Theodore avoided her gaze. "I don't want to treat you as a substitute. It's not fair to you. Even if I use you to relieve the torment in my heart, once Rose returns, I would abandon you without mercy."

"Then what if..." Aurora's voice was hoarse as she spoke. "What if I'm willing to be that substitute? What if I want to give it a try?"

She really wanted to try. Even if she started off as a substitute, the woman he loved had already married another man. There was no longer any possibility between them.

She still had a chance to be the real thing. Everything would work out if she could make this man fall in love with her.

"You're willing to be a substitute?" Theodore hadn't expected Aurora to say such a thing.

"Can you let me try? I don't mind if you see me as her, just as long as you don't call her name in front of me."

Aurora had never thought she could compromise this much. In front of the man she loved, she had even given up her dignity. She had never done anything like this for a man before.

Theodore sighed helplessly. "How can you be so foolish? We barely know each other. What's so good about me?"

"I don't know what's so good about you, either. You say such hurtful things and you're so cold, but I can't help it. Feelings are hard to control, just like how you can't control your love for your ex-wife even though she's married to another man. I can't control my feelings for you, either, even though you still love your ex-wife."

on his chest. He felt uneasy,

shed so many tears

reached out and gently wiped the tears from Aurora's face. "Don't cry. It

reached out to wipe her tears away, Aurora was overjoyed. She felt like she

hand away in shock. "What did you call

Seeing her intense reaction,

replied, "This

being

out Rose's name once. How do

to tolerate being

substitute?"

He was deliberately provoking her, making it unbearable for

said, don't call her name

do

call out her name? Even in bed, I would call out her name. In fact, I'd have to stick her photo on your face, or else I wouldn't be able to sleep with you.

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