I Rejected My Obsessive Werebeast novel Chapter 16

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Chapter 16

Aurora’s POV

Phoebe tried to kill herself?

My fingers tightened around the phone.

“Mom,” I said slowly, forcing myself to stay calm. “What exactly happened?”

“What happened?” she snapped, her voice shaking with anger. “Your sister locked herself in her room last night and tried to cut her wrist! If your father and I hadn’t found her in time, she would have died!”

I closed my eyes.

Of course this was what Phoebe would do after humiliated in public.

When screaming did not work, she would pretend to die and somehow that always got back everyone’s attention. And then it would become my fault.

“What does that have to do with me?” I asked.

There was a sharp inhale on the other end of the line.

“You still dare to ask that? Aurora Collins, how did I raise such a cold- blooded daughter?” Mom hissed. “Phoebe kept crying your name. She said you destroyed her. She said you took Connor away from her and humiliated her in front of everyone!”

I almost laughed.

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“I took Connor away from her?” I repeated. “Connor was my werebeast/ first.”

“That is not the point!” Mom shouted. “The point is that your sister is fragile! You know how much trauma she went through in the Lower District! You should have been more gentle with her!”

There it was again.

The Lower District.

That one single excuse that covered all of Phoebe’s mistakes. And I had to forgive her every time because I was the lucky one.

A bitter feeling twisted in my chest.

“I’m at work,” I said coldly. “I’ll come later.”

“No. You come back now,” Mom ordered. “Immediately.”

Before I could answer, she hung up.

I stared at the dark screen for a long moment.

The racetrack was still loud around me. Engines roared in the distance. A few werebeasts were still watching Silas with envy and curiosity.

But suddenly, all the warmth from a moment ago was gone.

Silas had been standing beside me the whole time. His expression had darkened.

“I’ll come with you,” he said.

I shook my head. “You just got this job. You don’t have to get involved in my family’s mess.”

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“I want to.”

Silas-

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He stepped closer and took my hand. His palm was warm and steady. “I said I wanted to become someone who could stand beside you. This is part of it.”

My heart softened.

I looked at him and suddenly felt that strange, warm ache again.

“Okay then,” I said with a bitter smile. “Guess you’re meeting my family.

My family lived in the finest part of the city, where the high–ranked human lived. And the moment we arrived at the Collins house, I knew this would be another performance.

The front door was wide open.

The servants were rushing back and forth. A doctor’s car was parked in the driveway. My mother’s sharp sobbing came from the living room, mixed with Phoebe’s weak crying.

Silas got out first and opened my door for me.

I took a deep breath and walked inside.

Phoebe was lying on the living room couch. Her wrist was wrapped in a thick bandage, but I noticed right away that there was barely any blood on the gauze.

My father sat beside her with a grim expression. My mother knelt beside the couch, holding Phoebe’s good hand like she was afraid Phoebe would

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disappear if she let go.

The second they saw me, the whole room went silent.

Then Phoebe began to cry harder.

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“Aurora…” she whispered. “Why did you even come back? Are you here to see if I’m dead yet?”

“No,” I said flatly. “Mom called me.”

Mom snapped her head toward me.

“Is that all you have to say?” she demanded. “Your sister almost died because of you!”

“Because of me?” I let out a sneer.

“Don’t play dumb!” Mom stood up, her eyes full of anger. “Everyone knows what happened at the alumni party. You embarrassed her in public. You let that werebeast of yours threaten her. You even made Connor get taken away!”

I frowned. “So Connor violated the contract and got punished because of me? It’s not my fault he never liked Phoebe.”

Phoebe let out a loud, choking sound and dropped back down on the couch. Mom’s face twisted with rage.

Dad finally spoke. His voice was lower, but no less cold.

“Aurora, Phoebe has always been sensitive. We left her in the Lower District while you grew up here with everything.”

I looked at him.

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