Billionaire’s Regret After Losing Her (Aurelia) novel Chapter 174

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Outside, the ground was littered with the shattered remains of Eleanor’s outburst-furniture, glass, and personal effects strewn haphazardly across the lawn.

Aurelia spared the mess only a fleeting glance before striding toward the idling car where Gareth waited.

Dominic called after her, his voice sharp with menace, “You leave now, and you’ll be heading straight to a jail cell.”

It was a threat, plain and simple.

A reminder that in New York, her safety-her very freedom-depended on him.

Without him, she was nothing.

Aurelia paused at the car door and turned back, a faint, mocking smile on her face. “You really do overestimate your importance.”

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committed or imprisoned with a single phone call, and she would have been powerless to stop them.

That fear had kept her trapped in the marriage, too afraid to demand a divorce despite her growing resentment.

But that was then.

Now, she feared neither the Hawthornes nor Dominic.

His eyes narrowed to dangerous slits, his hands balling into fists at his sides. Unimpressed, Aurelia slid into the

back seat and closed the door.

The engine roared to life, and the car accelerated instantly, speeding away until it vanished around the

bend.

Dominic stood rooted to the spot, his entire body trembling with rage as he watched her leave without a second thought.

His phone buzzed, pulling him back to the present. It was

Jason.

“Mr. Hawthorne, you need to get back to the office 12:37

immediately ”

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Trouble was brewing on the corporate front, just as it always seemed to whenever the family was in crisis.

Images of Aurelia’s retreating figure flashed through Dominic’s mind, leaving him feeling inexplicably exhausted.

“What now?” he snapped.

“Smith Group. They’ve made a play for our Passau development,” Jason replied.

Passau was a border city in Germany. They had fought so hard to secure the project there.

Dominic’s brow furrowed instantly. “The entire Passau portfolio?”

“Every last acre,” Jason confirmed grimly.

The Passau project was secured last year.

Controlling the city’s infrastructure meant billions in future profits.

I was a massive undertaking, even for them.

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What made no sense, however, was Smith Group’s

interest.

Traditionally, they went after bigger game. Passau, while lucrative, wasn’t on the same scale as Project Meridian.

Yet here they were, seemingly determined to poach any asset linked to the Hawthorne Group’s core operations.

Smith Group? Fletcher Group?

Could Grant really be behind this?

Dominic’s expression darkened further. He ended the call and rushed to his car, speeding toward the company.

On the way, Eleanor called, her voice shrill and hysterical. Lauren was having another breakdown over the children.

The situation with Lauren and the babies was rapidly becoming a quagmire, and Dominic didn’t know how to navigate.

Aurelia’s erratic behavior was bad enough, but now this?

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headache, his patience wearing thin.

“I will handle it, Mother. Lauren will get justice.”

“A mother loses her husband and then her child? What kind of justice can you possibly give her that will heal that kind of pain?” Eleanor scoffed.

“Then what do you expect me to do?” Dominic asked, his own frustration boiling over.

He felt close to breaking.

Ever since he’d learned about the child-Lauren’s child- everything had started to unravel.

Her baby was gone.

And he and Aurelia had already lost two of their own.

Each loss stood alone, but now they crashed together, one wave after another.

Everyone had their own grief. Their own rage.

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police. She will pay for this, Dominic. If you still consider

me your mother, you’ll end it. Divorce her.”

Dominic fell silent, rubbing his left temple.

The pressure was immense.

Eleanor’s demands echoed as he pulled out of the driveway, initially steering toward the office. But halfway there, his grip tightened on the wheel. He made a sudden U-turn, tires scraping against asphalt. Instead, he headed to the hospital.

But something pulled at him-doubt, guilt, exhaustion -and before Dominic reached the entrance, he turned

back.

Back to the one place he could almost control.

At the office, Jason was already waiting, files in hand. “They’re all waiting in the conference room, Mr.

Hawthorne.”

Dominic shrugged off his coat and tossed it over the sofa.

He didn’t head toward the meeting.

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Instead, he moved to the floor-to-ceiling windows, staring out at the city. Hands on his hips, he said nothing.

Not far behind him, Jason stood silently, unsure of what thoughts churned in Dominic’s mind.

From what he knew, though, Dominic was almost certainly tormented by Aurelia’s recent actions.

He was well aware of the child’s death and knew how

furious it had made Dominic.

On one side stood the woman he’d forced into marriage; on the other, the loss of his late brother’s child. The conflict tore at him visibly.

“What would you do?” Dominic’s voice cut through the silence suddenly, jolting Jason.

“I…” Jason hesitated, caught off guard.

How could he possibly answer that?

“Speak your mind!” Dominic pressed, his tone sharp with frustration.

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judgment, leaving him desperate for an outsider’s perspective-even Jason’s.

Jason felt caught between a rock and a hard place. He knew all too well how much Aurelia meant to Dominic.

Despite the countless troubles she’d stirred up with her outbursts lately, Dominic had turned a blind eye, ignoring the whispers and complaints from the entire Hawthorne family.

But this was different.

This time, it was his late brother’s child who’d died-a child he’d cared deeply for.

The poor health of one twin had already weighed heavily on his mind; now the healthy one was gone.

When Jason failed to respond, Dominic turned, his gaze cold as steel. “Well?”

Jason finally managed to say, “At a time like this, we owe Mrs. Lauren Hawthorne an explanation, at the very least.”

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An explanation for Lauren?

“I know Mrs. Hawthorne means the world to you, but Lauren has just lost her child. Without some form of accountability, she’ll break. For any woman, a child is the most precious thing in the world.” Jason pressed gently.

Dominic’s chest tightened; he was suffocated under the weight of Jason’s words.

He was right-children were everything to a woman.

Hadn’t Aurelia acted like a madwoman these past months, even before she’d lost her own unborn baby?

“I suspect Mrs. Lauren Hawthorne has already called the police,” Jason added quietly.

The word “police” sent a jolt through Dominic.

He vividly recalled Aurelia’s reckless decision to call the authorities earlier in Westchester County,

She’d been the one to cause the child’s death, the one responsible for this tragedy-and yet she’d been the first to call the police.

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What could he even say about Aurelia? Had he truly spoiled her so rotten these past two years that Aurelia thought she could act with complete impunity?

Closing his eyes tightly, Dominic whispered, “The police… right. The law…”

Aurelia had committed this terrible act, and now she would have to face the consequences of the law.

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