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 view of everyone

a stack of bills from the car and hurl them

"Your compensation for today."

would wordlessly bend down to collect

funds. Once she had accumulated enough, she could disappear entirely

leave no trace behind—not a fragment of bone, not a scrap of

Evangeline's birthday, Nolan orchestrated an extravagant celebration.His devotion to Evangeline was evident

had spread that the roses alone-one million blooms adorning the entire venue-had

wore that evening had been designed by

their entrance arm in arm,

handsome and distinguished as ever, though the woman at his side was

recall their

magnificent and grand. Their friends and

for her as they walked hand

ancestral ring upon her finger, declaring that wearing his ring meant she was his, from that moment forward, and they would never be

of hushed

through Aurelia Thorne's mind? She and Nolan were childhood sweethearts, and he cherished her beyond measure,

in the city witnessed how deeply Nolan

her to such

that tragedy, they'd likely have a child

anyone understand the mindset of such a venomous

A woman like that

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