Billionaire’s Regret After Losing Her (Aurelia) novel Chapter 226

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The kick was so forceful it sent a jolt of pain through Dominic, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

It showed just how much strength she had put behind it.

Aurelia crossed her arms and settled back onto the sofa.

Gritting his teeth against the pain, Dominic stood up and sank into the single armchair next to her.

It took him a moment to recover.

“You’ve made your point today, caused your chaos, burned what you wanted to burn. Shouldn’t you have gotten it out of your system by now?” he asked.

“What are you implying?” Aurelia asked with a cold laugh.

Get it out?

He made it sound so simple. How could she?

This wasn’t just anger she could vent away. It was hatred 5

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You couldn’t just get over that with one outburst.

She wanted them all dead.

Dominic pressed on, “If you’re done, then come back to Westchester County with me.”

“Westchester County?” Aurelia’s tone was light. “Does it still exist?”

Hearing that, Dominic’s heart lurched. “What do you mean?”

As if on cue, his phone began to vibrate insistently on the

table.

It was news about Westchester County.

It was on fire, too.

Dominic’s temple throbbed as he glared at Aurelia, answering through clenched teeth, “It happened half an hour ago. Why am I only hearing about it now?”

He listened briefly to the reply. “Fine. I know.”

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Hanging up, he fixed his gaze back on Aurelia.

In contrast to his fury, she seemed utterly unbothered, perfectly serene.

Yet Dominic understood clearly-her calm was terrifying.

Throughout the day, her outward serenity had been directly proportional to the magnitude of the Hawthorne family’s losses.

“Have you lost your mind?” he demanded.

Westchester County held all his feelings for her. Every plant, every tree-he had chosen them for her.

And now she had burned it down, too.

What was she trying to do?

“Next, will you burn down the entire Hawthorne Manor while we’re all asleep?” he snapped, echoing Eleanor’s earlier fear.

Faced with his rage, Aurelia simply watched him in silence, saying nothing.

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That was her way.

She drove everyone in the Hawthorne family to the brink of madness, then acted as if nothing were wrong.

Seeing her so placid only frayed Dominic’s nerves further.

He stood up, intent on grabbing her wrist again.

But as he moved toward her, he stopped dead in his tracks-a sharp pain in his abdomen halted him.

He looked down. A fruit knife was pressed against his stomach. At that moment, his anger surged to a new peak.

“If you value your life, don’t come near me again,” Aurelia said, her voice icy.

Dominic hadn’t even seen her pick up the knife. The look in her eyes now was as cold as the blade.

“Do it then. Go ahead!” he challenged. “Ugh!”

As he spoke, the pain in his abdomen intensified, hecoming unmistakably real.

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“Satisfied?” Aurelia asked coolly.

“You damned woman,” Dominic gasped, his breathing ragged.

He seized her wrist, wrenched the knife from her grip, and flung it to the floor with a clatter.

Then he looked down at the blood seeping through his shirt.

The wound wasn’t deep, but she had driven the blade into his skin without hesitation.

In that moment, Dominic felt like his world had fallen

apart.

She really would kill him and was truly ruthless.

“Is this why you won’t divorce?” he ground out, each word laced with pain and fury. “To make us all suffer? Is that your real goal?”

Aurelia didn’t answer.

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That placid expression-in just one day, it had nearly driven the entire Hawthorne family insane.

Everyone was losing their minds because of her composed demeanor.

“What did all our years together even mean?” His voice broke, his emotions spiraling out of control. “Tell me! What did they mean?”

She had been so resolute about the divorce.

Now, when he finally thought she had changed her mind,

she did this to him.

Eleanor had sent a servant to fetch Dominic, wanting to tell him Lauren wasn’t feeling well again.

The maid arrived, saw the blood on Dominic’s abdomen, and rushed off in a panic to report to Eleanor.

Eleanor came running at the news,

Lydia followed.

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nearly fainted on the spot “Aurelia! You wretch what

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have you done now?”

She hurried forward to examine Dominic’s wound.

Aurelia’s voice cut through the room, cold and commanding. “Everyone, get out of my room.”

Eleanor, Lydia, and even Dominic were momentarily stunned into silence.

Hearing her dismiss them with such icy detachment pushed Eleanor past her breaking point. “You vile creature! How could you do this to him? He’s always taken your side. How could you hurt a man who’s always protected you?”

Seeing Dominic injured broke Eleanor’s heart. All the pent-up rage from the long day finally erupted. She lunged at Aurelia, desperate to claw her apart.

But she had forgotten one thing.

Aurelia had come prepared.

The attendants, stationed outside the door, seeing Eleanor rush at Aurelia, swiftly entered the room and 3:15

pinned Eleanor to the floor.

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She was so close-just one step away.

Now, held firmly against the ground, Eleanor could only glare up at Aurelia with pure, undiluted hatred.

“Let me go! Unhand me! Aurelia!” she screamed.

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