Chapter 4
Aurelia had no idea why he suddenly appeared there. She instinctively jumped up and quickly put her clothes back on.
Looking at Nolan’s shattered expression, she nearly revealed the truth.
But reason quickly took hold.
She forced herself to adopt a provocative smile. “What do you mean, saved you? What are you talking
about?”
“These burns? I got them in prison when I was fighting another woman over a man.”
“Women in prison are savages. The men preferred me, and when the other women couldn’t compete, they resorted to such methods for revenge.”
Nolan’s face turned ashen with rage. Any trace of compassion vanished from his eyes as he furiously grabbed her throat, as if he could strangle the life out of her.
“Aurelia, you’re heartless!”
“Are you that desperate for men? Didn’t I satisfy you? What did our relationship mean?”
Her face reddened as she gasped for air, coughing violently. But when he released his grip, she laughed.
“What was it? It was you being devoted. It was you being so foolish!”
“Nolan, I genuinely wanted to marry you, but loving only one person for life is too difficult. The other men were just for fun. If your mother hadn’t caught me cheating and I hadn’t been forced to run her
over, we wouldn’t be where we are today.”
“After all, none of them treated me as well as you did, right?”
Nolan’s face alternated between shades of purple and white, clearly pushed to his breaking point.
He released her with disgust, his voice completely devoid of emotion.
“Aurelia, you make me sick. Loving you was the biggest regret of my life.”
With those words, he didn’t spare her another glance before storming out, slamming the door behind
him.
Finally alone in the room, she helplessly wrapped her arms around herself and slid down against the bed.
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Wasn’t this what she wanted? For him to despise her completely and never think of her again?
Then why did her heart ache so terribly?
It will pass, she told herself.
After dressing, she emerged to find Evangeline suggesting they go shopping together, with Aurelia driving.
The Creed family had chauffeurs, so Aurelia didn’t understand why Evangeline insisted she drive, but she didn’t question it.
As she sat in the driver’s seat and started the engine, Evangeline–who had been standing nearby moments before–suddenly appeared in front of the car, collapsing to the ground covered in blood.
Aurelia froze in shock. The car had barely started and hadn’t moved at all–even if it had hit Evangeline, the injuries couldn’t possibly be this severe.
So where had all that blood come from?
Before she could make sense of it, Nolan rushed to the scene.
He hurriedly lifted Evangeline, his voice filled with urgency “Evangeline, are you alright?”
Evangeline leaned weakly against his chest, casting a pitiful gaze toward Aurelia.
“Nolan, don’t blame Aurelia. I’m sure she didn’t mean it.”
As she finished speaking, she suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.
The vivid red color pierced Nolan’s eyes. He looked up coldly at Aurelia, his mind involuntarily flashing back to the image of his mother being struck by a car.
In that moment, he completely lost control.
“Aurelia, you never learn! Did Evangeline catch you sleeping with another man too, for you to do this to her?”
He carried Evangeline to the car through gritted teeth, then took the driver’s seat himself.
As the engine roared to life, Nolan’s eyes grew increasingly bloodshot.
He stared at Aurelia while images of his mother’s death and Evangeline coughing blood overlapped repeatedly, like a net trapping him completely.
His heart felt seized by invisible hands, the pain nearly suffocating him.
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But as those images and Evangeline’s moans resurfaced, he finally hardened his resolve, slammed on the accelerator, and drove straight toward Aurelia.
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