Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

Chapter 211: A Meeting by Design

When Aurora arrived breathlessly at Julian's side, he immediately noticed something was amiss in her expression. "What happened?"

He was familiar with every subtle expression on Aurora's face. A layer of fine sweat covered Aurora's forehead, and despite her calm demeanor, her brows were tightly furrowed. "I can't hide anything from you, let me drink some juice first," she said, lying down on a nearby sofa to rest.

She was drenched in sweat, which wouldn't have been surprising if she had run all the way from the villa. Julian handed her a glass of orange juice, watching as she gulped it down quickly.

"Slow down, it's all yours," he said. Thirsty and no longer concerned with appearances in front of Julian, Aurora quickly finished the juice. As soon as she put the glass down, Julian tenderly wiped the juice from the corner of her lips.

"Can you tell me what happened now?" Julian sat beside her as Aurora got up from the sofa. "Let's sit by the sea," she suggested, needing to stand to see the ocean around them. "Alright," he agreed since they had some time before their meal. They walked hand in hand to the beach.

Aurora sat down on the soft sand and with a strong pull, dragged Julian down with her, rolling together into the sandy heap. "You naughty girl," Julian chuckled, content to lie beside her as the sea breeze blew over them.

The sound of seagulls and waves mingled together, and in the distance, the sunset slowly descended, casting a golden hue across the sky. The beauty of the sunset by the sea was breathtaking, and Julian finally understood why Aurora loved the ocean so much-it was truly beautiful.

Turning to look at the woman beside him, her hair dancing in the wind, he realized she was the most beautiful scene in his eyes.

"I ran into Hayden just now; it seems he has moved here too, luckily he doesn't know exactly where I live," Aurora began to explain.

here, it would be easy for him to find out where, but with me here, even if he does, it won't

I'm with you just to get back at him. I don't know where he gets his confidence, creating such an illusion." Aurora felt disgusted remembering the words he had said when she left; she

you," Julian said seriously, rising from the sand. Aurora, seeing his seriousness,

you Hayden has always liked to model himself after me, but I didn't tell

of anything now, Julian.

out a wallet, and Aurora, who had never looked through his wallet before, didn't know why he suddenly showed it to her. He opened the wallet, revealing a photograph of a girl smiling sweetly. She remembered the photo-it was taken when she graduated from junior high. "How do you have

had a special status back then and

others say, but I was afraid that you would look down on me like they do. That's why I never told you about my identity on the boat, even though I had many chances. I could only watch you from the shadows. One day, Hayden saw this picture and uncovered the biggest secret

Hayden had seen my photo before

I hadn't been so fond of you, why would I have placed your photos

good as others imagined. Whenever he felt like giving up, he would look at Aurora's photo, which seemed to give him the strength and reason to persist. He wanted to stand out, to present himself to her not as a bastard, but in a brilliant and dignified

finish her sentence. She felt a chill down her spine, realizing

remembered the day they first met. Genevieve had the driver take Ivy and Zachary to school first, telling Aurora that there were no

many bags on her own to handle the paperwork.

scenario where the heroine meets a cold-hearted devil, she met a prince charming instead. Dressed in a white shirt, with his bangs softly on his forehead, he looked clean and gentle. He made his way through the crowd towards

"Tha... Thank you."