Billionaire’s Regret After Losing Her (Aurelia) novel Chapter 191

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Wasn’t her mother supposed to have died of an illness?

How could she be tangled up with the Hawthornes?

Back at the orphanage, Grace had always told her that her mother had passed away from sickness.

Now, how could…

“How could you marry a Hawthorne?” Grace sobbed, her grip on Aurelia’s hand tightening, “You could have married anyone, anyone but a Hawthorne!”

Tears streamed down her weathered face, a mix of grief and despair in her voice.

Aurelia’s breath came in ragged gasps, panic surging through her veins. “What’s really going on? At the orphanage, you clearly told me my mother died of an illness! Why are the Hawthornes involved?”

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“It was the Hawthornes. They killed her-Dominic’s father! It was his father who murdered your mother!” Grace wailed, her body trembling with emotion.

Aurelia couldn’t recall how she’d stumbled out of the

hospital.

As he stood at the entrance, bathed in the faint winter sunlight, a bone-deep chill settled over her, seeping into every fiber of her being.

Grace’s words replayed in her head on a loop, each syllable cutting like a knife.

“It was the Hawthornes. Your grandmother’s house was being demolished, but the compensation was unfair, so your mother refused to agree. The Hawthornes showed up at the door, and a fierce argument broke out. She was pushed and hit her head on a stone, and blood gushed out. They never took her to the hospital in time.

“That land was too valuable, right in the heart of New York. So many people were fighting over it, and the Hawthornes snatched it first.

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“To speed up the demolition, they even went to the house in person—Mrs. Eleanor Hawthorne was among them!”

Eleanor!

Grace, the woman who’d stood by her side all those years at the orphanage, had once been her family’s nanny.

After her mother’s death, Grace had wanted to adopt her and take her home, but her own son had refused.

So she’d sent Aurelia to the orphanage—and then taken a job there to keep an eye on her, to make sure she didn’t

suffer.

All those years, Grace had kept the truth hidden.

The Hawthornes had been too powerful, too influential. In Grace’s eyes, Aurelia had been no match for them.

If she’d sought revenge, she would have been destroyed

too.

Grace had whispered, her voice filled with hatred,

“They’re a family of devils. Men and women alike, none of them has an ounce of reason.

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“If even one of them had been sensible that day, if they’d taken your mother to the hospital in time, she would still be alive!”

A sharp, piercing pain tore through Aurelia’s chest, as if her entire world had frozen over.

She’d never imagined that Grace—her constant companion at the orphanage-had been her nanny.

Gareth watched her trembling figure from a distance, then stepped forward. “Ms. Smith, let’s get in the car. It’s

cold out here.”

The winter air had grown increasingly bitter, and her fragile body couldn’t withstand the chill.

Aurelia nodded numbly, letting Gareth guide her to the

vehicle.

No sooner had she settled into the backseat than Gareth’s phone rang. He answered it, his expression darkening instantly at the news from the other end. “Mr. Lindell, Ms. Betsy was in a car accident on her way to the courthouse. The car exploded!”

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Gareth’s eyes widened in shock. “What? A car accident

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and explosion?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Where’s Sarah? Is she okay?” Gareth asked, his voice low and controlled despite the tension.

He glanced at Aurelia in the rearview mirror instinctively.

Sarah Betsy was Aurelia’s divorce lawyer-she’d handled the New York paperwork just a few days earlier.

That morning, she’d picked up the divorce agreement from the hospital and headed to the courthouse to finalize the divorce.

“Ms. Betsy was pulled out safely before the car exploded, but her briefcase couldn’t be saved,” the caller reported.

Gareth let out a quiet sigh of relief. As long as Sarah was alive, that was all that mattered.

The briefcase, he knew, had contained the divorce papers.

“Understood,” he said, ending the call.

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He turned to Aurelia through the mirror. “Ms Smith.”

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“I heard!” Aurelia cut him off, her voice cold and sharp.

Sarah’s accident meant her divorce from Dominic wasn’t finalized-not yet.

“Shall I prepare another copy of the divorce agreement?”

Gareth asked.

“Do it,” Aurelia snapped.

Her relationship with Dominic had already been irreparably broken. Now, with this new truth, there was no going back.

She pulled out her phone and dialed Eleanor’s number.

The call was answered immediately, Eleanor’s gruff, irritable voice filling the line. “Has the divorce come through?”

Hearing Eleanor’s voice again, Aurelia felt a surge of rage so intense she wanted to strangle her through the phone.

Before she could speak, Eleanor continued, her tone dismissive, “If it has, come collect your one billion. Five billion is out of the question. If you’re unhappy about it49

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sue us-I don’t care.”

On the other end of the line, Eleanor glared at her phone, growing more frustrated by the minute.

She couldn’t understand why the police hadn’t arrested Aurelia yet.

The evidence was overwhelming-Aurelia had kidnapped and killed the baby.

Every second she remained free was an insult.

“There was an incident on the way to the courthouse. I’ll have someone deliver a new divorce agreement to you. Tell Dominic to sign it,” Aurelia said coldly.

“What?” Eleanor shrieked, her temper flaring.

It had been hard enough to get Dominic to sign the papers yesterday-now there was another delay?

“An incident? I think you’re just stalling! You don’t want a divorce!”

She was furious.

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Nothing should stand in the way of Aurelia leaving the Hawthorne family.

That woman had brought nothing but chaos and shame to their name.

“The new agreement will be at Hawthorne Manor in an hour,” Aurelia stated, ignoring Eleanor’s outburst.

“Aurelia, you—”

Eleanor’s words were cut off as Aurelia ended the call, her jaw set with determination.

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All she wanted now was a divorce. Until the papers were fully finalized, she deemed it beneath her to exchange

more words with the Hawthornes.

At the hospital, Eleanor stared at her phone, the shrill “beep-beep” of the disconnected call echoing in her ears.

Fury surged within her, so intense she nearly smashed the device against the wall.

Lydia, who had listened to the entire conversation, stepped forward to fan the flames. “An accident with the divorce papers? What kind of accident could that be? I think she’s just stalling-she doesn’t want the divorce at

all!”

Eleanor was already seething with anger, and Lydia’s words only made her chest ache with rage.

That damned Aurelia-she’d better not be playing tricks! She’d better finalize the divorce before being thrown in jail.

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