Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

Chapter 124 Driving out the Demons

Aurora was lying in bed, plotting her next move, when her phone suddenly buzzed with a text message. A slight smile curved her lips at the sight of the number.

"How's it going?" The message was brief, but she could imagine the expression of the person who sent it.

"Everything's settled. Don't wait for me in the next few days. I'll be staying with the Montgomery family to exorcise the demons." Aurora quickly typed and sent her reply. Julian, upon reading her text, couldn't help but chuckle, but his mood grew colder as he thought she wouldn't be coming home soon.

"Who am I supposed to sleep with if you're not here?" he shamelessly asked.

"I'll send you a bed companion to sleep with from now on," Aurora joked back, grabbing a rabbit plush toy she played with as a child and sending him a picture.

"So, when you slept with me before, you were just my bed companion?" Julian would certainly raise an eyebrow when he typed these words.

"Mr. Barnet, aren't you busy?"

"Busy thinking of you," came the smooth reply, a line only a man in love could deliver so well that Aurora felt her cheeks burning and her heart racing just reading it.

"Miss, lunch is ready. Please come down," the maid knocked on the door and called out.

"Okay, I'm coming down now." Aurora pushed open the door and descended the stairs, where the others were already seated.

Genevieve greeted her warmly as she arrived, "Aurora, dear, come quickly. I had the cook make your favorite braised pork ribs."

Her kindly demeanor could fool anyone into thinking she was Aurora's own mother, a fact Genevieve wasn't naive about, especially in front of Magnus.

It was time for the real confrontation. Aurora slowly sat down. "Thank you, Genevieve."

"Of course, I've always considered you my own daughter. How could a mother forget her child's favorites?" Genevieve replied cheerily.

true. A mother would remember her child's favorite dishes, but

face immediately. Aurora had

Magnus. "Genevieve must have remembered it wrong. Dad

My memory is getting worse," Genevieve laughed

Aurora. After all these years, you still remember what I love,"

ribs Mom made when I was a child. But she's no longer

trailed off, her tone tinged with sorrow, leaving Magnus feeling a profound sense of regret for only failing her

a pang of longing to Magnus's

sorry for not taking good care of your mother."

predestined. Mom taught me how to make

his heart soften. "Aurora,

closer, Genevieve grew uneasy, and she quickly signaled Ivy and Zachary

serve Magnus during meals at home, but Ivy quickly picked up

Magnus a pig's trotter. Seeing what each

so fresh.

pig's trotter will help nourish

removed the pig's trotter and shrimp from his plate,

Ivy slammed her fork down on the table. "Are you the only

We're just trying to help Dad. Why are you

wiped her mouth and calmly replied, "If you really cared about Dad, how could you not know

deflated at

can you be around me so long and still not know what

I'm sorry.

out in hives. Who would be responsible

think Ivy and Zachary just mean well. Let me get you some soup. You can