Chapter 276 She’s Not Dying
That was a lie. Lauren hadn’t gotten any call.
She just said it for Eleanor’s benefit.
And the only reason she bothered saying it at all was because Eleanor’s attitude toward her had turned ice cold.
Lauren knew exactly why Eleanor felt bold enough to treat her this way.
Sure, Eleanor was the matriarch of one of New York’s most powerful families. Still, Lauren had spent enough years in the Hawthorne family to see through her. Eleanor only cared about what you could do for her.
When Lauren had value, when she brought something valuable to the table, Eleanor treated her like treasure.
But the second Eleanor sensed that Lauren had nothing left to offer, she wouldn’t even treat her like a human being.
Aurelia was proof enough of that.
Eleanor went quiet after hearing what Lauren said.
Lauren pressed on, “Aurelia isn’t coming after us because of the baby she lost.”
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Eleanor’s voice sharpened. “Then what is it?”
“You know exactly why. Only you know the real reason. This time, she’s targeting the entire Hawthorne family because of you.”
Eleanor’s voice came out tight. “You-”
“If she was getting revenge for the kid, she would’ve been done already. But then she suddenly decides not to divorce and comes back to the Hawthorne family? There’s gotta be something else going on.” Lauren’s mind was sharp as ever.
Eleanor wanted to pin all of Aurelia’s revenge on her? Not a
chance.
The kid? If it was really about the kid, then what Aurelia had already done was more than enough revenge. The Hawthorne family, Marilyn, and Lauren herself-hadn’t they all lost enough? And now she was nothing in New York.
Lauren’s sharp tongue left Eleanor’s face turning dark with
anger.
She glanced at Lauren. “So what do you think brought her back to Hawthorne Manor?”
“You should know better than me. Didn’t I already tell you?
She came back for you this time.”
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Aurelia was definitely after Eleanor. Lauren could feel it. Ever since Aurelia returned, the hatred in her eyes when she looked at Eleanor was impossible to miss.
Even when her expression seemed calm, that deep-seated hatred burned through. She couldn’t hide it if she tried.
Just as they were about to continue, Kellen burst through the door, knocking frantically. “Mrs. Eleanor Hawthorne, something’s wrong! Ms. Lydia Hawthorne just collapsed!”
“What?” Eleanor’s face went pale with shock.
Hearing that Lydia had collapsed, Eleanor couldn’t think about anything else. She rushed downstairs in a panic.
Eleanor came downstairs and found Dominic standing in the living room.
He was yelling at Aurelia, demanding the car keys so he could. take Lydia to the hospital.
Aurelia held a cup of coffee in her hand, and when Dominic kept shouting, she said coldly, “Hospital? For that tiny scratch? She’s not dying.”
“Aurelia!” Dominic’s voice exploded with rage.
Her words felt like venom, and he couldn’t believe how cruel 3/6 she sounded.
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He’d walked all the way home today, and he was already furious about that, but now hearing Aurelia’s ice-cold response made him feel like his chest was going to explode.
Aurelia’s eyes cut to him like shards of glass. “Am I wrong? I had a miscarriage and bled everywhere, and you all said it was just my period, that I wasn’t going to die. Your sister has this tiny cut and loses a few drops of blood, and you’re panicking?”
Dominic and Eleanor both went silent.
The entire living room sank into a heavy, suffocating atmosphere.
Eleanor rushed down the stairs and positioned herself next to Dominic and Lydia, then screamed at Aurelia, “If someone hurt you, go settle the score with them! Why are you taking it out on us? You vicious woman, do you want all of us dead?”
Aurelia sneered, “You know what? Death really would solve everything.”
Dominic and Eleanor both went silent.
The words hung in the air like poison, and the entire room plunged into darkness.
Eleanor and Dominic stared at Aurelia, and the air felt suffocating.
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Aurelia set down her water glass and looked at them with a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “Do you want to die?”
She was smiling, but there was something unhinged about it.
It was the kind of crazy that made you think she might grab the knife from the fruit plate and stab someone without a second thought.
Eleanor had been screaming and throwing her weight around just moments ago when Dominic came back, but now she felt her anger collapse.
She’d forgotten that Aurelia’s people had slapped her right in front of Dominic, and he couldn’t do a damn thing about it.
She’d actually thought that with Dominic back, she could finally put Aurelia in her place.
But she couldn’t.
The realization hit Eleanor hard, and it stung.
Dominic stared at Aurelia with his lips pressed into a thin line, and his eyes were ice cold.
Right then, Lydia started coughing in his arms and moved
weakly.
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She opened her eyes groggily and saw that Dominic was holding her.
In that instant, tears welled up, and her throat tightened with
emotion.
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