Billionaire’s Regret After Losing Her (Aurelia) novel Chapter 197

Chapter 197 Fury at the Auction

Now that both Chloe and Grant knew the full,

blood-soaked truth about the Hawthorne family’s feud with Aurelia, they were one hundred percent behind her decision to stay married until she’d ripped the Hawthorne family apart.

Dominic had been desperate to avoid divorce before. He’d soon regret that stubbornness.

In no time, he’d be the one begging to end the marriage -because once Aurelia moved back into the Hawthorne

Manor, her revenge was brutal.

It was the kind of cruelty that made your skin crawl just thinking about it.

At the auction that morning, Dominic got an early call from his mother, Eleanor. She ordered him to show up and bid on a rare blue diamond for Lauren.

Eleanor planned to turn it into a ring-a reward for Lauren giving the Hawthorne family twins, even after everything.

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Dominic had been run regged the past couple of days hv

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chaos at the company.

When he heard she wanted to splash out on an extravagant diamond, he couldn’t help frowning. “Isn’t that a bit much?”

“Your brother is gone,” Eleanor snapped. “Lauren risked

her life to give birth to twins. How is this too much?

And now one of the children has died. Consider this compensation for her suffering.”

The mention of it hit Dominic like a punch to the chest, leaving him breathless and heavy.

Adrian was dead. The child they failed to save was gone as well. The surviving baby was still fighting for life in intensive care.

He answered heavily, “Fine. I understand.”

He hadn’t wanted to go at all, but Eleanor had played the card of his dead brother and the lost child. He couldn’t

say no.

And deep down, he knew that in the face of such a tragedy, Lauren did deserve some form of material compensation.

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In the end, he agreed to accompany Eleanor.

Lydia tagged along, too.

She’d heard a rare red diamond was up for auction and had been coveting it for weeks. She had to have it.

Knowing Eleanor was there to buy something for

Lauren, Lydia had dragged her best friend along for the excitement.

But the moment they stepped into the venue, Lydia froze. There was Aurelia, walking arm-in-arm with Grant, looking every bit the perfect couple.

Aurelia wore an exquisite couture gown that screamed money. Her hand rested naturally on Grant’s arm.

The intimate, effortless picture they painted stabbed straight into Lydia’s eyes.

Her friend Stacy Olsen saw it too and went stiff. Then, with a smirk, she leaned in. “Lydia, didn’t you say you and Mr. Fletcher were already at the point of discussing marriage? Then why is he walking arm in arm with your brother’s wife? And they’re even…”

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She trailed off, but the damage was done.

Lydia’s face had already twisted into something ugly.

Lydia stared at the hand resting on Grant’s arm, wishing her gaze could turn into blades and slice Aurelia’s hand

clean off.

“That bitch,” she spat inwardly. “She hasn’t even divorced my brother yet, and she dares to shamelessly flirt with

other men!”

What made it worse was that the man was Grant-the

man she had admired for so long.

Lydia was convinced Aurelia was doing this on purpose.

She believed Aurelia knew perfectly well that the Fletcher family was planning an alliance with the Hawthorne family, and this was a deliberate insult.

Stacy caught the venom in Lydia’s eyes and fanned the flames. “You’re not going to call her out?”

“Grant’s basically your fiancé at this point, right?”

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Though the marriage talks were still ongoing, both the Hawthorne and Fletcher families were among New York’s top-tier elites. If the alliance went through, it would be a perfectly matched union.

Even if the engagement had not been officially

announced, Stacy considered Lydia’s future marriage into the Fletcher family a done deal.

So calling Grant her fiancé seemed perfectly reasonable to

her.

Lydia nearly ground her teeth to dust at the words.

Under different circumstances, she would have rushed over and slapped Aurelia without hesitation.

Yet faced with Grant-gentle in appearance, but sharp and intimidating in his gaze-Lydia did not have the

courage to cause a scene.

He was devastatingly handsome. Even cold and distant, she was hopelessly infatuated.

And because she wanted him so badly, seeing him touch Aygelia felt like a knife twisting in her chest.

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She took a shaky breath and hissed to Stacy, “I’m not officially his fiancée yet. Once the Fletcher family makes it formal and I’m really engaged, I swear I’ll destroy that bitch Aurelia.”

She seethed inside, already plotting.

If she was going to take Aurelia down, she needed the right title first.

Stacy wrinkled her nose in disgust. “How did your brother ever marry someone like her? She has a husband as perfect as Dominic and still runs around flirting with

other men.”

Her tone dripped with resentment and jealousy.

Stacy had secretly loved Dominic for years.

When she first heard that Dominic was marrying Aurelia, she had been miserable for a long time, barely able to eat.

Now, seeing Aurelia not only fail to cherish Dominic but also openly flirt with another man, Stacy felt an almost uncontrollable urge to lash out.

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wall, she dared not act recklessly either.

She muttered bitterly, “Your brother’s taste must be terrible to fall for trash like that.”

The second Dominic entered the hall, he spotted Grant holding Aurelia’s hand, leading her confidently to the front row, where they sat side by side.

In that instant, Dominic felt his blood surge violently to his head, his temples throbbing as if they were about to explode.

Eleanor saw them too. Her teeth clenched in fury. “What is that woman doing? She’s not even divorced from you yet, and she dares to openly cling to Grant?”

She was sure Grant was doing it on purpose.

The Fletcher family knew full well that Lydia was in marriage talks with Grant. And yet he still dared to behave so intimately with Aurelia.

Eleanor couldn’t help but wonder if they had been far too kind and tolerant toward Aurelia in the past.

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Dominic’s fists clenched tightly his knuckles cracking as

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he moved to storm over. But Eleanor reacted quickly and grabbed him firmly. “What do you think you’re doing?”

Dominic turned to glare at her, the fury in his eyes barely

contained.

He was so angry that he could not utter a single word.

Eleanor knew her son too well. She immediately warned him, “There’s a blue diamond being auctioned today. All of New York’s elite are here. Don’t you dare embarrass the family in public.”

As much as Eleanor wanted to tear Aurelia apart herself, she refused to become the subject of gossip at such a public event.

After all, the Hawthorne family’s reputation had already been utterly ruined by Aurelia’s actions lately.

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