Once Cast-Off Wife Now Untouchable Queen novel Chapter 402

Chapter 402 Debt–Free

Tyrone knelt naturally and started tying Aella’s shoelaces.

The employees walking through the lobby looked over with envy in their eyes.

Some even secretly took photos with their phones and sent them to each other.

Aella stood still, looking down at Tyrone as he focused on her shoes.

The scene slowly overlapped with another one scaled deep in her memory.

In her previous life, Tyrone had once knelt like this before Zera, gently helping her try on shoes.

Thinking of that, Aella felt disgust rising inside her and quickly pulled her foot back.

Tyrone looked up. “What’s wrong?”

“How could I bother you with something like this? I can do it myself.”

She crouched down to tie her own shoelaces.

Tyrone straightened up, watching her closely. The warmth in his eyes slowly turned cautious.

After leaving the company together, they went to a restaurant Aella had reserved earlier.

She had chosen a quiet corner on purpose.

“You can order,” she said. “Dinner’s on me tonight. Get whatever you want.”

Tyrone told her there was no need. He had a membership card for this place.

When the restaurant first opened, the owner had sent him a VIP card loaded with a million dollars‘ credit as a favor.

He ordered two entrées and then added a chocolate truffle dessert just for her.

After the waiter served their food and left, Tyrone kindly cut Aella’s steak and switched plates with her.

When Aella didn’t say a word for a long time, Tyrone couldn’t help but ask, “So… why did you suddenly invite me to dinner?”

There was a hint of curiosity in his tone–gentle but cautious.

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Aella picked up her knife and fork. “I’m hungry. Let’s eat first.

Watching her take big bites, Tyrone smiled softly, his expression full of fondness.

But when Aella looked up and saw that rare smile, her chewing stopped.

In her memory, Tyrone was always cold and serious–quiet, distant, rarely smiling.

In two lifetimes, this was the first time she’d seen such a strange expression on him.

Halfway through the meal, the waiter brought the chocolate truffle.

Aella’s gaze froze on the dessert, and her appetite vanished instantly.

“I ordered this for you,” Tyrone said, pushing it toward her. “Try it.”

Aella lowered her eyes and calmly set down her utensils.

“I’m on a diet,” she said. “I have to cut down on sugar, so no desserts for me.”

As long as she remembered, she could never stomach chocolate truffles again.

Tyrone noticed the stiffness in her face, and his own expression darkened.

In their past life, after Aella found out he had baked a blueberry cake for Zera, she never touched another chocolate truffle.

He could still remember her red eyes and the way she had cried while calling him “disgusting.”

A sharp pain twisted in his chest. He quickly lowered his head to hide it.

No… impossible.

I’ve already tested her. She didn’t come back.

Her refusing dessert must just be a coincidence.

Suppressing his panic, Tyrone pushed the truffle aside and said lightly, “There’s a new dessert place downtown. I’ll take you there next time.”

Before he could finish, Aella slid a bank card across the table.

Tyrone stared at her, his sharp gaze cutting straight into her eyes.

Aella took a deep breath. “Tyrone Winter.”

“What did you just call me?”

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Before she could continue. Tyrone interrupted her with a cold face.

Aella inhaled again, correcting herself. “Tyrone, this card belongs to my mom. The money your finance team has been sending every month–I haven’t touched any of it. I also gathered the full amount you paid to cover the Reids‘ debt. I’ve transferred everything back to this card, principal and interest included.”

She still felt that calling him “Tyrone” was too familiar, but since they’d grown up together like she had with Brad, it was the most appropriate way to address him.

Tyrone immediately sensed the change in how she addressed him, but right now, he had something more urgent to ask.

“Did you sell the imperial emerald set?” he asked sternly.

Aella didn’t deny it.

Tyrone’s tone rose, no longer calm. “That was your mother’s family heirloom! How could sell it so easily?”

That terrifying thought flashed again through his mind, and disbelief filled his eyes.

Aella, however, remained calm.

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“Jewels or money–it’s all just material stuff,” she said. “Those pieces were left to me and Clyde by our parents. Everyone says it feels good to live debt–free, so instead of carrying a debt forever, I sold the jewelry to clear it.”

“Aella, I’m not ‘everyone‘!” Tyrone snapped, cutting her off.

Their eyes locked across the table.

Aella gave a cold smile inside.

If she hadn’t lived through it all once before, she would never have believed that in Tyrone’s heart, she meant less than a stranger.

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