Billionaire’s Regret After Losing Her (Aurelia) novel Chapter 5

Chapter 5 Don’t Sue Lauren

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Thinking of the Maplecrest design she’d worked on for months, Aurelia’s gaze toward Dominic grew even more coldly mocking.

The air fell silent.

When Dominic finally spoke, his voice was strained. “What do you mean? You’re going to sue her? For what?”

When he heard ‘lawyer,‘ his heart lurched.

The warmth in his eyes completely vanished.

“What do you think?” Her voice dripped with sarcasm. “Dominic, my design for the Maplecrest tourism project got rejected—and you were the one who told me that, right?

“So tell me was it my design that got rejected, or did you just hand it over to someone else?”

Complete silence.

Even the rain and wind outside couldn’t break the tension.

She glanced at his hand still gripping the door frame. “Can you let go now?”

Higexpression stiffened.

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“This isn’t what you think.”

“Don’t say another word,” she cut him off. “Save it for the judge.”

“Aurelia!”

“Let go.”

“Do we really have to destroy our family like this?”

She fell silent.

This was what heartbreak felt like.

“Family… right.”

He wasn’t going to give her a real explanation–probably because he couldn’t.

But throwing around the word ‘family‘ right now? Disgusting.

She pressed harder against the door. His grip tightened.

“You can’t sue her. She just gave birth.”

Silence.

She just gave birth. What a joke. 2/9

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Aurelia had lost two babies because of Lauren. Dominic never believed she was pregnant–thought she was just being dramatic. Now that she wanted to sue Lauren, suddenly he cared?

She closed her eyes, then lifted her leg and kicked him again.

This time he was ready. Instinct made him release the door to dodge.

Before he could react, the door slammed shut with a loud bang.

“Aurelia, open the door. Let’s talk.”

He pounded like a madman.

Her face was ice–cold as she leaned against the door. “You’ll hear from my lawyer.”

His chest tightened even more.

She went straight to the bedroom and shut that door too.

Then buried herself under the covers, blocking out everything.

The doorbell and pounding continued for ages before finally stopping.

She drifted in and out of restless sleep, weak and plagued by 3/9

nightmares.

ares.

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In the middle of the night, someone shook her awake.

“Aurelia, wake up.”

She was freezing one moment, burning up the next–her body

couldn’t decide which.

Groggily, she opened her eyes to see Chloe.

“Chloe.”

“You have a fever. I’m taking you to the hospital.”

Chloe’s voice was urgent.

She’d been worried all evening and finally came over with her housekeeper.

Thank God she did.

If the fever had lasted until morning, there could have been brain damage.

Chloe’s phone kept buzzing–Dominic calling.

She was beyond annoyed.

Only after getting Aurelia into the car did she answer. “What?”

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“Tell Aurelia that no matter how angry she is at Lauren, she needs to wait until Lauren’s recovered.”

“Dominic, go to hell!”

Through the speaker, Aurelia caught his words in her dazed state, and her heart grew colder.

Chloe glanced at frail Aurelia beside her.

Furious, she continued. “You care so much about Lauren’s recovery, but your wife-”

Before she could finish, the phone was snatched away.

Chloe turned to see Aurelia had grabbed it and hung up.

“What are you doing? I was about to destroy him!”

She was furious–and she’d only been watching. How had Aurelia endured actually living through it?

She looked at her friend, her heart breaking.

“He doesn’t believe anything anyway,” Aurelia said quietly. “Talking to him is pointless.”

Chloe fell silent.

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the last six months?

Dominic didn’t just ignore it–he kept pushing further. Now he’d even gone to the hospital for Lauren’s delivery.

The thought alone made her blood boil.

Aurelia’s eyes narrowed. “Don’t mention my miscarriage to him anymore.”

“Why not?”

Why? He’d never believed she was actually pregnant in the first place.

Years of marriage, and they couldn’t even trust each other about something that basic. What was left to fight for?

“We’re getting divorced anyway,” Aurelia said flatly. “I want it clean. No loose ends.”

And she definitely didn’t want Dominic’s guilt.

Guilt had a way of keeping people trapped.

Chloe understood, and her heart ached more. “That bastard.”

She was so angry.

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Let me get you to the hospital first.”

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Seeing how listless Aurelia was, Chloe didn’t say more.

They’d been so good together once. Now they’d reached the point where she couldn’t even muster up hate. There was just nothing left.

Chloe rushed her ill friend to the hospital.

And wouldn’t you know it–they ran into Dominic and Lauren.

Dominic was carrying a baby, with several people following.

Lauren sat in a wheelchair.

Lauren sat in a wheelchair, being pushed along as she followed. Tears streamed down her face. “Dominic, the baby has to be okay. Please.”

“Don’t worry, he’ll be fine.” His voice was gentle as he comforted Lauren.

This kind of sincere tenderness–probably the first time Aurelia had heard it in six months.

Completely different from how he dismissed her.

She could hear it clearly–he was genuinely trying to comfort Lauren.

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As they passed, Dominic noticed her. He stopped, lips parting as if to speak.

But before he could, Lauren cried harder. “Dominic, if something happens to this baby, I won’t survive it. I won’t.”

In the end, he pulled his gaze from Aurelia’s pale face and strode off.

The group pushed Lauren’s wheelchair to keep up.

Aurelia might not have cared about being angry anymore, but Chloe was trembling with rage.

“Dominic, you stop right there, you piece of shit-”

“Hey? Aurelia!”

Aurelia, who had been leaning on her, suddenly started sliding toward the floor. Chloe frantically caught her.

Dominic, who had just reached the elevator, instinctively turned at Chloe’s shouts.

He saw Chloe holding Aurelia and screaming. “Doctor! Doctor! Someone help!”

His stomach dropped.

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Without thinking, he shoved the baby into someone else’s arms