Billionaire’s Regret After Losing Her (Aurelia) novel Chapter 188

Chapter 188 What Did You Do to Aurelia

She’d be behind bars before she could blink.

Lydia relaxed at her words. “I just wish the investigation would hurry up. Why haven’t they arrested her yet?”

She’d assumed the police would haul Aurelia away the moment they filed the report.

Was Grant still trying to protect her?

This case was different from the last if Aurelia was truly guilty, even Grant couldn’t save her.

The thought of Grant’s unwavering defense of Aurelia

made her blood boil.

Eleanor said coldly, “Patience. She killed that child-she’ll pay. It’s only a matter of time.”

To her mind, the child’s death was linked to Aurelia-

it was only a matter of time before she ended up behind

bars.

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easily erased. Not yet.

She’d never get the chance to sue them.

Emboldened by the thought, she dismissed the idea of paying Aurelia a cent, neither the five billion nor the fixed

assets.

“Come on. Let’s check on Lauren,” she said, her tone laced with annoyance.

Between Aurelia’s chaos and Lauren’s constant drama,

she was exhausted.

She could only hope Marilyn would overcome her troubles in Germany.

If not, the Hawthornes would be cursed with two

disastrous women.

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As Eleanor and Lydia made their way to Lauren’s hospital room, Lauren huddled over her phone, her voice muffled to avoid the bodyguards posted outside.

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“Destroy all the evidence Make sure the police never

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trace anything back to you,” she whispered urgently.

She glanced nervously at the door every few seconds, still shaken by Dominic’s unexpected intrusions twice before.

“Relax, the surveillance footage is gone,” the man on the other end-Samuel-replied, his voice laced with

amusement.

“But you… you aren’t actually catching feelings for Dominic, are you?”

Lauren snapped, “What are you talking about? You know exactly why I’m doing this-don’t play dumb.”

“Just making sure you aren’t getting too into the role. The whole of New York thinks you’re head over heels for him,” Samuel taunted.

Head over heels? Of course!

Lauren gritted her teeth, frustration coiling in her chest. “Drop it. Stay hidden.

“If the Hawthornes find out about us, we’re both ruined.”

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“I know” Samuel replied flatly.

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“And don’t forget why Adrian died. You don’t need to keep reminding me,” Lauren hissed.

Samuel retorted, “I don’t need reminding. You’re the one who should keep that in mind.”

“Of course I won’t forget,” Lauren replied.

But just thinking about Adrian’s death made her heart race. “Let’s not contact each other for a while. And leave Aurelia alone for now,” she said, then hung up the phone.

Looking up, she froze. Eleanor and Lydia stood in the doorway, their expressions unreadable.

Panic surged through her. “Eleanor?”

When had they arrived?

She’d checked the door only moments ago-they hadn’t been there. Had they heard anything?

The thought made her heart race.

Had Eleanor heard something? It couldn’t be. Why was she so unlucky? First Dominic, and now Eleanor

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How much had they actually heard?

She’d been glancing up every few seconds.

But even a little was too much. A few words? Half a sentence? Enough to guess. Enough to suspect.

Forcing a weak, ingratiating smile, she asked, “When did you get here?”

Lydia’s grim expression only fueled her anxiety.

Eleanor walked to the bed, pulling out a chair with a sharp scrape, and sat down, her gaze cold as ice. “What did you do to Aurelia?”

Lauren’s blood ran cold.

The cold, accusatory tone made her heart sink.

The old woman had definitely heard something.

She lowered her head, not saying a word.

Seeing her silence, Eleanor snapped, “What exactly did voy do?”

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Eleanor knew Lauren wasn’t as innocent as she seemed, and she’d always protected Lauren before.

But Eleanor couldn’t allow Lauren to act beyond her control.

She needed to know what was going on.

Tears welled up in Lauren’s eyes and started to fall.

“Eleanor, my daughter is dead. She was not even a month old. Can’t I do something to Aurelia?” she said, her voice

choked with sobs.

At her words, Eleanor’s accusatory attitude softened a bit.

“Then what did you do?”

“I had someone kidnap her. I wanted her to pay for my daughter’s life, but I just couldn’t go through with it. In the end, I told them to come back and not hurt her,”

Lauren confessed.

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daughter,” she continued.

Eleanor began to feel a twinge of pity, thinking of her cute little granddaughter.

Before she could say anything, Lauren went on.

“I’m sorry, Adrian. I failed to protect our child. It’s all my fault. I really wanted to kill Aurelia, but I just couldn’t.”

At this point, Lauren broke down into a fit of sobbing.

Eleanor closed her eyes, overcome with sorrow. “You’re right. Adrian is… gone.”

“No! Adrian isn’t dead! The one who died wasn’t him—

never him!” Lauren screamed, suddenly frantic.

Eleanor blinked, taken aback by her outburst. She’d been about to comfort her, but Lauren’s denial threw her off.

“You…”

“My Adrian is alive!”

Before she or Lydia could speak, Lauren’s demeanor shifted-her eves growing vacant, her depression flarin

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Kellen burst into the room at the sound of her screams, rushing to her side. “Madam, what’s wrong?”

“Adrian… I need Adrian. My baby’s dead-why isn’t he here with me?” Lauren babbled, struggling against the sheets.

Kellen pulled her into a gentle embrace, trying to calm her.

In the end, Eleanor and Lydia slipped out of the room silently, Eleanor’s face gloomy with frustration.

Lydia knew what was bothering her. “You know how fragile her mental state is. There’s no need to be upset with her.”

“Fragile or faking?” Eleanor snapped.

At first, she’d believed Lauren’s depression was genuine, but her relentless pursuit of Dominic made her doubt it. Was it all an act?

Lydia looked sympathetic. “It has to be real. Adrian’s dead, and now she’s lost a baby. Anyone would break

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under that.”

Eleanor fell silent, unable to argue.

Grief over her granddaughter still weighed heavily on her heart. “Have they found the baby’s body yet?”

“Aurelia must be hiding it.” Lydia fumed. “She’ll do anything to avoid taking responsibility.”

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