Billionaire’s Regret After Losing Her (Aurelia) novel Chapter 218

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“Why the hell would I burn down my own house?” Eleanor snapped.

“Because you hate me and wanted to frame me. That’s your motive,” Aurelia said with a shrug.

Want a motive? Fine. Anyone could pull one out of thin air and slap it on someone else.

Aurelia could play that game too.

Eleanor’s vision blurred with rage, and her phone rang at that moment. Her hands trembled as she answered, “What?”

She screamed into the phone, “What do you mean Egret Bay Residences is on fire too? What the hell are you people doing over there?”

As soon as she hung up, another call came through.

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Lydia’s, and a few belonged to Dominic.

Eleanor stared at her phone, and her mouth went dry. In that moment, she felt like her entire world was crumbling around her.

She couldn’t waste another second dealing with Aurelia. She spun around and bolted for the door.

Aurelia watched Eleanor’s unsteady figure disappear, and for the first time in what felt like forever, the tight knot in her chest loosened just a little.

Years ago, Eleanor had demolished that house without a second thought, and she hadn’t cared who died in the

process.

So now, Aurelia was going to destroy every single property Eleanor owned.

“Gareth,” Aurelia said quietly.

“Yes, Miss?” Gareth responded.

“Spread the word to every hotel and restaurant in the area Tell them not to accept the Hawthornes as guests

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Gareth nodded. “Understood.”

Aurelia was cutting off every escape route they had, trapping the so-called noble Hawthorne family right here

in Hawthorne Manor.

She wanted them trapped here, suffering, with nowhere else to go.

Lauren had killed her unborn child.

Eleanor had murdered her mother.

Either one of those crimes was enough. Aurelia was going to destroy every path they had and make sure they never knew peace again.

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Upstairs, Lydia and Lauren stared at the takeout that Aurelia’s people had clearly tampered with, and they couldn’t decide whether to eat it or not.

Lydia crossed her arms and frowned. “She wouldn’t be stupid enough to actually poison it, right? I mean, if something happened to us, she’d go down for it t

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“You’re forgetting she’s got Grant protecting her,” Lauren said, and her stomach growled painfully. She was starving, but there was no way she could trust that food.

Lydia had brought back some fruit in her bag earlier, but Aurelia had even had someone go through that. The woman had thrown it all out.

That damn woman. Who the hell did she think she was?

Now they had nothing to eat, no fruit, nothing.

Lydia bit her lip and looked at Lauren. “So what do we do? You can’t just not eat. Maybe we could… I don’t know…”

She trailed off and hesitated for a moment.

Then she spoke up again, “What if we go out to eat?”

Technically, Lauren wasn’t supposed to go out during her postpartum recovery period, but Aurelia had backed them into a corner. They didn’t have a choice.

This was only the first day, and already, they couldn’t qurvive like this.

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And from the looks of it, Aurelia had no intention of leaving anytime soon. God only knew how they were going to get through the next few weeks.

Lauren glanced toward the window. “Right now? But it’s

She stopped herself before she could say “freezing out there.” The temperature had dropped dramatically today, and the wind was brutal outside.

Sure, they’d be in the car the whole time, but still.

When Lydia saw her hesitate, she realized she’d suggested something stupid. “I’m sorry, Lauren. God, we’ve put you through so much. This is all our fault.”

Lydia continued, “I’m calling Dominic right now and telling him to come back and deal with that bitch!”

Since Aurelia claimed she wasn’t divorced and had every right to stay at Hawthorne Manor, then Dominic could handle her, right?

Lydia grabbed her phone to call Dominic, but another number came through first.

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She answered, “Hello?”

“Miss, there’s a fire at your villa in Azure Sky Residences.”

“What?” Lydia’s voice shot up in alarm.

Azure Sky Residences was the property Dominic had originally given to Aurelia, the one Eleanor had taken back and given to her instead.

The place had been sitting empty this whole time, and she’d been planning to renovate it before moving in.

How could it just catch fire out of nowhere?

How was that even possible?

Her mind raced back to all the recent fires-first at Oakridge Estate, then Marilyn’s place.

Those incidents had Aurelia written all over them.

And now Azure Sky Residences was burning too, which meant… did she do this?

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But she’d kept Azure Sky Residences because it was her favorite property. So was this fire just a coincidence, or did Aurelia do it on purpose?

Lydia had barely hung up when another call came in,

and the voice on the other end told her that her house in Brocade Court Villas was on fire, too.

Lydia said nothing, but her mind was racing.

Azure Sky Residences was on fire, and now Brocade Court Villas too-one property after another going up in flames. Who would believe this was just a coincidence?

If it wasn’t a coincidence, then it had to be Aurelia’s doing.

It had to be Aurelia. Lydia’s chest heaved with fury as she said, “I got it,” and ended the call.

She turned to Lauren and said, “I need to go out for a bit.”

“Azure Sky Residences and Brocade Court Villas are both on fire. Could it be…” Lauren trailed off, leaving the rest ynsajd.

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But Lydia knew exactly what she was getting at.

The implication sent Lydia into a rage, and she snapped, “It’s that bitch Aurelia. I’m going to kill her!”

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Lydia was beyond furious right now.

Azure Sky Residences-fine, whatever. Eleanor had stolen that property from Aurelia anyway, so that was on her.

But why the hell did she burn down Brocade Court Villas? What did that place have to do with Eleanor?

Lydia rushed toward the door, fuming, and called out to Lauren, “Lauren, let Mom take you out for dinner!”

Neither Lydia nor Lauren had any idea that Eleanor had already left Hawthorne Manor because of the fire.

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Lydia practically flew down the stairs, only to discover that Eleanor was long gone.

When she spotted Aurelia calmly enjoying her meal like gothing had happened, Lydia’s rage boiled over and she o

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lunged forward to slap her.

“You bitch!” Lydia screamed. “This was all you, wasn’t it? Have you completely lost your mind?”

Lydia was absolutely livid. “Burning down the house just like that-do you have any idea how much money you just threw away?”

Brocade Court Villas had been one of her favorite properties, and even if they’d sold it, the place would’ve brought in serious cash. Now it was just ash and rubble, and all because of this insane woman standing in front of her.

Lydia charged forward, her hand raised to strike, but she couldn’t even get close to Aurelia.

No one in the entire Hawthorne family could lay a finger on Aurelia now. Before Lydia could reach her, the servants grabbed her arms and held her back.

The maids Aurelia had brought with her were incredibly strong, and just one of them could pin Lydia down without breaking a sweat, let alone two of them working together.

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