Marry Ex's Billionaire Uncle After Divorce (Aurora and Jasper) novel Chapter 296

(Aurora’s POV)

His lips found my earlobe, then my cheek, and then there was no more talking. I reached back instinctively and grabbed his forearm, which did absolutely nothing except give him something to be amused about.

I managed to get out, “I haven’t showered yet.”

“I’ll help you with that,” he said, low and unhurried.

Before I could respond, I was off the ground. The sound I made got swallowed before it finished forming.

The bathroom filled with steam. Hot water, white fog on the glass, the whole world reduced to heat and the sound of water. I tilted my head back and stopped trying to find something to hold onto.

I don’t remember much after that. Only that I was crying at the end, and that he kissed the tears from the corner of my eye and said, very quietly, that it was still early and he wasn’t finished yet. I didn’t argue. I couldn’t.

When I opened my eyes again, the room was completely dark outside the windows. I lay still for a moment, pleasantly blank, and thought about going back to sleep.

“It’s eight o’clock,” Phineas said.

He was propped on one elbow beside me, watching me with that particular expression he had – patient, slightly entertained, giving nothing away.

“Eight in the morning?”

“Eight in the evening.”

1 stared at him.

“The next day,” he added.

I sat up. Or tried to. “You didn’t wake me up?”

“I did. Three times.” He didn’t look even slightly apologetic. “You didn’t respond.”

“1- – your parents. We were supposed to-”

“I called them. It’s handled. The Everett family doesn’t stand on ceremony about the morning-after visit.” He reached over and lifted me, settling me directly onto his lap before I had the chance to object. “You need to eat. Your blood sugar’s been running on nothing since yesterday morning.”

Three Days

“Put me down.”

He raised an eyebrow and set me on my feet.

My legs buckled immediately. I grabbed the bedpost with both hands, my knees genuinely unsteady, a dull ache running from my lower back all the way down.

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