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.

"That's true. A mother would remember her child's favorite dishes, but I've always preferred roasted ribs, not

words wiped the smile off Genevieve's face immediately. Aurora had clearly done it

ribs to Magnus. "Genevieve must have remembered it wrong. Dad loves braised pork ribs

My memory is getting worse," Genevieve

thoughtful, Aurora. After all these years,

ribs Mom made when I was a child. But

with sorrow, leaving Magnus feeling a profound sense of regret for

about the braised pork brought a pang of longing to Magnus's heart

I'm sorry for not taking good care of your mother." His eyes

death are predestined. Mom taught me how to

felt his heart soften. "Aurora,

grew uneasy, and

during meals at home, but Ivy quickly picked up a large shrimp,

a pig's trotter. Seeing what each had

so fresh.

This pig's trotter will help nourish

Aurora, seeing this, removed the pig's trotter and shrimp

are you doing?" Ivy slammed her fork down on the table. "Are you the only one allowed to serve Dad, and we

too much. We're just trying to help Dad. Why are you interfering?"

really cared about Dad, how could you not know that

deflated

around me so long and

panicked. "Dad, I'm sorry. It

had eaten that shrimp, I would have broken out in hives. Who would be responsible

Zachary just mean well. Let me get you some soup. You can drink it when