Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

Chapter 406: The Final Goodbye

Aurora rushed home, her steps quick and deliberate. As she stepped into the

courtyard, the sight before her stopped her in her tracks. Genevieve was kneeling on the ground, her face desperate, while Magnus stood nearby, his expression laced with helplessness.

Could it be that Genevieve was still clinging to her delusion of rejoining the Montgomery family?

"Dad, why is she here again?" Aurora asked as she approached them. Her voice carried an edge of impatience. If Magnus softened his heart and let Genevieve stay this time, Aurora had already resolved not to help him.

Magnus sighed, his face showing a trace of weariness. "Aurora, can you think of a way to handle this? She's begging me to save Zachary."

"Zachary?" Aurora's mind flashed back to what Julian had told her that day. Genevieve and Ivy had shown up at the Montgomery family estate, enraging Tina so much that she left. Displeased by this, Aurora had instructed Alison to expose everything publicly.

Her intention had only been to punish Genevieve through Kimberly's hand. Who could have foreseen that Zachary would be so impulsive? He had pulled a knife, ready to attack her.

Aurora had been fortunate to escape unscathed, but Kimberly hadn't been so lucky- she was injured and admitted to the hospital.

Aurora had told Julian not to intervene any further, yet here Genevieve was again, circling back in desperation.

"Aurora," Genevieve pleaded, her voice cracking. "I know I've done so much wrong to you in the past, but we've paid for it. You've already taken everything.

"There's no one left to threaten your position. We've been cut off from any inheritance. Now Zachary is in trouble, and I'm begging you-just this once-to help him. Remember, he was once your brother."

Aurora lowered her gaze to the wretched figure before her. Genevieve's hair was disheveled, her face swollen and red. She must have already gone to Kimberly, only to be turned away, leaving her no choice but to beg Magnus.

"Genevieve," Aurora said, her tone calm but firm, "you need to understand something. You didn't leave the Montgomery family willingly. You were exposed for your actions and expelled. There's a big difference between the two.

my brother? If he had truly treated me as his sister growing up, perhaps I could overlook

not long ago at Grandpa's birthday banquet, he tried to stab me with a knife. I already spared him once and didn't press charges. Do you

but the consequences you're facing are not my doing.

you must pay the price. That's the way of the world. You're an adult, and so is Zachary. Everyone is responsible for their own actions. We won't be getting involved

the coldness of the past. Instead, they

clutching at Aurora's pants in desperation. "I'm begging you-if you help Zach, I swear

concerned, the grudges between us are settled. I don't hate

learn his lesson last time, and now he's repeating the same mistakes. No one can

"Dad, let's go inside."

house. Zachary hadn't recognized his mistakes, and his impulsiveness had led him to harm others again. Even if she helped him this time,

this once! If you don't help me, I won't get

to kneel, no one will stop you,"

at a man's heartstrings. If Magnus gave in and helped Zachary this time, wouldn't the next step be trying to re-enter the Montgomery

all over her face.

"Zachary's gotten himself involved with the Blake family this time. They won't let him off

you-when Genevieve first approached you, if you had seen through her manipulations and put an end to it, none of this would have happened. "She used your kindness over and over again. If you'd seen her true colors sooner, our family wouldn't be

wouldn't have left

Genevieve this time, I swear I

was the first time Aurora had ever spoken

carried enough guilt,

she had never said a word of reproach to him before. But now, if Magnus gave in to pity, it would be like

in his daughter's expression. He realized that Aurora's silence all these years didn't mean she didn't blame him.