Billionaire’s Regret After Losing Her (Aurelia) novel Chapter 168

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Lauren had always suspected that Stanley was Ray and Marilyn’s son, and now Marilyn kept bringing him up.

Lauren felt suffocated, and a trace of venom flashed through her eyes.

If Stanley really was Marilyn’s son, then he had to die.

Everything Mom has must belong to me alone.

Marilyn, unaware of the resentment roiling in Lauren’s heart, continued speaking. “You need to get Stanley out of Dominic’s hands as soon as possible. If you drag this out, something could go wrong.

“I know.”

“As for Lily…” Marilyn paused slightly when she mentioned her.

Everything that had happened around Lauren these past few days was clear to Marilyn.

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But there was a real possibility that Lily would not

survive this time.

Marilyn said, “If Lily is going to die, make sure her death has more value.”

At that moment, her tone was light.

Yet it was steeped in ruthless cruelty.

Lauren felt a tightness in her chest, but in the next instant, her heart went cold. “Do not worry, Mom. I will make sure she dies for something worthwhile.”

The words had barely left her mouth when there was a sharp click at the door of the hospital room.

Lauren’s hand twitched reflexively. She looked up and saw Dominic standing in the doorway.

He had almost overheard her last night. And now this again.

Marilyn’s voice was still coming through the phone. “I know she is your own child. You will be reluctant, you will suffer, but given the current situation…”

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Before Marilyn could finish, Lauren hurriedly ended the

call.

The voice on the line was loud enough to be heard.

Especially in the silence of the hospital room, every word carried clearly.

Lauren stiffened and looked at Dominic. “Adrian, you’re here.”

Dominic looked at her coldly, without saying a word.

That same icy gaze made Lauren’s heart tremble uncontrollably.

She forced herself to appear calm. “Why are you looking at me like that? I…”

Dominic still said nothing.

He took a few long strides into the room, went straight to her bedside, and pulled out a chair.

The chair legs scraped sharply across the floor.

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The harsh sound, paired with the coldness in the air, made Lauren’s heart jolt violently.

Dominic remained silent.

That silence nearly made her feel suffocated.

Especially with his face so cold that she found herself

increasingly afraid to even meet his eyes.

Dominic lit a cigarette and began to smoke.

Lauren said nothing.

The smoke filled the air, making her uncomfortable.

With the smoke swirling around him, Dominic’s expression looked even colder and more ominous.

Did he hear it?

The thought made Lauren even less willing to speak.

Just then, Marilyn, unaware of what had happened after the call was cut off, dialed again.

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Lauren quickly hung up once more

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Dominic finally spoke. “Why are you not answering?”

His sudden voice, especially with that icy tone, made Lauren’s heart lurch.

He sounded cold. Did he really hear something?

At that moment, the color drained from Lauren’s face.

If Dominic had heard it, that would be disastrous for her.

But the door had been closed just now.

What she said on the phone should not have been clearly audible to him. But wait, what exactly had she said?

In her extreme panic, Lauren could not even remember clearly what she had said.

She only vaguely recalled Marilyn’s last words on the call.

And those words had not been kind.

The last thing she herself had said was that she would make “her” die for something worthwhile.

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Lauren’s breathing tightened completely.

Dominic held the cigarette between his fingers and stared at her coldly.

Ever since Aurelia had started causing trouble, his expression toward Lauren had been like this every time.

But the coldness now seemed layered with something dangerous.

Lauren’s heart was already lodged in her throat.

After taking several deep breaths, she forced down the panic in her chest. “My mother said that if there is truly no other way, then we should give up.”

Dominic said nothing.

The moment those words fell, a sharp chill flashed through Dominic’s eyes.

Lauren hurried to continue, “She does not know about Lily. She thinks Leo’s illness is too severe, that it is

suffering for him as well, and that even if I cannot bear it, Eshould still give up.”

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At that moment, Lauren desperately tried to smooth over the last things Marilyn had said on the phone.

Dominic’s expression grew colder by the second.

Her tears began to fall harder and harder. “My mother also said to let Leo die in a way that is worthwhile. Adrian, how can a child that small die in a way that is worthwhile? Is my mother just terrible at comforting people?”

Her tears dropped one after another, and she looked every bit like a pitiful mother.

Dominic’s breathing began to turn uneven.

Lauren continued crying. “How could I bear it? Leo is my child. He’s such a small child. How could his death ever be worthwhile?”

As Lauren sensed Dominic’s breathing grow increasingly uneven, her thoughts began to clear.

There were bodyguards outside the door.

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If he had heard anything at all, it would have been Marilyn’s last line.

At this moment, Lauren focused on justifying Marilyn’s final words.

Tears continued to slide down her face. “Leo is my own child. How could I ever bear to let him die? He is my responsibility. Both of them are. From the moment they were born, everything has been on me.”

As she spoke, Lauren hugged a pillow tightly to her chest, looking unbearably pitiful.

Dominic closed his eyes briefly. “Why did you not call the police?”

He finally voiced the question that had troubled him the entire way here.

Lauren and Eleanor had both said that Aurelia took Lily,

yet they had not called the police immediately.

Meanwhile, Aurelia, the one accused of taking Lily, had been the one to report it.

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So the people who should have called the police did not.

And the one who supposedly could not call the police had.

Lauren froze for a moment when she heard the question. When she looked at Dominic again, her tears spilled even more uncontrollably.

“If I call the police, will Lily come back alive?”

Dominic fell silent.

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