Billionaire’s Regret After Losing Her (Aurelia) novel Chapter 240

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Two weeks might seem like a short time-but it would be

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long enough to make every second feel like an eternity for the Hawthornes.

Aurelia hung up the phone, then turned to Gareth, her tone casual yet firm. “They turned down the free meal this morning. Next time they come crawling back, it won’t be that easy.”

Gareth’s eyes lit up with understanding. “Understood. I’ll make the arrangements right away.”

“Dismiss all the Hawthorne family’s servants effective immediately,” Aurelia added.

The staff she’d brought with her would only attend to her needs—nothing more.

Let the Hawthornes figure out who would clean the manor, who would cook their meals.

At Aurelia’s command, every single one of the Hawthorne family’s servants was dismissed without delay.

When Eleanor had stormed out of the manor that morning, she’d been full of confidence, turning to Lauren with a defiant glare. “We’ll go stay in a hotel instead of putting up with that woman’s nonsense. Without us there, she’ll have no he to21:11

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Taking Lauren to a hotel for her confinement would be a laughingstock among the socialite circles—but Eleanor couldn’t have cared less.

Lauren had readily agreed, eager to escape the suffocating atmosphere of the manor and the constant presence of Aurelia.

As they’d walked out the door, the three women had been convinced that money could solve any problem.

Why stay in a house where they were being mistreated when they could live in luxury elsewhere?

By midday, the three women were ravenous and exhausted, their grand plan to escape the manor having crumbled completely.

No hotel would let them check in. No restaurant would serve

them a meal. Even tiny diners on the street had chased them away the moment they’d walked in.

“How did that woman pull this off?” Eleanor shrieked, her voice cracking with rage.

This is New York!

How could she possibly have every single establishment in the city under her thumb?

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Lydia was too hungry to speak, her legs shaking as she leaned against a lamppost for support.

She’d never imagined that there could be a time when money was useless.

Lauren’s face was gloomy with fury, her jaw set tightly.

“I’m so angry I could scream!” Eleanor fumed, her hands balled into fists at her sides.

They’d planned to lay low in a hotel until the storm blew over, but now they were stranded on the streets, with nowhere to go and nothing to eat.

With no other options left, they had no choice but to trudge back to the manor.

“Can’t we go somewhere else?” Lauren asked suddenly, her voice trembling with desperation.

Eleanor turned to her, confused. “What are you talking about?”

“Leave New York,” Lauren said, her eyes wide with fear.

“Leave New York?” Eleanor said, her voice sharp with disbelief, “That would make us look like cowards fleeing from her! This is our home-we’ve lived here for generations! She’s the one who should be packing her bags!” 3/7

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“I can’t take this anymore!” Lauren burst out, her composure cracking. “Do you have any idea how to get rid of her? If you don’t, then I’m never going back to that house! Never!”

The mere thought of returning to the manor and facing Aurelia again made her feel like she was suffocating.

She was on the verge of a breakdown.

Once, Lauren had been just as determined as Eleanor to drive Aurelia out of the Hawthorne family.

Now, though, the tables had turned completely.

Aurelia was living in the manor like she owned the place, while the rightful owners were left with nowhere to go.

Lauren had once dreamed of seeing Aurelia chased out of the Hawthorne family, even out of New York.

But now, she wanted to escape to a place where she would never have to hear Aurelia’s name again.

Eleanor fell silent, her lips pressed into a thin, angry line as she stared at Lauren’s distraught face.

Lydia tugged at her mother’s sleeve, her voice soft yet firm. “Mom.”

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What?” Eleanor snapped, her patience worn thin by the day’s

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disasters.

“I want to leave New York, too,” Lydia said quietly.

She and Lauren had both come to the same realization.

As long as Aurelia was in New York, the Hawthornes would never have a moment’s peace.

They’d seen firsthand how ruthless she could be-cutting off their access to food and shelter with a single word.

“What about your plan to win over Grant? Have you forgotten about that?” Eleanor asked.

The name tasted bitter on her tongue, a reminder of another

failed scheme.

Lydia flinched, falling silent at once.

Of course she hadn’t forgotten. She’d dreamed of winning Grant over for years, but Grant stood firmly by Aurelia’s side.

Eleanor turned her gaze back to Lauren.

“I can’t wait any longer,” Lauren insisted, her voice cracking with emotion.

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By the time she even got a chance to talk to him, Lauren would be dead-either from Aurelia’s torments or from starvation!

She was still recovering from childbirth, for heaven’s sake.

How could Aurelia be so cruel as to deny a new mother food and shelter?

She was nothing but a heartless orphan with no morals at all.

The only thing that mattered now was escaping Aurelia’s clutches.

Eleanor’s already grim expression turned even more

thunderous at Lauren’s words.

There was no justification for them to run away in Aurelia’s stead, not by any stretch of the imagination.

What would that make them if they fled? Cowards scurrying off to avoid a fight?

“Mom!” Lydia’s voice cut through the tense silence.

Eleanor shot her a sharp look, irritation sharpening her tone. “What now?”

“Come with us. Leave New York to Dominic and all his

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Cold, hard reality had finally sunk in for them-only by escaping this city could they hope to find any peace.

Eleanor still hesitated, the very thought of fleeing rankling her pride, but the memory of Aurelia’s relentless torment over the past twenty-four hours weighed heavily on her mind.

She could take no more of this.

In the end, worn down by Lydia and Lauren’s relentless pleas, she nodded her assent and headed straight for the car, bound for the airport.

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