Marry Ex's Billionaire Uncle After Divorce (Aurora and Jasper) novel Chapter 105

Chapter 70: Probing–2

He expected defensiveness. Or the smooth deflection of someone used to talking their way around things.

Phineas didn’t do either. He was quiet for a moment, and then he said, “I know what she went through. Her divorce attorney is Gavin Sterling. He’s one of my closest friends.”

Leo blinked.

“I’m not careless with people,” Phineas said. It wasn’t a speech. Just a statement, delivered without emphasis, which somehow made it land harder. He stood, picked up his coffee cup, and walked toward the kitchen.

Leo watched him go.

He still didn’t know what to make of him. But the question had gotten heavier, not lighter.

In the kitchen, Aurora was standing at the counter slicing bread when she heard footsteps behind her. She glanced back.

“You don’t have to help,” she said.

“I know.” Phineas picked up a dish towel anyway and leaned against the counter beside her. Martha, stirring something at the stove, looked over at him with undisguised approval and immediately found a reason to step out of the room.

Aurora kept slicing.

Then, from somewhere outside – from the street below – came the sound of a car pulling up fast. A door. Footsteps on the stairs, too quick and too heavy to be a resident.

Aurora went still.

She knew that rhythm.

The knock on the door was sharp. Aggressive. And then Jasper’s voice, barely contained: “Aurora. Open the door.”

Her stomach dropped. She turned to Phineas immediately, keeping her voice low. “Please – go to the bathroom. Just for a few minutes. I’ll explain later.”

Phineas looked at her. His expression didn’t shift. He nodded once and stepped away from

the counter without a word.

Aurora exhaled, crossed to the door, and opened it.

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Chapter 70 Probing 2

Jasper was standing in the hallway with his jaw set and his eyes hard. He pushed inside before she could say anything.

“Who was at the hospital this morning?” His voice was controlled, but only just. “The man who drove you. Who is he?”

“A relative.” Aurora kept her voice flat. “It’s none of your business.”

“And the bone marrow donor? Who arranged that?”

“Someone who actually wanted to help.” She crossed her arms. “Unlike your family, who apparently thought Leo’s life was a good bargaining chip.”

“I didn’t know about that agreement. My mother acted without – ”

“Jasper.” She cut him off. “I don’t care. I genuinely don’t care whose idea it was. You want to talk about it? Talk to Gavin Sterling. That’s what he’s there for.” She moved to the door and held it open. “We’re done here.”

His eyes swept the room. Martha stood near the kitchen doorway, arms folded, saying nothing. Leo sat on the couch, watching with the particular stillness of someone deciding whether to get up.

Jasper’s gaze returned to Aurora. “You’ve got someone backing you. That’s why you’re not backing down.”

“I’m not backing down because I’m right,” she said. “Now get out.”

He stood there for another moment. Then he walked out.

She closed the door.

The apartment was very quiet. Aurora stood with her hand still on the doorknob and listened to his footsteps recede down the stairs, then the distant sound of the building door, then nothing. She moved to the window and waited until she saw his car pull away from the curb and disappear around the corner.

Martha hadn’t moved. She was watching Aurora with an expression that was harder to read than usual – not quite worried, not quite satisfied.

Leo said nothing either.

Aurora walked to the bathroom door and knocked lightly. “You can come out.”

The door opened. Phineas stepped out, unhurried, straightening his sleeve. He looked exactly as he had before – composed, unbothered, as though he’d simply stepped away for a glass of

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