Billionaire’s Regret After Losing Her (Aurelia) novel Chapter 163

Chapter 163 Make It Up to Me

At Shallow Bay, Grant and Dominic sat across from each other. Dominic held a cigarette between his fingers, and Grant cradled a glass of red wine in his hand.

“You teamed up with Smith Group, didn’t you?” Dominic asked.

Grant’s grip on his wine glass tightened at the mention of Smith Group. He lifted his eyes and gave Dominic a cold look but didn’t say anything.

“You two are really putting in the effort, aren’t you?” Dominic’s words came out through clenched teeth. When he said “you two,” he meant Aurelia and Grant.

Grant took a sip of his wine.

Dominic continued. “You’re working with Smith Group to pressure me into a divorce, and she…”

He stopped mid-sentence and looked at Grant with a cold laugh. “She’s so desperate to divorce me that she actually took the baby from the hospital! Grant, did you teach her to/be this vicious? Are you two doing whatever it takes to8

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“If that’s really what you think, then you’re out of your mind,” Grant said flatly.

Dominic fell silent.

He sat there in Grant’s place and smoked through half a pack of cigarettes.

After Grant called him out of his mind, he didn’t say another word until he’d finished the last cigarette.

Then, Dominic stood up and glanced down at Grant on the couch. “I’m not divorcing her. You and Smith Group need to back off.”

It was obvious Dominic hadn’t taken Grant’s words to heart. He was convinced that Grant and Smith Group were working together to pressure him.

“So what gives you the right to keep her trapped in this marriage?” Grant’s tone was mocking as Dominic reached the door.

Dominic stopped in his tracks and turned around. His eyes looked like a predator’s in the dark, sharp and dangerous.

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“Have you ever believed her? Not even once?” Grant

asked.

Dominic said nothing.

“Didn’t I tell you to verify Lauren’s depression diagnosis?”

Dominic turned to face Grant fully, and his expression had gone completely cold. “What are you trying to say?”

“The baby. You actually think Aurelia’s the one who took it!” Grant’s voice rose.

Just moments ago, Dominic had said that he’d taught Aurelia to be ruthless and that she’d stoop to kidnapping a baby to threaten him.

That told Grant everything he needed to know. Before coming here, Dominic had already talked to Aurelia about the missing baby, and he’d gone into that conversation convinced she was guilty.

Talked? That was putting it nicely. They’d probably had a huge fight, though knowing how Aurelia felt about Dominic these days, she probably hadn’t bothered

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wasting her time arguing with him because it would’ve been pointless.

When Dominic stayed silent, Grant let out a bitter laugh. “What’s the point of keeping this marriage going when there’s zero trust between you two?”

“How is that any of your business?” Dominic’s anger flared.

Aurelia was his wife, and they were going to spend their entire lives together and grow old together. Did they need outsiders questioning what the point of it all was?

“You’re right, it’s none of my business,” Grant said. “But if she wants to leave you, I’ll do everything I can to help her.”

“Grant!” Dominic’s fury exploded again.

Grant set down his wine glass and stood up. Even in casual clothes, his presence commanded the room.

He walked right up to Dominic and stopped in front of him. “If you can actually sort out all the chaos inside the Haythorne family right now, then I’ll respect you as 22:28

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What kind of mess had the Hawthorne family turned into? And all of that chaos was being pinned on Aurelia.

Not only had Dominic failed to clear any of it up, but he’d sided with the rest of the Hawthornes in blaming her.

The only reason Aurelia had managed to stay in this marriage for the past few years was because Dominic used to protect her, but these last six months, he’d stopped doing that.

Dominic still refused to divorce her, but what exactly did he think was holding their relationship together at this point.

Dominic’s hands clenched into fists. He stared at Grant sitting right across from him and could barely stop himself from punching him in the face.

Grant laughed softly. “I’d advise you not to do anything impulsive. The entire Hawthorne family is counting on you right now.”

“What, you planning to send me to jail?” Dominic shot back.

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“Wanna try?”

That single sentence set Dominic off completely. He couldn’t hold back anymore and raised his fist…

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Aurelia had just fallen asleep when her phone started buzzing nonstop. She grabbed it and answered without checking who was calling. “Hello?”

“Ms. Sterling, your husband Mr. Hawthorne is currently at the Westpoint Police Station. You’re going to need to come down here.”

The grogginess vanished the second Aurelia heard “police. station.” She opened her eyes and sat up in bed. “Who did you say is at the police station?”

Dominic. She could barely believe her own ears.

This was New York, and there was no way Dominic would end up in a place like that, right? And even if he did, he shouldn’t need her to bail him out.

“Mr. Hawthorne.”

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That confirmed it. It really was Dominic, and Aurelia was completely stunned. Dominic just did whatever he wanted in New York and basically ruled this city like some kind of king.

“What did he do?” Aurelia asked.

“Assault.”

Aurelia had no words. Assault… Wait, who did he hit? An uneasy feeling crept into her chest, but she kept her voice steady. “Why do you need me?”

“Bail him out. We need a family member to post bail.”

Family member. What kind of family member was she supposed to be in Dominic’s world?

Eleanor and the others never considered her part of the Hawthorne family, and now they needed a family member so they called her?

Aurelia responded flatly, “I don’t have money.”

bail

Then she hung up. Did they really expect her to go out Dominic in the middle of the night? What a joke.

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After thinking for a moment, Aurelia called Grant’s assistant, Miles. He picked up quickly. “Ms. Sterling.”

“Where’s Grant?”

“The police station. He just got out.”

“Did Dominic hit him?” Aurelia asked.

Hearing that Grant was at the police station too confirmed what she’d suspected. Dominic had completely lost it. He was acting like a rabid dog, lashing out at everyone around him.

Miles didn’t say anything else, and then Grant’s voice came through the phone. “Dominic got hurt a little. Whether you want to bail him out is up to you.”

That phrase “got hurt a little” told Aurelia everything she needed to know. It hadn’t been one-sided. They’d both been fighting.

“I’m really sorry,” Aurelia said.

Even if they’d both thrown punches, Dominic was the one yho’d started it. Wasn’t he supposed to be at the hospital

because of Lauren and the baby? But instead, he’d gone

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after Grant? He really had energy to spare.

“That’s just how he is. You know that already,” Grant

said.

Aurelia fell silent. When she heard Grant say that, something bitter twisted in her chest.

He was right. After all these years of marriage, didn’t she know exactly what kind of temper Dominic had?

This was who he was. When he was pissed off, he dragged everyone down with him, whether it was personal stuff or

business.

“Either way, I’m really sorry,” Aurelia said.

“If you’re really sorry, you can make it up to me.”

Aurelia froze. The word “make it up” caught her completely off guard.

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