Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

Chapter 381: They Brought It Upon Themselves

In the Montgomery family villa, the atmosphere had grown markedly strange with the arrival of John Walsh. Magnus almost thought she had deliberately brought a man to provoke him. The couple was inseparably close; every gesture and word seemed to irritate him.

However, it was unlikely they were pretending. No matter how one might feign their actions, the eyes filled with love cannot lie. This man was deeply in love with her mother, Aurora was sure of it; his eyes held only her mother. That look was familiar to her; it was the way Julian often gazed at her.

"John, it looks like you and Tina are very much in love. The children you would have together must be beautiful," Aurora mused, considering she was already married and might have had younger siblings by now. When Aurora broached this subject, Magnus clenched his fists tightly. Despite the years that had passed, his primary concern remained Victoria. Tina calmly responded, "We don't really like children, so we don't have any."

They didn't like children? Aurora felt as if her heart had been pricked by a needle. Was it because she did not like children that she had stayed away all these years? But memories of her childhood flashed before her eyes-her mother's red-rimmed eyes from worry when she had a fever, always by her side. She had been so gentle and caring; how could she now claim to dislike children?

The woman before her still bore Victoria's face, but Aurora suddenly felt she was a stranger, as if she had never truly understood her. Could it be that the gentle mother was just a figment of her past, and this cold person was the real her?

John Walsh caught Aurora's crestfallen look and said, "I think if we had children, they would be as lovely and sensible as Aurora."

He intended to lighten the mood, but the atmosphere only grew heavier when Ivy and Genevieve entered the room. Both sides fell into a brief silence. Genevieve and Ivy had not expected anyone but Magnus to be at the villa. Having lived with Magnus's temper for years, they were prepared for a long ordeal with him.

They were shocked to find not only Aurora but also that woman here! Upon seeing Tina, flames danced in Genevieve's eyes; she blamed her ousting entirely on her. Magnus and Aurora were also stunned. Why had this woman returned? They had driven her out, thinking that would be the end of it, and had not bothered to change the locks. Clearly, they had underestimated Genevieve's thick skin, which was much thicker than they had imagined!

Tina was also surprised to see Genevieve return. This woman had no shame, and John Walsh simply sized up the woman who had bullied Victoria time and again.

"What are you doing here?"

Magnus frowned deeply at their arrival.

"Dad, we haven't taken anything. We've come back to collect our things," Ivy quickly interjected, sensing the tension on both sides. Seeing Victoria, all of Genevieve's reason seemed to vanish, "Why is she here?"

She walked in as if she still owned the place, looking at Victoria as one might look at a homewrecker.

specifically invited. You may take your things, but do it now and leave," Magnus was

time, and we haven't

few days away from the Montgomery family, she felt she had endured enough cold

return to the Montgomery family and continue living under their halo. Thus, she had to

realized it was already too late; the situation was

calling me that, pack your things, and leave. I haven't prepared

these two so

for twenty years, giving you my heart and soul, and this is

felt increasingly wronged the more she thought about it. She had given him her whole heart,

to welcome her

was that schemed to destroy my family years ago? You deceived all of us for twenty years.

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Her eyes fell on Victoria, who was drinking, and with a swift motion, she

why come back? How shameless can

who becomes official forgets what

remembered how she herself

she said indifferently.

in the eye, her gaze unfluctuating. To

you're done, could you pour

if the whole affair had nothing to do with

think that just by acting like this, men will like you. Let me tell you,

felt as if she had punched cotton. She would have preferred Victoria to rise and quarrel with her, rather

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