Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

Chapter 041: I'm Giving You Three More Seconds

"Hello..." Aurora was muddled with sleep and, finding no one speaking on the other

end, drifted back to sleep. Julian had a lot to say, but upon hearing her faint breathing, all words caught in his throat, knowing without seeing that the woman on the other end was sleeping soundly. He pictured her curled up like a small shrimp, so visibly insecure. Would waking her make it hard for her to fall back asleep? This thought inexplicably popped into his mind! The anger in his heart dissipated with her greeting, and he found himself unwilling to disturb her sleep. Julian suddenly felt foolish, as if he were bewitched! She had tricked him first; why couldn't he be as ruthless with her as he was with others? Though he spoke of it, in the end, he said nothing and did not disturb her. He switched his phone to speaker and placed it beside him, making it feel as if she was right there with him. Sleep, which had eluded him until then, slowly overtook him, and the furious man finally fell asleep.

The next day, he woke up early, before dawn, and got up to wash. Aurora was obviously still sleeping. Last night, he had checked all the major hotels in the city and found no record of Aurora staying in any. He was curious about where this woman could be hiding. After taking a bath, he went downstairs for breakfast.

The butler was surprised. Normally, Julian wouldn't come down until after seven, but today, he was down by six. "Sir, why are you up so early today?" the butler asked, having just gotten up himself. "Shh," Julian gestured for silence, as if afraid of startling someone. The butler then noticed the phone on speaker in his hand; had he located Miss Montgomery?

spend the night with Julian, but he returned home last night full of rage. It had been a long time since the butler had seen him so angry; Aurora

at Julian today, his mood seemed much calmer, though his expression was still stern. That morning, the mansion felt like a pantomime. Any slight noise seemed to draw Julian's immediate and intimidating gaze,

flipped through a magazine until finally, a voice broke the morning's silence over the phone. "Ah, no classes this morning, right?" a groggy voice sounded. "It seems not, but we have an exam this afternoon." "Then I won't go this morning." A woman's voice came through, one Julian clearly remembered from the woman who had flirted with him

It was still early, and the roads were clear of traffic; it

freshen up, still oblivious to the phone and having completely forgotten about last night's call, unaware of his furious approach. Taking advantage of her

number displayed that seemed vaguely familiar. Perhaps it was a spam call? When she received the message from Julian yesterday, she only paid attention to his words and the exclamation marks, not bothering to check the sender's number. Moreover, in the villa, it was the butler who dialed the number before handing her the phone. The list Asher gave her contained only Julian's work number, so Aurora never thought that last night's call

was about to leave the room. "Hello, who is this?" she asked. Julian had already heard rustling sounds through the phone, confirming that Aurora was

mushroom cloud! At that moment, Aurora stepped out of the dorm, just in time to see the cool supercar from last night parked not far from the dorm's main gate. A man in a white shirt, slim-fit cropped trousers, and sneakers leaned against the car. He looked several years younger today without his suit and tie, one hand in his pocket and the other holding the phone, a smirk playing on his lips. A breeze tousled his fine hair as passing