Billionaire’s Regret After Losing Her (Aurelia) novel Chapter 166

Chapter 166 The Queen

After getting out of the car, Dominic smoked another two and a half cigarettes.

Only after discarding the remaining half did he finally go inside.

The moment he stepped through the door, he saw Aurelia, already awake.

She was coming down the stairs while on the phone.

It was unclear who was on the other end of the line. All Dominic heard was her saying, “Mm. Stay farther away, and erase any traces of your presence.”

When she saw Dominic enter, Aurelia ended the call immediately.

She stood midway down the staircase, looking down at Dominic from above.

At that moment, there was an invisible air of authority about her, something unmistakably queenlike.

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her before. She had always been gentle, kind, and obedient.

Seeing Aurelia like this unsettled Dominic. More than discomfort, it was the sense of unfamiliarity that left him ill at ease.

Aurelia curved her lips in mockery. “How did you get out?”

He might have let it pass if she had said nothing, but the moment she brought it up, his expression darkened completely.

“It seems I’ve underestimated you,” he muttered, his voice filled with a cold realization.

He had actually thought she was obedient and well-behaved.

What a joke. This vicious woman.

Facing Dominic’s clenched, furious expression, Aurelia’s smile only grew more unrestrained.

“Back already so soon? Are you planning to call the

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Dominic’s face tightened, his eyes flickering with an unreadable emotion.

Lily was still missing. He hadn’t seen her, so she hadn’t been brought back yet.

At that moment, when their gazes met, a distinct chill passed between them.

“You did not bring Lily back?” he asked, his voice low.

Before returning, Eleanor had called him, saying that Lauren had suffered another episode at the hospital.

It was clear that Lily’s disappearance had dealt Lauren a heavy blow as well.

Aurelia said, “I did not take Lily. Where exactly am I supposed to bring her back from for you?”

As she spoke, she had already come down the stairs.

She walked over to the dining area, picked up a cup, and poured a glass of warm water from the dispenser.

She had only taken one sip when Dominic strode forward

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grabbed her wrist, and the cup slipped from her hand with a sharp crash against the floor.

Water splashed over Aurelia’s foot. It wasn’t hot enough to burn, but the fleeting warmth quickly turned cold, much like the chill in her heart.

Dominic tightened his grip on her wrist. “I have already agreed to the divorce. What more do you want?”

“Whatever you offer,” Aurelia said evenly, “it will not change my answer.”

Dominic said, “Where exactly is Lily?”

“I don’t know,” Aurelia answered, cold and resolute.

She had never been careless when it came to reading situations, and this time, that instinct proved necessary.

Lily, who had appeared healthy on the surface, was not well at all. Her condition was, in fact, more serious than Leo’s.

Gareth had mentioned that the villa where Lily was staying was brightly lit at three in the morning, with doctors and medical vehicles coming and going.

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They had already concluded that if Lauren called at daybreak, it would mean that Lily’s situation had deteriorated significantly.

Under those circumstances, handing Lily over to Aurelia would have led to consequences that required no explanation.

What was even more ridiculous was this.

Judging by Dominic’s current attitude, he seemed to know nothing at all.

How exactly did he spend the entire night searching for Lily?

Aurelia said, “But do not worry. I already helped you report Lily’s disappearance to the police.”

Dominic said, “You?”

Aurelia said, “Yes. A missing child? That is a serious matter. How could we not call the police?”

Dominic fell silent again.

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She actually dared to call the police. What did that mean? It meant Lily’s disappearance had nothing to do with her at all.

Dominic tightened his grip on her wrist even more.

The smile at the corner of Aurelia’s lips widened. “Do you know why I called the police?”

“Why?”

Aurelia said, “Because…”

She did not continue speaking. Instead, she picked up her phone and played the recording of her earlier call with

Lauren.

Perhaps Lauren really had panicked and lost her head.

Before, she had always been careful on the phone, never saying anything that could leave evidence behind.

But this morning, she had said all of it.

And Aurelia had recorded every single word.

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The recording played Lauren’s voice coming through the

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phone. “I’ll give Lily to you. Divorce Dominic. Send someone to pick her up. The address is…”

“No.” Aurelia’s voice followed immediately.

Dominic’s expression turned icy in an instant.

The oppressive aura radiating from him was terrifyingly

intense.

“What?”

“I said no. Do you understand?”

“Don’t you want to divorce Dominic? Once Lily is in your hands, he will definitely divorce you. You know how much he cares about Adrian’s child…”

Lauren’s emotions in the recording grew increasingly agitated.

But at that moment, Dominic abruptly grabbed the phone and stopped the recording.

He looked at Aurelia with chilling coldness.

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Their eyes met. Under the weight of his dark, frigid gaze,

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the smile on Aurelia’s lips stiffened for a brief moment.

She raised her brows. “Why? Couldn’t bear to hear more?”

Was this still not enough for him to understand that Lily was in Lauren’s own hands?

That this was all a performance she had staged herself?

Then why turn off the recording and glare at her like this?

For a moment, Aurelia truly could not understand what Dominic was thinking.

But in the next second, Dominic made it very clear.

And he made her profoundly understand just how stubborn a man could be.

Dominic flung her wrist aside. “Did Grant teach you this trick too?”

Aurelia fell silent.

Bominic continued, “You have even mastered the AI

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Aurelia stiffened.

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She instinctively glanced at the phone that had been tossed onto the table and then looked back at Dominic.

She understood.

His trust in the Hawthorne family was truly unbelievable. Unless he saw it with his own eyes, nothing could ever shake that trust.

What had Lauren even been worried about before?

She had been so cautious on the phone.

And yet, Dominic did not believe the recording at all. He actually thought of AI voice synthesis instead.

Aurelia could not help letting out a short laugh.

The sound carried a sharp irony.

She did not know whether she was mocking herself or mocking her marriage with Dominic.

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Probably both.

She looked at Dominic. “I truly do not know what the point is of you binding me with marriage.”

Love? Hardly.

Now, it seemed like neither of them believed in that so-called love. After all, where there was love, there was

trust.

And between her and Dominic, there was none at all.

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“How did we even end up together in the first place?” Aurelia could not help asking the question.

Dominic did not trust her at all, especially when it came to the children.

The disappointment in his eyes made it clear that he had already decided she was vicious enough to harm a child.

If that was the kind of person he believed her to be, then how, exactly, had they ever ended up together?

Dominic said nothing.

The air fell silent.

Aurelia continued, “In the recording, Lily was in Lauren’s own hands. If you do not believe me, there is nothing I can do about that. But I have already called the police. If I dare to report it, why did she not call the police herself?”

Dominic remained silent.

She dared to do it. Why did Lauren not dare?

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