Chapter 105

The muffled groans of the man and the woman's prolonged moans penetrated the silence, while Aurelia stood outside like a hollow shell, so numb she couldn't even feel the tears streaming down her face.

The sounds of intimacy persisted throughout the night. At dawn, Nolan finally opened the door and fixed her with an icy stare.

"Clean this room."

She surveyed the "battlefield" littered with discarded condoms, her heart constricting painfully, but she remained silent, merely nodding in acquiescence.

Evangeline emerged from the bathroom bearing visible evidence of the night's passion across her skin.

Noticing the scene, she hesitated momentarily before taking Nolan's arm and pleading, "Nolan, it's ancient history now. Just let Aurelia go."

Nolan's lips curled into a smile that never warmed his eyes. "She wants money. I pay her to work for me. It's a straightforward transaction-how is that not letting

her go?"

He then turned and embraced Evangeline, his tone softening noticeably.

"Don't worry. Before our wedding, I'll ensure she vanishes completely."

In the days that followed, wherever Nolan and Evangeline went, Aurelia was forced to accompany them.

When drinks were offered, he made her consume them in his place until she was disoriented, repeatedly vomiting in the restroom, yet he refused to let her stop.

During meals, he commanded her to serve Evangeline as though she were household staff-peeling prawns, deboning fish, wiping Evangeline's hands, even escorting her to the ladies' room.

affection on Evangeline in full

would impassively extract a stack of bills from

"Your compensation for today."

of such deliberate humiliation, she never betrayed any reaction. She would wordlessly bend down to collect the sullied money, carefully tucking

had accumulated enough, she

not a scrap of flesh.It

extravagant celebration.His devotion to Evangeline was evident

to Evangeline's preferences. Word had spread that the roses

had been designed by Nolan's mother herself, intended for her

in arm, immediately

as ever, though the

but recall their

been equally magnificent and grand. Their friends

her as

finger, declaring that wearing his ring meant she was his, from that

of hushed conversations interrupted her

Thorne's mind? She and Nolan were childhood sweethearts, and he cherished her beyond measure, treating her like the most

city witnessed

her to such an

not for that tragedy, they'd

anyone understand the mindset of such a venomous woman? Her current circumstances are nothing less than she

that deserves

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