable of anything.

When Aurelia finally got a lead on the baby, she called Dominic, but his attitude on the phone left her speechless.

“What, you don’t believe me?” Aurelia said.

“Are you trying to say Lauren took her own baby and framed me for it?”

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Aurelia had no words. After everything that had

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happened recently, her heart was already cold enough, but when she heard Dominic say something like that, she actually laughed.

“So you’re saying I’m trying to frame Lauren?”

Dominic’s voice was ice cold. “Remember this. Before dawn, have someone bring the baby back.”

Every word dripped with danger.

“If that’s how you’re gonna talk, then let me tell you something. I’m not bringing that baby back.” Aurelia’s tone was flat.

“Aurelia!” Dominic exploded.

“You’re not gonna keep your word anyway, right?” Aurelia scoffed. All that talk about divorcing her if she returned the baby was complete bullshit. Aurelia didn’t believe a single word that came out of Dominic’s mouth

anymore.

Dominic’s breathing grew rapid. “You’d better bring that baby back!”

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Aurelia hung up on him. There was no point wasting

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words on someone whose ears and brain didn’t work properly.

After ending the call with Dominic, she immediately dialed Gareth. He picked up right away. “Ms. Sterling.”

“Never mind about the baby.”

“You don’t want to use the child to force the divorce?”

Gareth asked. After all, Dominic cared deeply about his dead brother Adrian’s baby. Using the child as leverage would probably make getting a divorce easier.

“Don’t go near that baby. There might be something wrong with it,” Aurelia said.

Gareth fell silent. Something wrong?

“There’s already one baby in the hospital with severe congenital problems. Who knows if this one has issues too?” Aurelia continued.

Lauren used this baby to set up her scheme, so maybe the kid had serious congenital defects that Dominic didn’t know about.

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right after they took it? Aurelia would never be able to prove her innocence.

Gareth realized she had a point. “You’re right, Ms. Sterling.”

“Let’s see if Lauren agrees to give me the baby tomorrow morning. That’ll tell us everything we need to know.” If Lauren was willing to hand over the baby tomorrow, it would prove the child had problems.

“Understood!” Gareth said.

Aurelia hung up, turned around, and went straight to bed. Dominic had forbidden anyone from visiting her in Westchester County, so Grant and Chloe couldn’t get in.

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