Billionaire’s Regret After Losing Her (Aurelia) novel Chapter 243

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Lydia didn’t want to admit it, but she genuinely had no idea what tactics Aurelia had employed to keep Grant so hooked.

Grant was even willing to sacrifice his friendship with Dominic for Aurelia.

Eleanor and Lauren both fell silent when they heard Lydia’s question, and they exchanged helpless glances.

Truth was, they had no clue either what Aurelia’s secret was.

“I’ll figure something out,” Lauren said through gritted teeth.

She was determined to make Aurelia lose this powerful backer completely.

It looked like this was going to take more effort than anticipated, and given Aurelia’s current attitude toward them, they couldn’t afford to drag this out much longer.

Lydia hummed in agreement.

Eleanor added, “From now on, just do whatever Lauren tells you to do.”

The three of them had never been this united before.

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starving,” Eleanor said.

She never would have touched street vendor bread before, but right now she was desperate.

Two days had passed, and they hadn’t eaten anything. They couldn’t get into restaurants or hotels, so they couldn’t just keep starving like this.

When people got desperate enough, they’d eat anything.

Lydia rushed off to buy the bread.

But she came back almost immediately, empty-handed and ashen.

Eleanor took one look at her daughter’s empty hands, and a sinking feeling settled in her stomach.

Sure enough, Lydia said, “Mom, my phone’s payment got restricted. I can’t buy anything.”

It wasn’t just restricted spending anymore.

They hadn’t realized it until now, but none of them could access the money in their accounts.

“What?” Eleanor’s voice came out sharp.

their

Their phone payments were blocked?

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That damn Aurelia.

“I don’t have any cash on me either,” Eleanor said, turning to

Lauren.

Lauren shook her head. “Me neither.”

None of them carried cash anymore.

Eleanor and Lauren quickly checked their own phones, and sure enough, all their payment methods were blocked too.

The three of them nearly passed out from sheer rage.

So this was it then? Their only option was to crawl back and beg for Aurelia’s condescending charity?

“What are we supposed to do now?” Lydia’s voice cracked. “Do we really have to go back and eat that garbage?”

She thought about the meal Aurelia had set out for them that morning, and her stomach turned.

It had looked like pig slop, honestly-completely unappetizing and borderline disgusting.

“Well, what else do you suggest?” Eleanor snapped through gritted teeth.

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Right now, with Aurelia pushing her this hard, Eleanor was more determined than ever to make sure Lydia stole Grant

away.

Lauren’s expression wasn’t any better.

The moment she heard Lydia talking about going back to eat that garbage, she wanted to call Marilyn and tell her to get her ass back from Germany immediately.

She really couldn’t take this anymore.

But with Eleanor and Lydia right there, she couldn’t make the call, so she fired off a long text to Marilyn instead.

Lauren basically told her how Aurelia was strutting around the Hawthorne family like she owned the place and making Lauren’s life hell.

If this were the old Marilyn, the one who’d always been fiercely protective, she would’ve flown back immediately to tear into Aurelia.

But today, after sending that message, Lauren waited and waited.

Their car was almost back to the city when Marilyn’s reply finally came through.

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Marilyn replied simply: [If you really can’t handle it, apologize

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to Aurelia first and get through this crisis.]

When Lauren read that message, her entire body went stiff.

She couldn’t believe these words were coming from Marilyn, and she even wondered if Ray had replied for her.

She actually wanted her to apologize to Aurelia?

What did that mean?

Was it because things weren’t going well for her in Germany?

But even so, she couldn’t expect Lauren to grovel to Aurelia.

That bitch-did she even deserve it?

Lauren felt like she couldn’t breathe as she shoved her phone back into her bag, making sure Eleanor and Lydia didn’t see what Marilyn had sent her.

Even Marilyn had caved and told Aurelia to back down.

It looked like the mess in Germany really wasn’t going well for

her.

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Back at Hawthorne Manor, Gareth took a call outside and then Walked over to Aurelia. “Miss, there’s someone at the gate

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claiming to be Kellen from the Drake family. She says she’s here to take care of Lauren.”

Kellen? Someone from the Drake family?

She must be the same person who was looking after Lauren at the hospital before.

Which meant the Drakes probably knew about everything Lauren had done by now.

Otherwise, why would they send Kellen over at a time like this?

“Let her in,” Aurelia said.

“Miss, are you sure-” Gareth started.

“Some truths only come out when the right people are in the room together,” Aurelia cut in smoothly.

Lauren was probably losing her mind right now, stuck between a rock and a hard place with no way out.

After all, the things she’d done-she wouldn’t dare breathe a word of them to anyone in the Hawthorne family.

But if someone from the Drake family showed up? That changed everything.

Gareth nodded, understanding immediately. “Got it.

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He paused, then added, “I’ve already stationed security at the entry points just in case.”

“Good,” Aurelia said with a slight nod.

Eleanor and Lydia, thought leaving was easy and coming back would be just as simple?

The Hawthorne Manor sat in an absolutely pristine location, miles away from the main city roads.

The drive back from the city to the manor’s private road stretched on for several more kilometers.

For most people, that distance wouldn’t mean much.

But for women who’d spent years living in luxury, walking that kind of distance would destroy their legs.

And today, Aurelia was going to make sure every single person in the Hawthorne family understood one thing.

Leaving was easy, but coming back? That would have been a

whole different story.

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