Billionaire’s Regret After Losing Her (Aurelia) novel Chapter 217

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Stanley!

Marilyn had made sure to drill it into Lauren’s head before leaving for Germany-take care of Stanley. She’d even called a couple of days ago just to check on him.

But Stanley was still with Dominic, and Lauren couldn’t even get a meeting with him, let alone bring up Stanley. So how was she supposed to handle this?

But now that Aurelia brought up Stanley, Lauren knew this wasn’t just casual conversation. There was something more behind it.

“Cast your mind back. Who was always around your mother?” Aurelia asked.

Lauren’s heart lurched in her chest again.

“What are you trying to say? Can you just spit it out already?” Lauren snapped, her patience wearing thin.

“I’m not trying to say anything,” Aurelia said with a shigig. “You’re the one who said your mom’s gonna comeo

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She added, “Ability, time and energy, she’d need at least two out of three to make that happen.”

The implication was crystal clear. When Marilyn got back from Germany, she wouldn’t have the bandwidth to deal with Aurelia.

“Stop talking nonsense! My mom’s not like that at all!” Lauren shot back, but even she could hear the uncertainty in her own voice.

“Ha!” Aurelia let out a cold laugh and didn’t bother arguing further.

The afternoon tea arrived, and the sweet smell of pastries hit Lauren’s nose, making her mouth water all over again.

She had to get Aurelia out of here, no matter what. With her around the Hawthorne Manor, there was no way Lauren could have a peaceful postpartum recovery.

Eleanor and Lydia ate out and brought some food back for Lauren, but by then she’d already gone upstairs.

Her threats hadn’t worked on Aurelia at all, so she’d just stormed back to her room in frustration.

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When they got back, Aurelia was sitting in the living room, and Eleanor shot her a sharp look. “Don’t you have a room to stay in? What are you doing out here?”

Aurelia had already taken her room, so she should just stay in there all day. Seeing Aurelia in the living room every time they came and went was seriously annoying.

Aurelia glanced at the bags Lydia was carrying and caught Gareth’s eye.

Gareth understood immediately and waved two maids forward.

The maids nodded and walked straight toward Lydia.

Lydia instinctively stepped back when she saw them coming. “What are you doing?”

The two maids snatched the takeout bags right out of her hands, and Eleanor lost it. She lunged forward to help Lydia, but two more maids grabbed her and held her back while they carried the takeout to the kitchen.

Eleanor screamed at Aurelia. “Are you out of your mind?”

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“Anything that comes into this house needs to be checked now,” Aurelia said calmly. “What if you brought back something poisoned?”

The suspicion was reasonable enough, but the way she handled it felt like a deliberate humiliation.

This time, it wasn’t just the takeout. They searched through Eleanor and Lydia’s purses too, dumping everything out.

Eleanor had just managed to calm herself down while they were out, but now, facing Aurelia’s power play, she felt like she might pass out from anger.

“Aurelia, this is too much. This is my home. Do I need to go through security just to come back?”

Aurelia said, “Sure, it’s your house, but you two have a history of pulling stuff on me, so I’ve got to be careful, right?” She said the word ‘history’ with a slight laugh, as if it were no big deal.

But that casual tone only made Eleanor and Lydia’s faces go pale with anger.

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the food and handed it straight to Lydia.

Lydia stared at the bags and snapped, “You already went through all of this. How am I supposed to serve it now?”

Aurelia shot back, “Then don’t eat it. Your choice.”

Lydia just stood there speechless.

Eleanor couldn’t find words either. The two of them were

so furious they felt like they might actually pass out.

“Lauren just had a baby and she’s still recovering,’ Eleanor said, her voice shaking. “What you’re doing is absolutely cruel.”

Eleanor was so worked up she could barely stand.

Aurelia didn’t even bother responding to that.

Eleanor felt as if she stayed angry much longer, she might actually have a stroke.

She didn’t know if she had had heart problems before, but right now her chest was tight and every breath hurt.

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upstairs to Lauren.”

She had no idea if Aurelia had actually messed with the food or not, but Lauren hadn’t eaten anything all day.

Lydia headed upstairs with the bags.

Eleanor stood there for a while, trying to calm down and catch her breath. Just as she was about to go upstairs herself, her phone rang. She answered it and said, “What

is it?”

“Ma’am, Fortune Gardens is on fire!”

“What?” Eleanor’s voice spiked when she heard Fortune Gardens was on fire. “What happened? How could it just catch fire out of nowhere?”

Nobody even lived there anymore.

And with Aurelia causing all this chaos right now,

Eleanor had been planning to take Lauren there for her postpartum recovery.

Now the place was burning?

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there, but the fire’s massive. Everything inside is probably going to be destroyed.”

“Destroyed?” Eleanor’s voice trailed off as the word hit

her.

The moment she thought about how the Oakridge Estate fire had been Aurelia’s doing, Eleanor’s gaze snapped to Aurelia with pure venom.

Aurelia had heard about the fire, too, and now she was staring right back at Eleanor.

When their eyes met, Eleanor’s filled with rage and Aurelia’s calm, almost amused, that subtle smile in Aurelia’s eyes sent a chill down Eleanor’s spine. It was the look of someone completely unhinged.

A terrible certainty crashed over Eleanor. Aurelia did this.

What a vicious woman.

Aurelia had destroyed Marilyn’s properties, too, hadn’t she?

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Eleanor ended the call and lunged forward. “Aurelia, you bitch! You deserve to die!”

But before she could reach her, two servants grabbed

Eleanor and held her back.

Eleanor lost it completely. “Let go of me! You animals! Get out of my house! This is my home, and you have no right to act like this here!”

She was truly unhinged now, screaming at the top of her lungs.

But no matter how hard she struggled and fought, it was useless. They weren’t letting go.

Eleanor wanted to tear Aurelia apart, but she couldn’t even get close to her.

Eleanor’s voice cracked as she screamed, “It was you! You did this, didn’t you?”

The words came out in a hysterical shriek, her composure completely shattered.

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“Like hell it wasn’t! Who else could it be?” Eleanor shot

back.

She still wouldn’t admit it, but Eleanor knew the truth -Aurelia had set fire to Oakridge Estate before, and

she was the one who destroyed Marilyn’s mansion and vacation home too.

And now she had the nerve to say it wasn’t her?

“You did it and you won’t even own up to it? Karma’s going to catch up with you,” Eleanor spat.

“Everything needs proof,” Aurelia replied coolly. “I could just as easily say you set the fire yourself.”

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