Billionaire’s Regret After Losing Her (Aurelia) novel Chapter 233

Chapter 233 Caught at Her Most Embarrassing Moment

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Discomfort radiated off Eleanor, and Lucas and Ethan were quick to pick up on it.

“Dominic’s had too much to drink. We brought him back. Let’s get him inside first,” Lucas blurted out hastily.

With that, the two men moved to prop Dominic up and steer him toward the house.

But as they passed Eleanor, she reached out and grabbed Lucas’ sleeve, her voice sharp with urgency. “Wait.”

“What’s the matter, Mrs. Eleanor Hawthorne?”

“Take him to a hotel instead,” Eleanor said, her tone laced with

embarrassment.

The manor had been turned upside down by Aurelia’s rampage, and Dominic had even gotten hurt in the chaos.

That bitch was clearly out for revenge

Eleanor had lost a son and a granddaughter.

She couldn’t bear to lose anyone else, least of all Dominic. Even if¤meant paying for a hotel room, she refused to let

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Dominic stay under the same roof as Aurelia.

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Let that bitch burn things down for all she cared-she’d have to torch every hotel in New York to cut off their escape route.

Eleanor had made up her mind.

The Hawthorne family’s properties could burn to the ground for all she cared. Tomorrow, Eleanor would take Lauren and Lydia to a hotel and let Aurelia have the manor to herself.

She wasn’t going to stick around and play her games.

Once, Eleanor would have never dreamed of running from

Aurelia.

But desperate times called for desperate measures.

All she could do now was wait-wait for the police to dig up evidence that Aurelia had killed Lauren’s child, so the woman could rot in prison for the rest of her life.

The thought brought a flicker of comfort to Eleanor’s heart.

What she didn’t notice, though, was the odd look that had crossed Lucas and Ethan’s faces-especially Ethan’s, who looked like he didn’t know where to start.

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words, his scalp prickling with unease.

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“I’d really appreciate it,” Eleanor said when the two men remained frozen in place.

She was determined to keep Aurelia and Dominic apart for good.

Even if Aurelia didn’t want a divorce, there was no way Eleanor would let that woman remain Dominic’s wife after this.

Lucas looked thoroughly stuck.

Eleanor finally sensed that something was wrong when they still hadn’t moved to take Dominic away.

“What is it?” she demanded.

“It’s like this, Mrs. Eleanor Hawthorne.” Lucas began, his voice hesitant. “No hotel in the city will take Dominic.”

Eleanor stared at him, speechless.

Nodding vigorously, Ethan jumped in to explain, “We tried, believe us. We drove around to half a dozen hotels, but none of them would let him check in. That’s why we ended up bringing…”

He trailed off, leaving the rest unsaid.

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sleep on a hotel floor than share the manor with Aurelia.

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But what she didn’t know was that Aurelia had already thought of everything.

Eleanor gaped at them, her voice rising with disbelief. “No

hotel will take him? Are you joking?” she asked in shock.

The Hawthornes’ status in New York was unassailable-

everyone knew who they were.

How dare any establishment turn them away?

“I know this sounds unbelievable, Mrs. Eleanor Hawthorne.

We couldn’t believe it either.

“But it’s the truth. Not a single hotel will let Dominic stay the night,” Lucas said, his tone earnest.

Eleanor’s mind raced.

“Aurelia did this, didn’t she?”

The words were barely out of her mouth when her blood pressure spiked with rage.

That damned bitch!

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The thought of Grant siding with Aurelia-going this far to help her―made Eleanor’s blood boil.

But how could Grant possibly have enough pull to blacklist Dominic from every hotel in New York?

Then it hit her. The Fletchers had always just kept a low profile.

Grant had an uncle in a high-ranking government position.

A man with that kind of power could control more than just hotels-he could hold the entire city’s economic lifeline in his

hands if he wanted to.

Eleanor gasped for breath, her chest heaving with anger as she glanced at Dominic, passed out drunk on the porch.

“Well, we’ll be going then!” Lucas said, making a beeline for

the door.

The mention of Grant had made both men eager to escape.

They’d always relied on Grant’s and Dominic’s connections to get ahead, and now that Grant and Dominic were at war, the. last thing they wanted was to get caught in the crossfire.

Better to leave Dominic with Eleanor and make a run for it

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Lucas and Ethan fled the manor like they were being chased by ghosts.

It wasn’t until they’d driven several miles away that Lucas finally spoke, breaking the tense silence.

“Aurelia really went all out this time,” he muttered.

Ethan nodded in agreement, his voice laced with disbelief. “Did you see Mrs. Eleanor Hawthorne eating instant mac and cheese outside earlier? She was practically banished to the porch!”

If Eleanor had been reduced to eating microwaveable pasta on the front steps, what did that say about her standing in the Hawthorne family now?

Lucas fell silent, the image of Eleanor huddled on the porch lingering in his mind.

“Weirdly enough,” he said after a moment, “I kind of respect Aurelia for this. She’s endearing.”

Ethan’s eyes nearly popped out of his head.

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