Everything was now in the past, and they had no way of turning back. Aurora was in her bed, her fingers gently tapping on the keyboard upon seeing the private message. For three years, she hadn’t replied to any of Hayden’s messages, but today she responded for the first time: “Yes, I’m back.” Though it was just a short sentence, she reviewed it several times and, at the moment of sending it, a smile curled at the corner of her mouth.
Hayden had never expected a reply, but his phone vibrated suddenly in his hand. The excitement made him fumble, and the phone smacked right into his face. He even thought it was a dream, but after rubbing his eyes, reality set in-it was truly a message from Aurora. Her profile picture was still the couple avatar they had used together, although he had changed his under Susan’s insistence. Seeing that lonely avatar now, he felt a twinge of guilt and quickly replied, “Aurora, where are you? I want to see you.”
Fearing she might go offline and ignore him again, Hayden waited anxiously. Aurora didn’t hesitate and typed a few words: “Find me, and I’ll see you.” Buoyed by her message, Hayden sent dozens of messages in quick succession: “Where are you?” “What’s your phone number?” “Are you doing well?” and so on.
Aurora snorted coldly and closed the app. How could Hayden possibly know where she was? Even the Montgomery family was unaware of her return. The two messages she had sent him were enough to throw him into turmoil, and soon, his relationship with Susan would deteriorate further. Susan was sensitive and wanted to keep Hayden tightly under her control. This incident served as a warning, and she would only tighten her grip. But the more you try to hold onto sand, the faster it slips through your fingers, especially when it involves a man who doesn’t love you.
From the messages Hayden had sent over the last three years, it was clear he still thought of her. The more he did, the more Aurora found him repulsive, especially since he was the one who had wronged her in the past. Now that he had chosen to be with Susan, yet he was doing things that betrayed her. If he thought she was still the naive girl from before, he was sorely mistaken! This was just the beginning.
She intended to disturb the peace of both the Simmons and Montgomery families, making them suffer far more than she ever did. That night, Aurora slept peacefully with her phone by her side, unaware that the man in a distant villa was up all night. In the middle of the night, he smoked a cigar in the courtyard, his face shrouded in smoke and looking utterly desolate. The woman he longed for never showed up.
Three years ago, she had deceived him once, and now, grown and changed, she had tricked him again. Julian’s cigar snapped in his hand. “Little bunny, even if you grow wings, I can still clip them,” he muttered, a vicious gleam in his eyes and veins throbbing on his hand.
An unsatisfied man is truly frightening! At one in the morning, after washing up and going to bed, he couldn’t stop thinking about how the little bunny had lain beside him the previous night. After tossing in bed for the tenth time, he decided to try his luck and called Aurora again.
The phone rang, “Beep… Beep…” and to his surprise, it connected. Sitting up in bed, thrilled yet cursing at her audacity to turn on her phone yet ignore his messages, he waited. Aurora, half-asleep, answered without looking, her voice lazy and soft: “Hello…”
Hearing her soft, unintentional moan, it was like a bucket of water dousing the flames on his body.